by donnbeach | Apr 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
The mugs are running a bit late. I thought they would be done by early April, but issues at Eekum Bookum, including having to move to a new production facility, have slowed things a bit. I think they will be finished by the end of the month, but they have to get from...
by donnbeach | Feb 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
by donnbeach | Dec 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Join me at Nor’easter Island February 5th weekend as I get into the history of Don the Beachcomber in LA in the 1930s and the mob, and then the next day I’ll cover Donn’s life in the 1940s. Donn Beach’s Wars at Home and Abroad: For Donn, the 1940s...
by donnbeach | Jul 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Donn’s secret ingredients #2, #4, and #7 (also #8!) have been a secret for nearly a century. When he created the Zombie in 1934 (with the help of Cora “Sunny” Sund) he used #4. It was Bob Van Dorpe, first general manager of the Mai-Kai, and former...
by donnbeach | Jul 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Swanky, in cooperation with BG Reynolds, is producing Don the Beachcomber’s secret cocktail mixers. Coming in fall/winter of 2025, the secret ingredients for the Zombie, Nui Nui and others will be available to the public for the first time...
