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For today's 'On Location' episode, we're exploring San Francisco in the most iconic way possible. San Francisco's cable cars are not only the first in the world – invented here in 1873 – they are also the last. And though they travel at a mere 9.5mph, with the wind in your hair, the bells ringing and track rattling, it feels more like a roller coaster tour of the city than anything else on the road.  Join us for a whirlwind journey, recorded on location, celebrating 150 years and counting of San Francisco's cable cars. As we travel, we're going to stop off at the highlights along the line, revealing the story of the city from its Gold Rush roots to the creativity and diversity that defines it to this day. We'll meet Val Lupiz, a legendary ‘gripman', or cable car operator, for a lesson on what it takes to drive an actual 150-year-old antique. We'll find a hidden music studio above a gift shop in Chinatown, and listen to a performance of a GuZheng, a more than 2,000-year-old traditional Chinese instrument. We'll eat fresh seafood in one of the oldest restaurants in Fisherman's Wharf, drink Mai Tai's during an indoor monsoon at the Tonga Room, listen to an impromptu poetry recital about cable cars, on the cable car itself, and lots more. Recorded on-location, this audio adventure is designed to do more than just let you hear what it's like to be there; it's designed to let you feel what it's like for real. For more information on how you can explore San Francisco for yourself, visit sftravel.com. Thank you to everyone who featured on this show: -       Val Lupiz, Cable Car Museum -       Gimmy Park Li, Wok Wiz Walking Tours -       Fang-Li (and students Katie and Catherine), Shangri-La Gifts -       Josh and Michelle, Fairmont Hotel and Tonga Room -       Tom Creedon, Scomas Restaurant -       James Morehead, Viewless Wings, Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast This show was produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry. Find out about all our shows at armchair-productions.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are Exploring San Francisco in the most iconic way possible. San Francisco's cable cars are not only the first in the world – invented here in 1873 – they are also the last. And though they travel at a mere 9.5mph, with the wind in your hair, the bells ringing and track rattling, it feels more like a roller coaster tour of the city than anything else on the road.   My name's Aaron Millar, I'm a travel writer and the presenter of this show. Join me for a whirlwind journey, recorded on location, celebrating 150 years of San Francisco's cable cars, and counting.   As we travel, we're going to stop off at the highlights along the line, revealing the story of the city from its Gold Rush roots to the creativity and diversity that defines it to this day.   We'll meet Val Lupiz, a legendary ‘gripman', or cable car operator, for a lesson on what it takes to drive an actual 150-year-old antique.   We'll find a hidden music studio above a gift shop in Chinatown, and listen to a performance of a GuZheng, a more than 2,000-year-old traditional Chinese instrument.   We'll eat fresh seafood in one of the oldest restaurants in Fisherman's Wharf, drink Mai Tai's during an indoor monsoon at the Tonga Room, listen to an impromptu poetry recital about cable cars, on the cable car itself, and lots more.   “San Francisco is the Phoenix rising from the flames, a melting pot of immigrants, and dreamers, artists and entrepreneurs. It's indoors monsoons and iced Mai Tais, it's the strum of a guzheng, the clunk of the track, the ring of the bell. It's never the same, but it's always San Francisco.” -       Aaron Millar, presenter   Recorded on-location, this audio adventure is designed to do more than just let you hear what it's like to be there; it's designed to let you feel what it's like for real.   For more information on how you can Explore San Francisco for yourself, visit sftravel.com   Thank you to everyone who featured on this show: -       Val Lupiz, Cable Car Museum -       Gimmy Park Li, Wok Wiz Walking Tours -       Fang-Li (and students Katie and Catherine), Shangri-La Gifts -       Josh and Michelle, Fairmont Hotel and Tonga Room -       Tom Creedon, Scomas Restaurant -       James Morehead, Viewless Wings, Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast   This show was produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry. Find out about all our shows at armchair-productions.com    

Ty & Eric discuss the new Subway menu in Canada, flatbread pizza, getting rejected from the Tonga Room, twerking at Twitter, supervising your artist, remote-first sandwich making, regional beef, sneaking in the pesto, stealing from the House of Prime Rib, the menu at Trick Dog, who Tucker Carlson even is, and a Think Fresh patented sandwich bag concept.Use code THINKFRESH for 30% off a Zencastr Professional account.

Milkcrates and Microphones returns with season 6 episode 9 and a jam packed show. We discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the value of listening to an album all the way trough top to bottom, overcast album coping or paying tribute to Andrew Hill, the downfall of Brendan Fraser and Matt gets cold. Plus Steve Buscemi as Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump, Kal Penn comes out, San Fransisco trips as teenagers and Nonsense calls the Tonga Room in Frisco to check covid restrictions and see if the pool was open to swim in. All that plus the MCMP originals like this week in hip hop and song picks of the week. Follow us on Youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Jmk_m0_zhxjjYRHWDtvjQ on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/milkandmics/?hl=en and Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/milkandmics/  

Hi Folks,We are doing a special show on the South Pacific Punch and the movie as well. Why South Pacific? This movie back in the 50s and "Blue Hawaii" with Elvis Presley made a major influence on North America culture and international to tiki culture and Polynesian crazy!!!We talk about two cocktails for this show: South Pacific Punch and the Castaway!! Both the drinks are from the Jeff Beachbum Berry "Remixed" book. Jeff is also another influence that brought back tiki to us. These cocktails use a wide range of Caribbean islands and also classic ingredient Falernum. I still have to make mine but if you can get it in the liquor store, I recommend it as it's shelf life last longer. On "Mark's Adventures" segment: we talk about no bar!!???? Yes, we don't talk about a bar but a company that gave all those tiki bars décor we know. Oceania Arts has been around for over 50 years and by the same owners who finally hanging it up for retirement. Robert Van Oosting and LeRoy Schmaltz started carving  Palm Frond masks out of their garage to sell. It grew and have supplied décor to tiki bars we know such as Trader Vic's, The Mai Kai, Don the Beachcomber, the Coco Palms in Hawaii, and The Tonga Room in San Francisco, but also Foundation Bar in Milwaukee, the Bali Hai remodel in San Diego, Hale Pele in Portland. Disneyland's  Trader Sam's Bar and the Tangaroa Terrace as well as Walt Disney World. Mark has visited this location and even came back with a blow fish light (jealous!!).In "Did You Know?" segment: we go in depth the movie South Pacific. It was released in 1958…and grossed over $36 million as a musical production. The filmed featured a lot of big names at the time but one in particular: Ray Walston (Mr. hand and My Favorite Martian). It also featured Russ Brown, Tom Laughlin, Rossano Brazzi, and Ken Clark. A few details that will blow you away including the singing voice of the Gringe sung by Thurl Ravenscroft who also sings for Ken Clark's character in the movie.Links to the show: The recipes: https://tikicentralcanada.ca/recipes/South Pacific songs YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXvaHZj5twExample of a Palm Fronds mask video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jn6k-RFR3MRay Walston In Fast Time at Ridgemont High YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J8__fWphE0Oceanic Arts website: https://www.oceanicarts.net/YouTube video Oceanic Arts warehouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkUiRPW-ISw

Imagine a bar with an indoor lagoon. Now imagine that it rains, indoors every half hour. It's not just a flight of fancy, it's the Tonga Room, a classic restaurant and tiki bar in the Fairmont San Francisco hotel. Named after the South Pacific nation of Tonga, it is an eye-popping example of high-style Tiki that has been igniting the imaginations of customers for more than seventy five years.Designed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer's leading set director, it is the tropical paradise Anthony Bourdain called, “the greatest place in the history of the world."Learn about the invention of Tiki, the California Gold Rush and the legendary Tonga Room!

This episode originally posted July 2015. After realizing the drink mentioned on the show, The Ladies Man was never posted on our blot we have decided to push this one out again. Hope you enjoy this trip back to 2015. There is no reason we should deny that we are nursing a hangover.  Kalani and Sunshine celebrated July 4th Independence Day with cocktails, BBQ and plenty of exploding objects.  Starshine joined us for the festivities but was not available to record this episode of the podcast.  To soothe our heads we keep the exotica nice and light, the lights are extra dim and our cocktail is full of citrus and vitamin C.  Thats how we do hangover.   Join us for a quick trip through San Francisco.  Smugglers Cove and Tonga Room are just two of the watering holes we managed to spend a few hours sipping rum drinks while the sounds of gay pride were all around.  It was a weekend to party and the bar scene didn't disappoint.  

Lulu swears Alison's 10K location is a fairytale and we can't stop saying "whack-a-mole"!INTRO: (00:00) Dreaming up luxury vacations while looking for a missing paycheck is fun. Actually fun is getting boxed wine in the mail. Thank you for the Rosé, Bright Cellars. OBSESSIONS: (6:50) Sleeping is the best. Always obsessed with that. Also loving Suzy, our 10k Bae, who went to a place Lulu talked about in Episode 26.WISHLIST: (10:20) Alison wants some curly-hair products from LUS Products. Back to sleeping, Lulu wants these Bose sleep buds, hopeful they can cure all her sleeping woes.LULU’S 10K DAY - SAN FRANCISCO, CA: (17:25) Look at this "Stunning Sky-High Getaway" on Airbnb. Lulu enjoys black car service. You can guess what she got at Sweet Maple, the spot featured on United States of Bacon. Lulu bought breads at The Mill, then visited the House of Air adrenaline park. Lulu rocks this dress from Net-A-Porter to drinks at The Tonga Room. Next is a tour of Alcatraz, followed by a delectable dinner at Foreign Cinema. Lulu throws an epic pajama party with all the makings of a fun night including a whack-a-mole machine.ALISON’S 10K DAY - SNOWDONIA, WALES: (38:30) Alison wants to shop Welsh brand Tempest Designs, so unknowingly signs up to be a retailer in her search for the perfect vacationwear. She found this picturesque cottage on Airbnb. First a mountain biking adventure, then to the spa for several luxury treatments. A champagne lunch at Park House restaurant, then a stop at the "ugly house". Alison takes the Snowdonia Rail with a photographer and a Mobile Makeup Artist, for a photoshoot at the summit. Dinner at Tyddyn Llan and live music at Y Stablau Bar ends her day. CHARITIES: (57:44)Conwy Connect826 ValenciaFOLLOW US: FacebookInstagramYoutubeTwitterWebsiteApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/10KDollarDay/)

Matt Mergener, co-owner of the soon to be open Lost River in Detroit, joins us to talk tiki, of course. Lost River will be Detroit’s newest tiki bar when it opens this summer. We talk tiki history, tiki drinks, tiki decor, tiki music, tiki everything. From Don The Beachcomber to Tonga Room to Psycho Suzi’s...

Matt Mergener, co-owner of the soon to be open Lost River in Detroit, joins us to talk tiki, of course. Lost River will be Detroit’s newest tiki bar when it opens this summer. We talk tiki history, tiki drinks, tiki decor, tiki music, tiki everything. From Don The Beachcomber to Tonga Room to Psycho Suzi’s...

It might very well be time to abandon the post-modern cynicism so many of us have and return to an earlier time. A plaid cloaked time. A time with the lights out - when it's less dangerous. Since we know this won't entertain us. This week SK and Pete thought they'd tie up some loose ends. Topics that had slipped through the cracks in the preceding episodes. Topics like welcoming our latest Patreon member (Which somehow evolved into a discussion on Enya and MTV's Real World), Grandad the Chicago lungfish and the new baby monkey at the SF Zoo (Which veered to wrestling memories and George "The Animal" Steel and the elusive Lemur/Langor/Lunger), and local want ads (Which were stretched into a discussion of Gilligan's Island, Alice and Laura Dern's mom). Then we attempted to settle into a single topic of all-you-can-eat establishments here in San Francisco. Goat Hill Pizza, the Cliff House, Club Waziema, Fogo de Chao, and the Tonga Room are discussed but this, ofcourse degenerated into an uninformed discussion about the cultures of Ethiopia, Brazil, and Polynesia. This episode contributed plenty to the cynicism of it's listeners but we're so happy because, today, we found our friends...they're in our head.

Sunshine, Starshine and Kalani discuss low cal cocktails, holiday shopping for tiki fans, SAVE the Tonga Room, TSA airport nightmares and play plenty of exotic tunes in the process. Enjoy!

Seventy Two there was a lot to talk about because we hadn't recorded a show in a while. so while there was no theme we drank some leftover leftovers from the Closet Cleaning show and talked about stuff. here's the list: Penn Brewing dodges a bullet. Heinz it Up dot com. Draft got it right. the list if Beer Bars that is. Beer Advocate isn't shiny anymore. one day John will get a hair cut. Happy B-DAY Jay Brooks! Little people decompose 2008 Top Three Beer awards are here. Phily Beer Week Best Beer Board EVER! Your Mom says "Hi!" Motor's River City Brewing list. BFF Grass Skirt Mustache purple pen. Tonga Room. Homework: light strike some beer. Beer School everywhere: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6351328213 http://youtube.com/beerschool Follow JohnFoster on Twitter.com Host: John Foster and Motor Guest: None Be sure to visit City Beer Store in San Francisco, CA Email us at info@beerschool.com Good noon! Recorded in San Francisco on 03/08/2009. BeerSchool, BeerSchool.com and "the homework is beer" are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc. © 2009 Ayer Media, Inc.