Comments on: Who Were the Elders of Tiki: Don the Beachcomber http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/02/24/who-were-the-elders-of-tiki-don-the-beachcomber/ A site about Pegus, and other ramblings on the cocktail life. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:38:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colonel Beach’s Plantation Punch | The Pegu Blog http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/02/24/who-were-the-elders-of-tiki-don-the-beachcomber/comment-page-1/#comment-3822 Colonel Beach’s Plantation Punch | The Pegu Blog Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:14:26 +0000 http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/?p=2162#comment-3822 [...] right, my good sir! Let’s start off Tiki month with a 1950s classic from Don the Beachcomber. COLONEL BEACH’S PLANTATION [...] [...] right, my good sir! Let’s start off Tiki month with a 1950s classic from Don the Beachcomber. COLONEL BEACH’S PLANTATION [...]

]]> By: pegu http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/02/24/who-were-the-elders-of-tiki-don-the-beachcomber/comment-page-1/#comment-2236 pegu Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:32:57 +0000 http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/?p=2162#comment-2236 <strong>Who Were the Elders of Tiki: Don the Beachcomber |......</strong> Bookmarked your post over at Blog Bookmarker.com!... Who Were the Elders of Tiki: Don the Beachcomber |……

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]]> By: Doug http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/02/24/who-were-the-elders-of-tiki-don-the-beachcomber/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Doug Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:30:40 +0000 http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/?p=2162#comment-2141 Art, You might want to go defend your guy, he just got dumped on in the <a href='http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/02/25/mai-tai-throwdown/comment-page-1/#comment-2138' rel="nofollow">Mai Tai</a> comments... Art,
You might want to go defend your guy, he just got dumped on in the Mai Tai comments…

]]> By: Brush Up On Your Tiki History « A Jigger of Blog http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/02/24/who-were-the-elders-of-tiki-don-the-beachcomber/comment-page-1/#comment-2110 Brush Up On Your Tiki History « A Jigger of Blog Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:24:11 +0000 http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/?p=2162#comment-2110 [...] posts on the elders of tiki, Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic Bergeron, are great biographies of these master drinkmakers. Doug shows that both [...] [...] posts on the elders of tiki, Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic Bergeron, are great biographies of these master drinkmakers. Doug shows that both [...]

]]> By: Doug http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/02/24/who-were-the-elders-of-tiki-don-the-beachcomber/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 Doug Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:36:56 +0000 http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/?p=2162#comment-2100 The impression I get of the man is that there can be no flame, ember or otherwise, of Don that is not counterfeit. That was his strength and weakness: Whatever he built had to be inextricably about HIM. But thanks for the additional info. I suspected that the Big Island joint was, um, loosely connected to him. The impression I get of the man is that there can be no flame, ember or otherwise, of Don that is not counterfeit.
That was his strength and weakness: Whatever he built had to be inextricably about HIM.
But thanks for the additional info. I suspected that the Big Island joint was, um, loosely connected to him.

]]> By: artsnyder http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/02/24/who-were-the-elders-of-tiki-don-the-beachcomber/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 artsnyder Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:04:04 +0000 http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/?p=2162#comment-2099 Not a bad summary of Don's life. Leaves out such items as the split with his wife and his exile to the Pacific, his Silver Star, his later life in Tahiti and his return to Waikiki before he died, nor his burial in the National Cemetary in the Punchbowl on Oahu. Of course he needs to be raised above all other Tiki pioneers, for he was THE Tiki pioneer, with the further growth of Tiki being no more than the creation of decoration to his body of work. Whether drinks, decor, or development, all is and always has been the fruit of his imagination and he deserves to stand tall over all others, no matter how distinguished and fine were their contributions. And, by the way, the restaurant that was converted from an old and unsuccessful copy of Don's work at Kona, and for which his name was stolen, is not an "ember of the flame" but sadly, one more clever counterfeit. Alas, no "embers" were left when the last of the restaurants created by him and his former wife closed its doors. However, watch closely now, for within a very few days ahead "the original" will once more appear, in Surf City USA, where people still recall fondly those places "Where good rum is immortalized and drinking is an art." I understand that his Peacock chair has been found. . . Not a bad summary of Don’s life. Leaves out such items as the split with his wife and his exile to the Pacific, his Silver Star, his later life in Tahiti and his return to Waikiki before he died, nor his burial in the National Cemetary in the Punchbowl on Oahu. Of course he needs to be raised above all other Tiki pioneers, for he was THE Tiki pioneer, with the further growth of Tiki being no more than the creation of decoration to his body of work.
Whether drinks, decor, or development, all is and always has been the fruit of his imagination and he deserves to stand tall over all others, no matter how distinguished and fine were their contributions.
And, by the way, the restaurant that was converted from an old and unsuccessful copy of Don’s work at Kona, and for which his name was stolen, is not an “ember of the flame” but sadly, one more clever counterfeit.
Alas, no “embers” were left when the last of the restaurants created by him and his former wife closed its doors. However, watch closely now, for within a very few days ahead “the original” will once more appear, in Surf City USA, where people still recall fondly those places “Where good rum is immortalized and drinking is an art.” I understand that his Peacock chair has been found. . .

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