Mahalo Tiki

Last week me and my wife Mary were down in Los Angeles and I wanted to hit some of the TIKI related places. On Friday night we went to the Trader Vic's restaurant at the LA Live Complex.  If you are not familiar with LA Live, it is a entire entertainment venue that includes movie theater, restaurants, hotels, and the Nokia Center. [caption id="attachment_51" align="aligncenter" width="170" caption="Trader Vic LOGO"][/caption] After watching a movie we made the short walk down to Trader Vic's.   The front of the restaurant looks very modern to match the rest of the businesses around it.  Once...

The people at Pfaltzgraff have come out with a new series of items that are TIKI! [caption id="attachment_48" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Pfaltzgraff 5 piece Tiki Entertaining set"][/caption] This 5 piece ceramic set includes one 16 1/2" x 8" surf board shaped platter and four 7" x 4" wide appetizer plates that have a Tiki face on them. This set would be great for that summer luau or south pacific themed party.  This is really high quality items, not the cheap stuff you will find at your normal party supply store. Pfaltzgraff also carries the surfboard and Tiki plates seperate, if you...

Me and my wife Mary made a trip from our home in Herald, California down to Socal for a Collectible Trade show.   I was there to support my wife in her new venture.    We were down in Huntington Beach dropping off a set of wheels for a buddy of mine and we decided to go to lunch.   I chose to head over to Don The Beachcomber Restaurant on Seal Beach. [caption id="attachment_38" align="aligncenter" width="612" caption="Don The Beachcomber Restaurant"][/caption] It was a Thursday afternoon and we ended up being the only customer to enter the restaurant.   This place is so cool...

Here is a guy selling a very cool Shot Glass on ebay. It is not TIKI but I still want one. [caption id="attachment_30" align="aligncenter" width="264" caption="Raku Freak Art Shot Glass"][/caption] Check it out on this Ebay Link

Group of Tiki Mugs Well after a couple of weeks figuring out this whole blog and store. Moving to a new server and getting it all working. The tiki mug section is setup and full. I will be adding new store items every few days so keep checking back