Post #233157 by woofmutt on Sun, May 21, 2006 8:16 AM

I was in "my" Party City yesterday, the Tiki crap takes up almost a fourth of the store currently. And yes, I too do mean crap. It was yet again one of those moments when your brain goes "Tiki!" and then your heart goes "Oh. Tiki." It's a little mind blowing that there are so many products yet they've gone so wrong so often. And as Party City is more familiar to most folks than anything genuinely Tiki it may mean that the little definition dance you have to do when you tell folks you collect Tiki will have to get more elaborate so as to make clear that your house is not full of purple and yellow plastic Tiki ware with an inflatable "hut" in the living room. (And then there's also the threat of the relative excitedly telling you about the Tiki stuff they bought you.)

That said, there's some useful stuff at Party City. As Swanky posted above last year the Scene Setters wall decor could be useful in a large dim space. There are also a lot of interesting napkins. A few bits of Hawaiiana type kitsch and some real coconut monkey type carvings that would make good bar clutter.