R.I.P. Stanley Stacharski

Stanley Stacharski died Friday at the age of 57, and he will be missed.

Mr. Stacharski was the owner of our beloved Hala Kahiki Lounge in River Grove, the most wonderful tiki bar in all of Chicagoland. He inherited the place from his parents, who founded the business about 40 years ago.

I'm in the mood for a night at the tiki bar. I especially like visiting there during the cold weather and sitting in the warm, dark tropical splendor while the snow falls outside.

Adios, Jim Mitchell

Porn impresario and jailbird Jim Mitchell is dead.

Jim was one half of the Mitchell Brothers, who ran the O'Farrell Theater in San Francisco, and produced the movie Behind the Green Door. He ended up killing his brother Artie, and their antics were the subject of the Emilio Estevez-Charlie Sheen movie Rated X.

I think Splotchy has a clip of some of his work up on his blog.