Tiki Puka Puka

Yesterday, I took the day off from working on the house and Double E and me took a trip down to Atlanta. We made it down in about 3.5 hours and made a quick stop at Ikea for some cool shelving we plan to use in the bedroom that will serve as an office. After loading up the shelving we needed to break for lunch so we headed over to Little 5 Points and ate at the Vortex ...

Here I am pondering life in the entrance ...

yes, giant skulls rule.

















and here i ponder life facing in the opposite direction ...

if you're keeping track at home, i had a veggie burger with jack cheese, BBQ sauce, fries and a Dr. Pepper. It was delish and i highly suggest you stop here for lunch should you ever get stuck in Atlanta. Double E enjoyed a delicous cheeseburger and sweet potato fries ... we were officially bloated.













Anyway, from there we decided we needed to cool off a bit, so we wandered downtown to Trader Vics for some lovely fruit drinks. Except for Trader Sam's in San Francisco, this is my all-time favorite place to grab drinks.

Here i am doing some recon trying to find the oh-so-cool side entrance that nobody ever uses (most go through the lobby of the Hilton) ...

i know it's around here somewhere.













i must be getting close ... please note: when hunting for a bar, it helps to wear the same hat as a prominent dictator. on this day, i chose Castro as my inspiration.















once i located the entrance, i stopped to reflect on what i had found ...

aren't you glad you're spending your freetime reading this?

















and then i tried to fit in with some of the locals (i hate looking like a tourist)...

seamless job. i don't think anyone even noticed i was from out-of-town.
















once inside, the bartender took a picture of us being all disgustingly in love and what not ... notice the drinks on the table ... i think the one in front of me is the Tiki Puka Puka (hence the title of the blog) ...
the interior of this place is awesome ... nice and dark with no windows, too ... easily the kind of place where you lose track of time in a hurry.











here, Double E demonstrates how to drink a cocktail with an orange blossom floating around inside of it ...

ummmmmmmmmm, delish!













anyway, it was nice to step away from this house for a bit, even if it was just a day, and do nothing (important). today, we put together the shelving units we bought and cleared out the office for wall paper removal, tackboard removal, paint, etc. i will post these pics when we get done tomorrow ... these will be the first interior pics, now that i think about it.