Tag Archives: Tiki Mugs

The Mother Lode of Mai Tai Mix

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Tiki Chick reader and all-around-cool-dude Mark contacted me a week or so with an intriguing offer. His father—a longtime regular of Trader Vic’s—was moving out of his house and they had a small stockpile of cocktail mixes to unload. They happened to be right in my neighborhood so I headed over and hauled off more than a dozen bottles of mai tai mix, orgeat and rock candy syrup (oh my!).

He also very generously sent me on my way with this fogcutter mug. Over the years,  Trader Vic’s has produced several versions of this mug, and you can get a glimpse of their most recent ones here.

Thus far all the tiki mugs I’ve amassed have been modern specimens (remember now, I’m a newbie!), so it’s neat to have one that’s practically as old as I am. Thanks again, Mark! Now I just need to go out and get some good rum…

Tiki on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”

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Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

I tend to like Stephen Colbert and his antics a bit more than “The Daily Show,” but Jon Stewart’s sketch on the November 12 episode won him some love back. In this bit, His Dreaminess was settling in at home to watch some Fox News with a teddy bear, some snacks and….a tiki mug!

Plastic tiki mugs

Yeah, it’s a pink plastic number with a squiggly straw rather than a bonafide mug, but it was fun to spot anyway. Plus it had a pineapple garnish! Props to the prop master for incorporating tiki into my second-favorite fake news show.