Working Hard On Labor Day
My contractor and his right-hand man are here working on my basement Tiki bar today. I've been downstairs with them, arranging my collection of alcoholic ephemera on the bar top in preparation for the application of a coat of epoxy hardener that'll fix it all in place.
I snapped a bunch of digital photos of the bar top (1,2,3,4,5,6) so I can remember how everything goes back once the initial coat of marine spar varnish dries. I also made a photocollage of the entire bar top to give you an idea of how it's all going to look when it's finished. You'll recognize a lot of these items from my Ephemeraholic and Havana Club pages. I've also added old Hawaiian postcards and clippings from books on Polynesia, along with a few cool modern lounge items that my pal Wayno slipped me a couple of years back when I commissioned him to do this lovely caricature of Screaming Lord Sutch.
Comments
Remarkably civilized advertisements from those New York liquor stores; a good copywriter, in a better age. And the prices are fabulous!
Posted by: jkcohen | September 5, 2005 1:49 PM
I haven't been able to date that liquor-store brochure precisely, but given that the listed wines are vintage 1928 and 1929, I'd hazard a guess that it was produced some time after the Great Depression. Perhaps those low, low prices are indicative of the aftermath of the stock-market crash?
I really hated to cut that one up, but there was no way I could display all of it.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | September 5, 2005 2:54 PM
aargh! sorry i didn't get any stuff out to you in time matt. looks like it's shaping up nicely though. might have to install a web cam for its grand opening so we can all have a toast!
Posted by: Jmorrison | September 5, 2005 6:13 PM
No problem, jaime. I have more than enough stuff to cover the bar. I appreciated the offer though!
TikiBarWebcam...great idea!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | September 5, 2005 6:17 PM
That bar top is looking awfully tikidelic... Glad to see the work is making some big progress from those days when I was there in July. I'll be ready for one of your famous Maitai's on the next visit from Spain!
Posted by: Mark | September 6, 2005 5:32 PM
They're starting to put the bamboo paneling up today, so it's looking even better down there!
I'll be ready for one of your famous Maitai's
Absolutely, and I'll make sure not to use the too-smooth Haitian rum in our Mojitos next time.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | September 6, 2005 5:50 PM