Now with apologies to Randy Newman… if you like Pina Colada and Puerto Rico come with me and escape.
The creamy pineapple juice and rum cocktail shouts the tropics but few of us could identify its island of origin.
Naturally though Puerto Ricans promote their island under the cocktail umbrella of their famous party drink.
Whose modern iteration is 60 years old this year.
Which, of course, we celebrated on their stand at the American travel fair, IPW, in Los Angeles.
Cream of the Caribbean
The Puerto Ricans, of course, mark the Pina Colada with its own festival held every July.
When get this, you can salsa, sing and party and get silly at $4 a cocktail in any one of 40 bars and restaurants in old San Juan.
In truth our Puerto Ricans have been getting silly as far back as the 19th century.
When Puerto Rican pirate Roberto Cofresí concocted the brew to boost the morale of his crew,
We pick up the pina colada timeline again in 1924 when National Geographic magazine, reported from the island
And mentioned a pineapple juice and crushed ice beverage, known locally as piña fría (cold pineapple).
Dumped on
And so how did we get here and why today?
Well because unprovoked the good people of Puerto Rico have only been thrust into the American presidential race.
When one of Donald Trump’s warm-up acts at his Madison Square Garden showpiece rubbished Puerto Rico as an island of garbage.
And all this going on when Puerto Rico is readying itself for another of its popular annual fests.
Festival of fun
The Festival Nacional Indigena which does what it says on el tin and runs from November 15-17.
When we dare say there will be an influx of visitors from the US to what is after all an American territory.
Worth an escape we think you’d agree if you like Pina Colada and Puerto Rico.