Principles Unknown

2009-03-14

Salvation Army Family Store

This on is VERY nice inside when compared to a standard Goodwill. Less
junk, more new stuff, and everything is generally in better shape.
Probably not so good for tiki hunting but I won't rule it out.

2009-03-12

Last Weekend's Tiki-Find

I went out Saturday morning for a haircut so I had no other choice than to stop by the local Goodwill. What did I find? Nothing.

Later we were over at Northlake so I figured I might as well check out the other local Goodwill...

He's a Sakura (by Oneida) mug/vase designed by Paul Brent. He's got a nice Tiki Zombie print on his web site too. Evidently this was part of a set with some mugs and platters with tiki-art on them and stuff. I've found other bits of it here and there on eBay and elsewhere on the net.

It's in good shape except for a small chip on the noise.

Mask Of Doom

The Skull of Doom and his partner in crime are developing quite the thrift-store "Eye of Tiki" and netted this really nifty mask on a plaque:

He kind of reminds me of the Wham-O witch doctor in the book I'm currently reading.

If I had a pair they'd make some mighty tall book-ends.

Tiki B-Day

It all started out way back in January where the best people ever threw me a:

(one too many la's but the point is well understood by anyone on my IM list)

It was complete with a:

The drink of the evening was the Dark And Stormy. My version... with Reed's Extra Ginger Brew and Meyer's Dark. :)

Many tikis were present (or were presents) such as the fabulous love tiki:

A nifty bamboo tiki that can be lit from the inside:

A really crazy tiki-card that plays jungle beats when you open it:

(we'll hear more fromt his later I hope)

Tiki Farm's Hot Head Tiki by Joe Vitale:

and Shag's Tiki Drink Deck:

It was a lot of fun with lots of friends and family present. Everyone was completely tiki'd out with tiki wristbands, tiki drinks and even original tiki art. Oddly (or luckily) no one took photos. ;)

Thanks again to everyone!

2009-03-11

Way Behind...

I'm way behind in posting a bunch of tiki-stuff for this year. I'll get some of it done this weekend (or maybe even before then!) I'll make my promise here to give me a little extra motivation to follow through. If you don't see anything new here by Monday please yell at me and call me slack.

2009-02-24

Happy Mardi Gras!

I'm all set for Mardi Gras.

Dave and Danielle got me some swell tiki beads at Toomey's this weekend. I'm wearing my Cafe Du Monde shirt and drinking from my Cafe Du Monde coffee mug as well.