The Alibi has been a Portland, Oregon fixture since the late 1800s (it began as a horse-and-buggy stop before getting its current name and decor in the 1940s) and now the bar and restaurant has installed a new fixture: bike racks shaped like Easter Island Moai.
The city has been advocating local business’ installation of “non-standard” [...]
If you’ve ever had the desire to create a one-off, totally custom aloha shirt or dress, I have some good news for you: the technology is finally available to print directly on textiles from an uploaded file.
Spoonflower uses large-format inkjet printers modified to print directly on fabric. Prices range from $18/yard to $32/yard depending [...]
Tiki Kiliki, organizer of Hukilau, the yearly east-coast tiki get-together, just announced that tiki/lowbrow artist/super-hipster Shag has designed a souvenir aloha shirt and dress for this year’s event.
The fabric design features images specific to the event and the Mai Kai restaurant, the officially-unofficial epicenter of the event, including the Mystery Girl, the signature Cannibals [...]
I ran across a couple of nice tiki-related items at Jo-Ann Fabrics last weekend, scattered throughout a giant wall of the type of luau supplies one typically finds at party stores. The quality of the pieces was surprisingly good for such a store — too bad the door hooks are direct rip-offs of tiki signs [...]
Laura DeMarco of Cleveland.com published a handy guide to shops carrying tiki merchandise in Drew Carry’s favorite city. Mentioned stores include:
Flower Child, 11508 Clifton Blvd., Cleveland: Cleveland’s best stop for all things retro, kitschy and mid-century. You’ll almost always find a large selection of vintage Tiki barware, clocks, wall decor and even furniture.
Suite Lorain, 7105 [...]
In an attempt to keep diners on campus, Vanderbilt University has started a program to offer foods and food service locations with more variety than an average university cafeteria.
One of the concepts is a 650-square foot tiki-themed food stand in the university’s Varsity Market, called “Ro*Tiki.” Students order made-to-order wraps, panini, salads, sandwiches, soups and [...]
Here’s a clever organizational idea—a calendar with a pocket on the bottom to collect receipts, bills, and other loose papers associated with the month.
Each page features graphics from tropical fabric patterns yet the layout remains clean and uncluttered. I’m probably going to get one of these myself.
Note: The site offers free shipping from Dec. 1 [...]