by donnbeach | May 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Event plans are limited due to my wife’s ongoing health battles, but I am working on some things. I plan to have a Donn ot Tiki film screening and book event here in Knoxville, and we are working on one for Chattanooga as well. Hope to add more events soon to my...
by donnbeach | Apr 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Sorry for the delay. It was expected the mugs would be ready and picked up at Tiki-A-Go-Go. And then I expected the mugs by Hukilau.. The mugs are running late. Issues at Eekum Bookum, including having to move to a new production facility, have slowed things a lot. I...
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...
