Review: The Golden Tiki (Chinatown)

We visited the Golden Tiki last night (not to be confused with Frankie’s Tiki Room). They do not yet serve food and we only tried one drink so far, but it seems like a chill, theme bar and a great place to gather with friends or have a party!

Most drinks are $11, however they are pretty packed with alcohol. Rum of course. If you don’t care for rum, maybe skip it, that is what they serve in all their signature specialty drinks. And, if you’re going for a well drink…. why bother with a super cool theme bar?!

We had the Dole Whip which if you’re not familiar with is (usually dairy free although I’m not certain if it is here) a soft serve pineapple flavored ice cream of sorts that is quite delicious. Theirs is served with a dark rum floater that you can shoot on it’s own or mix in for an alcoholic milkshake. It was delicious! I don’t think I could do more than one because it is rather sweet and rich but delicious to  have one for sure.

We’ll definitely be back, likely with a large group for some raucous, late night fun! Just a few minutes from the strip in Chinatown, and they’re supposedly adding food options soon.

 

 

 

Growing

Vegas summer is definitely here! 109 degrees and climbing on some days with ozone warnings in effect and all.

We recently returned from a much needed family vacation to visit the Colorado Rosenbergs and with all the photo taking it is more and more apparent that our little brood is growing up. The toddlers are (FINALLY!!!) potty trained and Kaity is officially a high school student and Genesee and Hannah are officially middle schoolers. This is so crazy, even as I type it I have to let it sink in for a minute. Weren’t we just here??

The last time we were a family of 5

 

And now look at them! Eli turns 4 in a matter of days and Genesee turns 11, Savannah will be THREE in September and on Hannah’s next birthday she will turn 12. And, it’s time to start teaching Ms. Kaity how to DRIVE. OH. EM. GEE. This is happening, they’re all growing up. Sniffle, sniffle.

And, of course this means the adults are growing up too haha. I cannot get over the fact that my sister in law and myself are 32 this year. Al is now only a couple years away from his 40’s.

But, life is good. It’s bitter sweet to no longer be purchasing pull ups, to participate in the end of “babydom” in a tangible, finite way. Of course we still have a long way to go, but I can see college in the distance now and the end of “little” kids not far behind.

Bittersweet indeed.