BRAD ALLEN: DECK DRINKING >>>

I loved Miami Vice, with its sexy yachts, fast cars and dangerous criminals. And since it went off the air in 1989, life has never been the same for me â€" I still miss Sonny Crockett. But life goes on. And if, like me, you prowl the streets of Tacoma sunny days looking for trouble â€" or hot chicks â€" head over to C.I. Shenanigans deck for their Signature Mojito, a cool cocktail that will take you straight to South Beach.

Shenanigans muddles fresh mint, Barcardi Limon rum and sugar, pours it over ice with soda water, and serves this simultaneously sweet and tart baby in Shenanigan’s signature hurricane glass.  Its striking appearance resembles an unstrained salad in a glass. 

The beautiful people flock to this Ruston Way waterfront restaurant on sunny days. They’re all laughing out loud, too, which makes this a place to practice careful drinking.  It’s never attractive to have red liquid shooting out of my nose, after all, and I wouldn’t want to stain my white Don Johnson jacket.  So I play it safe and order the mostly clear Mojito. 

[C.I. Shenanigans, 3017 N. Ruston Way, Tacoma, 253.752.8811]