Dusk til Dawn!
 No, not the Quinten Tarantino movie, the all nighter at the Drive-In movie! A real treat from the past that is much as I recall it from my own childhood. Read More …
Month: June 2006
Coon Tiki for 2007
My tiki carving seminar this year was a bigger success than I hoped, judging by the response from the participants. “Tiki Lee’s” posted his finished project recently. It turned out Read More …
Freedom Flag
There seem to be two different views on the flag desecration issue. Some see it as a battle flag that symbolized those who fought and died for the United States. Read More …
Maryland Tiki washed ashore in TN again
Monday, our avid junkin’ friend brought us two vintage mugs from thrift stores. They are both green mugs from the “Luau Hut” in Silver Springs, Maryland. The first is a Read More …
The Long Straw
If you have ever enjoyed a Mystery Bowl at the Mai Kai, or Volcano Bowl at other tiki establishments, you know that you must have a really long straw to Read More …
Polynesian drink menu unearths treasures
This menu came up on Ebay and it is a glimpse at why tiki collecting is so intriguing for me. The restaurant is simply named “The Polynesian” in Torrance. Here Read More …
Ms. Swanky creates great tropical blinds
 This is an image of the new bamboo blinds we got for our porch. As you can see, though they look nice, they don’t block a lot of sun and Read More …
Ear Candy
I thought I’d share a few sound bites today. First one is a Hertz commercial from the 60’s. Ms. Swanky wondered how Capote got a car out in the plains Read More …
“Free”
Lileks takes great exception to an Ang Lee comment today and it just bugs me. The first thing that comes to mind is very simple. Ang Lee has made a Read More …
Making real flower leis for your luau outside of Hawaii and California
I sometimes hesitate to give out my “secrets.” I am working on a luau in our newly planted tropical garden and coming up with “extra special touches” to make it memorable. In Read More …
Lileks shines his spotlight on TN – Knoxville
I recall when I first came across Lileks’ site. I loved it. And then I wondered if people thought I was copying him. Well, I started my site completely independantly. Read More …
Tonga Planter’s
Last night I went to the Grogalizer to fetch a new cocktail to concoct. I like concocting. Sounds like something dirty and fun. I started with the “Sven Tiki” and Read More …
Vintage Trader Vic’s Flaming Rum
A few years ago, Ms. Floratina traded me a bunch of music for this incredible bottle of Trader Vic’s Flaming Rum. She found it as old stock on a shelf Read More …
Dwarf Restaurant – One location found
I had these two images of the enigmatic “Dwarf Restaurant” in Knoxville.  It’s clear now there either were two of them or two locations. The first is clearly related to Read More …
New discovery: photographs… on paper!
I got a digital camera a few years ago. Before that I had a nice 35mm camera and took a few pictures when the mood hit me. But since the Read More …