Malibu Rum Serves Up Online Radio (BrandWeek)Those looking for a taste of the Caribbean may want to tune into “Radio Maliboom Boom.” Created by the Malibu rum brand, the online radio station is hosted by Barbados-based radio personalities DJ Bernhard and MC Wonder Full. Launched this week, it offers non-stop Caribbean music.

Czech tuzemák rum goes on sale in Canada (Radio Prague)Forget Becherovka or even slivovice, it's Czech rum – tuzemák – which is the biggest selling spirit in this country. Despite its popularity here, however, the drink remains virtually unknown abroad. Now though, one south Bohemian distillery has started selling its product in North America and is hoping that Canadians will develop a taste for tuzemák as well. Earlier today, I spoke to Tomáš Petrů ...

Malibu Rum Goes 'Boom' (AdWeek)NEW YORK Those looking for a taste of the Caribbean may want to tune into "Radio Maliboom Boom."

Vibe draws crowds to Mill Valley's Balboa (San Francisco Chronicle)At Balboa Cafe in Mill Valley, things can get pretty loud, particularly in the bar, as the night wears on and the crowds come. Certainly, cocktails are a draw, such as the Firehouse Rum Punch ($9), a dangerously delicious blend of three rums, Cointreau,...

Vibe draws crowds to Mill Valley's Balboa (San Francisco Chronicle)At Balboa Cafe in Mill Valley, things can get pretty loud, particularly in the bar, as the night wears on and the crowds come. Certainly, cocktails are a draw, such as the Firehouse Rum Punch ($9), a dangerously delicious blend of three rums, Cointreau,... Presented By: Drain the Ocean - Sunday August 9 9P e/p This is a world you have never seen before, a world normally hidden under miles of ...

A Look Back:Prohibited or not, the booze kept flowing (Daily Pilot)Decades before the Prohibition era brought smugglers to Newport's beaches, their boats laden with barrels of whiskey and rum, the city had a problem with unlicensed drinking establishments called blind pigs.

New Anoka dock serves twofold purpose (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)Anoka's newest attraction was gently lowered into the Rum River on Wednesday. It's a 28-foot dock above the City Hall waterfalls that will improve water-rescue response time while attracting more boaters to downtown, city officials say.

New dock gives easy boat access to downtown Anoka (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)The Rum River dock allows boaters to reach nearby downtown businesses, and improves water rescue response time.

Potpourri (Erie Times-News)EERIE BAYFRONT GHOST WALKS -- most summer evenings, 8:45 p.m. -- meet at Lund Boat Works, 12 E. Dobbins Landing (near Rum Runners) -- discover history, strange, weird, paranormal of Erie bayfront on this 90-minute, 1-mile walk with Captain Bob of the S/V Someday Isle as your guide -- $5, reservations required, 460-8009.

Loafing around on bake-cation (Chicago Sun-Times)The bright kitchen at Zingerman's Bakehouse had the fragrant smell of a panaderia, thanks in part to the Mexican egg bread I'd made earlier that morning. By now, my thoughts had migrated from Mexico to Italy as I slathered layers of mascarpone cream on a rum-soaked ladyfinger cake. As soon as I dusted the top of my tiramisu with cocoa powder, it was time to move on to Spain and roll out the ...

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