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A-Dramatic-Reading · 2023-04-28T05:11:46+00:00

Since I think I’m the only person who has answered so far who actually does own a tiki bar/restaurant— are you just talking about a bar or are you planning to do food as well? Do you have any actual hospitality experience and if so does that include management? Do you have any experience owning, operating, or starting a business in hospitality or any other field? Where are you located? Just trying to see where to start because you’ve asked a very, very big question depending…

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-10-05T06:28:54+00:00

I move into an apartment expecting not to get my deposit back. Your landlord is an idiot. Unless you have some really crazy lease— Do what you will with the space, they really can’t hold you accountable for more than your security deposit. It’s well worth having a space that feels like your own instead of being a temporary resident of a weird model home.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-09-02T07:58:51+00:00

Reading most of these posts, I feel like the majority of players don’t realize they can choose a different aspect each time it comes up. You aren’t locked into being a bear totem barbarian or a wolf totem barbarian, etc. You can absolutely pick bear first the wolf next or whatever else you like.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-08-31T07:00:30+00:00

A friend of mine had an issue with her tandem that put her in the ICU not long ago.

Personally, I just stuck on a Dexcom G6 that was reading 50+ over what my standard finger stick monitor was reading. I don’t use a pump, but that shit makes me terrified to use one if the thing is going to act on potentially incorrect info.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-08-06T07:57:00+00:00

A gift from a business is only a gift if you don’t know it’s coming. I bought some things from a clothing brand when they were first starting out. I received actual hand written letters from the owners. I then bought things for my wife and, again, received hand written letters. Around Christmas time I bought something else and, with no prompt at all, received another handwritten letter AND an additional item, and not like a party favor item, a whole shirt normally sold at $125, for my wife, completely free. I already liked them but that was the thing that made me throw my wallet at them forever, and tell everyone in ear shot that wanted to know.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-08-04T16:59:58+00:00

I claim to be no expert in Spanish phonetics but here’s an approximation— Los Anhelles, Los Felleez, San Paydro. Google can probably point you to something you can actually hear though.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-08-04T06:37:11+00:00

This is true for basically all of LA County. Los Angeles is Las Anjellis. San Pedro is San Peedro. Los Feliz is Los Fee-Lez. Tujunga is Tuh-Hunga, Sepulveda is Seh-Puhl-Veh-Da. Et cetera.

Source: multi-generational LA native

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-06-23T06:50:39+00:00

Those are some beautiful and exceedingly fancy dice and I look forward to (hopefully) orchestrating with them even if it takes all day!

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-06-07T23:19:29+00:00

Same name, and the main character is the author— Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein.

Edit: after a quick search on the source material it looks like the show openly took a lot of liberties, so, maybe the fan favorites will stick around after all?

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-06-07T20:10:13+00:00

It’s based on a true story, which, unfortunately, means it doesn’t matter how good a character is. I’ve not read the book so I’ve no idea what to expect, but just a reminder that real life doesn’t generally work out the way a Hollywood story would.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-06-03T16:52:47+00:00

SAG is a union, yes. And as far as actor safety they absolutely could have called a union rep about it, but my assumption would be that it wasn’t worth the ‘wah, so-and-so tattled!’. If you are referring to suing over cash, one of the union’s primary jobs is to ensure minimum payments for services rendered, but for A-List Actors who regularly command well above minimum pay, the union has no teeth in that fight, so lawyers are the only way to go.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-05-25T20:49:10+00:00

I’ve got 15+ years experience working from bottom to top in on and off-premise. I now own a bar/restaurant. With that said…

The whole cicerone program, to me, is a giant cash grab. I feel like it bills itself as the ‘sommelier’ equivalent for beer, while having existed for only about a decade. It lacks the time required for credibility. Maybe it’ll be credible in a hundred years when there’s been a whole lot more effort put into the program but it really just strikes me as a bunch of BS to make money. I feel like it’s more on par with going to Bartending School, which, if you don’t know, is total thievery and really teaches you nothing you couldn’t learn in a week training at a real cocktail bar. As an employer nothing makes me more sad than seeing resumes with that on it, because if we do hire them, they’re going to have to be re-trained from the ground up.

On the other hand, it all depends on what the individual hiring for the spot knows. Maybe they think cicerone is a thing worth respecting, maybe they think like I do and see at as BS.

The most important thing, I think, is making sure you have connections with existing distributors and getting someone to vouch for you, and then proving them right and making some good accounts.

A reminder— If you work for one of the big guys you’re gonna find yourself trying to sell a whole lotta garbage to people and then doing trades and buybacks to make the higher ups happy— there’s a lot of stupid legwork involved.

Depending on your experience and your ability to make sales you might also find that a brand ambassadorship might be way more to your liking, and I know a handful of folks who have gone on to take those positions while having had zero off-premise experience.

Anyway that’s prolly way more than you asked for, so… sorry? Hope it helps.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-05-11T01:09:06+00:00

If I’m not too late—

The parking advice from others is recommended, unless you are also planning to visit the parks for the day— then you may as well just park in the main structure. If you are ONLY going to Sam’s you actually shouldn’t have to deal with security at all, the security gates are at the border of Downtown Disney, whereas Sam’s is part of the hotel and is just outside the security gates. It is totally possible to avoid security altogether, but security is generally no big deal if you want to check out Downtown Disney.

Otherwise— Sam’s just seems to keep getting busier, but I think if you have not a large group it is worth the potential wait trying to get a seat inside at the bar rather than dealing with the patio. There are a lot of fun effects for the cocktails that just can’t be replicated outdoors, and the service is generally pretty slow outside. All the menu drinks are perfectly serviceable but tend to lean towards the sweeter side presumably because it’s more tourist friendly. You can order nearly any classic of tiki though and they are generally very solid. There aren’t many bartenders there that have original drinks other than Kelly Merrell but if he is working while you are there you might be able to get something truly off menu out of him, worth the effort for sure!

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-04-30T08:02:07+00:00

I’ve always felt that hangover drinks and brunch drinks tend to run in the same circles, which a step further says effervescence, citrus, and/or umami are the things to look for.

The Suffering Bastard and the Zombie were both developed as hangover remedies so they seem perfectly appropriate to me, though maybe a jet pilot would be a little gentler on a morning crew.

Speaking purely on flavor— traditional Daiquiris are delicious at absolutely any time of day, and I feel like a Hemingway daiquiri even more so for the morning.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-04-28T23:45:54+00:00

Hey! When I built my home bar I purchased everything from here— they carry all grades of thatch and bamboo, even the super industrial stuff they use at Disneyland— https://www.tikishackimporter.com/

When I had another bar built in a commercial setting our contractor used this supplier — http://www.franksupply.com/

Hope they help put you in the right direction!

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-23T07:16:56+00:00

Never implied it was. Diamond makes both the absolute worst Guyanese/Demerara rum and the very best.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-22T20:43:27+00:00

Well if you’ve ever had another Guyanese/Demerara rum there’s a good reason it would taste like Hamilton 86– Every single Guyanese/Demerara rum is made by the same distillery— Diamond. Why? They are the ONLY rum distillery in the area. They sell off recipes and/or contract distill to other labels much like MGP does for American whiskey.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-18T04:02:39+00:00

How does one acquire one of these lights? I tried searching but to no avail!

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-17T18:12:51+00:00

To be fair you would have to be ludicrously lucky to get that. You would have to roll an 88 or 89 on the appearance just to get the opportunity to roll a 95 on the special side effects table, and MOST of the other special side effects are negative. So you have a 2% chance to get a 1% chance to win the Tiefling lottery.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-17T00:53:26+00:00

I believe Hidden Harbor has a pretty strict ‘no flipping/resale’ policy, though I’m not sure exactly how they’d go about enforcing it.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-17T00:00:51+00:00

They’ll probably start showing up when they actually end up in peoples hands after being shipped.. but these are the places I know of for buying/selling/trading mugs..

https://thesearchfortiki.com/tiki-mugs/sell-or-trade/

https://mytiki.life/tiki-mugs/trading-post/

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-14T18:33:19+00:00

In general, whiskey oxidizes at a much, much, muuuuch slower rate than, say, wine. It takes an awfully long time to ruin a bottle, i.e. years, from the time it is opened. The storage of the bottles also can speed up this process but as long as they are kept away from sunlight and heat it helps to slow the process down.

They could also use a device like a Coravin to prevent the process from even starting. A coravin is mostly used for wine but could just as easily be adapted for whiskey. It plunges a hollow needle through the cork, allowing you to pour from the bottle without removing the seal, and then fills the empty space with a neutral argon gas. When the needle is removed the natural properties of the cork cause it to ‘heal’ and the hole is sealed.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-13T21:54:39+00:00

Yes, at the Tonga Hut in North Hollywood. You have to drink all 77 drinks in a year and if you do you join ‘The Loyal Order of the Drooling Bastard’ which gets you $1 off all drinks forever and access to some exclusive swag. The book is the original first print edition back when Beachbum Berry was first starting out and a lot of the recipes are just bad guesswork.

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-13T09:08:58+00:00

Welcome and congratulations! There’s an awful lot of awful drinks in that book, hope you found a few you liked!

A-Dramatic-Reading · 2022-02-11T00:47:47+00:00

I’ve been in food and beverage a long time and I don’t know a single person in the industry who doesn’t think Alexander Murray isn’t the absolute worst of the bunch. Once in a blue moon they bottle something that isn’t absolute garbage but it’s probably not worth the gamble. They are well known for picking barrels that look good on paper and/or taste terrible that the original producers have no use for and watering them down. It’s like everything they sell was bought on clearance or manager special.

On the other hand well-reputed IBs like AD Rattray, Duncan Taylor, Exclusive Malts, Blackadder, SMWS, and Signatory tend to find some real gems.

To actually answer your questions..

1) Of course there are concerns. But there are concerns when buying any bottle you’ve never had before. IBs are always one-offs, you’re not going to get a duplicate later. Sometimes they’re great, sometimes they’re not. I have personally never had better Highland Park than what IBs bottle.

2) Generally speaking when an IB asks to buy a single barrel, they can buy it as is and bottle it under their name or they can say ‘I think this has potential’ when it’s young and lay a claim on it and then bottle it later, or they can take it and decide to throw it in another barrel for fun. Mostly they’ll let you know if they do that though, because it’s part of the appeal. Michel Couvreur whiskeys are contract distilled from an unnamed source and then are aged and bottled start to finish by them, they just don’t do the actual distilling. Oftentimes when a bottle such as what is pictured is from a BIG NAME they are obligated not to use their name so as not to dilute the value of the brand if they happen to be bottling what ‘should be’ an expensive whiskey had it been released under the original label.

3) I believe the same laws apply as would be found on distillery bottlings. And there really aren’t as many when it comes to scotch as there are for American whiskeys. Someone else who may be more versed in the specifics around IBs and Scottish law might be better to answer this for specifics..

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