The Havana Room

Finnegan · Post by **Finnegan** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:13 pm

Will the Havana Room be open to minors entering?

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:55 pm

Hey Fallen:

My Mile High Club Camp is trying to budget and plan the booze and mixers for our tiki bar. How much and what type of booze and mixers are you guys hauling out there, if you don't mind me asking. If we have this fairly good sized (8' wide) and well lit bar open for 5 nights, and assuming we are somewhere in the middle between the esplanade and the boonies, how many folks (ball-park) would you plan for?

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:35 am

Ahem! (Bump) Anyone?

FallenAngel · Post by **FallenAngel** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:45 pm

In one word, Overkill. Camp members are bringing booze for the bar, The Havana Room is also going to have lots for mixers, typically Caribbean drinks, and tons and tons of Rum. As far as actual numbers go, at the moment I have no idea. When we get word as to where we'll be, we'll let you know. Unfortunately I'm in the dark as far as placement goes at the moment.

FallenAngel · Post by **FallenAngel** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:47 pm

[quote="Finnegan"]Will the Havana Room be open to minors entering?[/quote]

Minors can enter, they can dance, they can have fun, but they can't drink and they can't gamble.

DJmoYst · Post by **DJmoYst** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:06 pm

i dont think there is a law against minors "gambling" if no money is involved

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:18 pm

Thanks for replying, Fallen. Yeah, placement will be a factor. We were thinking about budgeting $400 for booze and mixers, but I just have nothing to compare that figure to.

StevenGoodman · Post by **StevenGoodman** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:40 pm

Teo del Fuego wrote:Thanks for replying, Fallen. Yeah, placement will be a factor. We were thinking about budgeting $400 for booze and mixers, but I just have nothing to compare that figure to.

If you are bring 1.75L bottles of cheap rum (and other liquids) that should be enough? You can get 1.75L bottles for $10?

Personally I bring $200 of booze; 10 good bottles at $20 each. But I have a reputation I need to consider...

MikeVDS · Post by **MikeVDS** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:52 pm

With straight booze I'd think a heavy drinker is going to drink $10 worth a night. So if you want to accommodate 10 big drinkers for 10 nights, you're looking at $1000. Mixers and stuff actually may increase the cost because people can drink a lot more of that stuff than straight alcohol.

StevenGoodman · Post by **StevenGoodman** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:29 pm

MikeVDS wrote:With straight booze I'd think a heavy drinker is going to drink $10 worth a night. So if you want to accommodate 10 big drinkers for 10 nights, you're looking at $1000. Mixers and stuff actually may increase the cost because people can drink a lot more of that stuff than straight alcohol.

If you buy cheap 1.75L of Rum it should be more like $2 a day. A 1.75L of Rum and a 2L of Coke go a long way.

But I would also count on more than 10 people a day. Figure 50 * $2? $100 a day, but only for 5-6 days.

I've poured 50 cheap whiskey shots in 10 minutes bartending at BM before. But then the next hour was quiet.

Finnegan · Post by **Finnegan** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:40 pm

FallenAngel · Post by **FallenAngel** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:42 am

[quote="DJmoYst"]i dont think there is a law against minors "gambling" if no money is involved[/quote]

There may be if your briefs are your last bet on the table.

FallenAngel · Post by **FallenAngel** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:47 am

[quote="Finnegan"][img]http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w242 ... avana3.jpg[/img][/quote]

Killer art Finnegan! And I mean that in every sense of the word.

With your permission, I'll post this with credits in the tribe.net site as well, and pass it on to our web guy as well.

Finnegan · Post by **Finnegan** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:02 pm

Thanks! But I canâ€™t take any credit for it as I pretty much stole the design from a t-shirt, and added a few choice words. If you donâ€™t mind dealing in stolen goods, itâ€™s all yours!

Just say it â€˜fell off the truckâ€™.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:06 pm

Teo del Fuego wrote:Thanks for replying, Fallen. Yeah, placement will be a factor. We were thinking about budgeting $400 for booze and mixers, but I just have nothing to compare that figure to.

Umm...that's way short for a public bar. I was with the ePlaya bar last year and I contributed almost that much alone and we had something like 20 campers. I do have a spreadsheet that a friend of mine who has run the Bubble Bar for the past few years put together that helps figure out how much to buy. I can email it to you if you like

So, for example, it makes this calculation:

Number of drinks per hour 10
Number of open hours per day 8
Number of days 6
Ounces booze per drink 2
Total number of drinks 480
Total number of ounces 960

Then you decide how much of each type of booze you need in percents and it tells you how many bottles of each to buy.

FallenAngel · Post by **FallenAngel** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:10 pm

Would you mind sending that spreadsheet our way as well? Every little bit helps. Thanks Sputnik.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:20 pm

MozyBonz · Post by **MozyBonz** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:16 pm

sputnik wrote:
Teo del Fuego wrote:Thanks for replying, Fallen. Yeah, placement will be a factor. We were thinking about budgeting $400 for booze and mixers, but I just have nothing to compare that figure to.
Umm...that's way short for a public bar. I was with the ePlaya bar last year and I contributed almost that much alone and we had something like 20 campers. I do have a spreadsheet that a friend of mine who has run the Bubble Bar for the past few years put together that helps figure out how much to buy. I can email it to you if you like

So, for example, it makes this calculation:

Number of drinks per hour 10
Number of open hours per day 8
Number of days 6
Ounces booze per drink 2
Total number of drinks 480
Total number of ounces 960

Then you decide how much of each type of booze you need in percents and it tells you how many bottles of each to buy.

Yes it worked very well for us last year... thanks sputnik. and the camp layout you did also was great! thankyou

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:24 pm

Hahaha Sputnik! I'm gonna tell Dave you're giving away his hard work!! Neener neener!! Wish he was coming this year. We're making do as best we can without him though! Come by and say hi!!

*WOof!*

DJmoYst · Post by **DJmoYst** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:29 pm

FallenAngel wrote:
DJmoYst wrote:i dont think there is a law against minors "gambling" if no money is involved
There may be if your briefs are your last bet on the table.

Well yeah, if you put it that way.... Ummmm... i revoke that statement.

FallenAngel · Post by **FallenAngel** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:31 pm

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:53 pm

I just read up on this thread and I love the idea. Man... I love a good cigar every now and again. We'll have to wheel The Contraption over there and say hello.

As I was gluing up the plywood up for the rumble seat, when I would make a cut through this old wood (very old, dry 1/8" interior paneling), it would smell exactly like a humidor. Must have been made from the same type of cedar.

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:21 pm

Heya, FallenAngel...... yea, we definitely gotta get over and have a good Cigar with ya....... *makes a mental note to pick up cigars....*

If ya get a chance, stop by the B(O)(O)by Bar and have a nice Homebrew.... or whatever ya prefer........

btw.... I made some changes to the original spreadsheet that Sput got from the BubbleBar that will calculate who is bringing what (for booze and mixers) and deduct it from your total calulation, so you know where you are at and what ya still need....... you are welcome to it.....

(thanks, Sput, Bigbluedoggy, and Dave)... and yes, I too, so want to stop at the BubbleBar/Destiny lounge again this year!....

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:38 pm

bigbluedoggy wrote:Hahaha Sputnik! I'm gonna tell Dave you're giving away his hard work!! Neener neener!! Wish he was coming this year. We're making do as best we can without him though! Come by and say hi!!

*WOof!*

Damn...that's too bad. I have you guys on my list already. See you soon.

FallenAngel · Post by **FallenAngel** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:10 pm

LeChatNoir wrote:I just read up on this thread and I love the idea. Man... I love a good cigar every now and again. We'll have to wheel The Contraption over there and say hello.

As I was gluing up the plywood up for the rumble seat, when I would make a cut through this old wood (very old, dry 1/8" interior paneling), it would smell exactly like a humidor. Must have been made from the same type of cedar.

Which art car is The Contraption?

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:25 pm

sputnik wrote:[ I can email it to you if you like

Would ya, please? Thanks for your help.

MozyBonz · Post by **MozyBonz** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:16 pm

FallenAngel wrote:
LeChatNoir wrote:I just read up on this thread and I love the idea. Man... I love a good cigar every now and again. We'll have to wheel The Contraption over there and say hello.

As I was gluing up the plywood up for the rumble seat, when I would make a cut through this old wood (very old, dry 1/8" interior paneling), it would smell exactly like a humidor. Must have been made from the same type of cedar.

Which art car is The Contraption?

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=19038

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:54 pm

AHA!! Mozy beat me to it...

FallenAngel,

If you don't have time to sift through all the blah blah blah (which can actually get very interesting at times), then skp to the bottom of page 15 and you'll see a pic of how this thing looks currently.

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:15 pm

I like the blah blah.... and the blather too!

*WOof*

FallenAngel · Post by **FallenAngel** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:13 pm

Wow that thing is awesome. It's actually quite beautiful.