Tiki Bash: Help Women In Need By Wearing Loud Clothing and Drinking Loud Drinks

A Tiki drink, served at Drink. LUPEC Boston Tiki Bash Saturday, November 14, 7-11 pm Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton Street $35 in advance, $45 at the door As another New England winter looms, the Boston chapter of Ladies United for the Protection of Endangered Cocktails offers us shelter under their brightly-colored paper umbrellas at Saturday evening’s Tiki Bash. Tiki, with its “exotic” beverages and fashions, is how the 1950s imagined the faraway tropics and, back in the day, Bostonians seeking to escape the onslaught of wintry mix patronized “Polynesian” establishments serving up high-proof Pacific fantasy. Bostonist talked to president Hanky Panky and spokesbroad Pink Lady about their annual charity shindig. What should we wear? Will leis be provided, or is this a BYOL thing? Pink Lady: Leis will be provided, but it you’ve got your own, definitely sport it with pride! As for outfits, I’d recommend Tiki dresses and anything with a bright floral print for the ladies and Hawaiian shirts for

the guys. If you feel too much like a Jimmy Buffet fan in that garb, you can always show up dressed like the ‘50s, as that’s the era we’re trying to invoke. I’m sure the guests who patronized Tiki bars back in the day were simply dressed for a night on the town, so break out the fedoras, boys, and the Cherries in the Snow lip color, ladies.    What can we expect to see, and drink, at the Tiki Bash? PL: Four fabulous Tiki creations! Two early Tiki cocktails dating to the 40s/50s, the Mai Tai (Trader Vic recipe), and the Fog Cutter (also commonly credited to Trader Vic). The Painkiller, which was invented in the 70s, and the Ken-Tiki, a LUPEC Boston original. Ken-Tiki? PL: Bourbon, Campari, Herbsaint, falernum, passionfruit, and lemon. Hanky Panky: As in Kentucky but not. A burlesque performer at

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Tiki Bash: Help Women In Need By Wearing Loud Clothing and Drinking Loud Drinks