Sweet Daddy Tiki and Tiki A. Moaikingbird are Lost in Paradise - Tiki Travel

SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Tiki Socialite Edmonton Joined: Jul 20, 2003 Posts: 1113	SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Jul 24, 2007 1:00 AM Day 3 - Vernon to Quilchena Heavy rain when we woke up, easing up on the 90 minute drive to Kamloops. Kamloops is a great little thrifting town and while we didn't find a lot of stuff, we enjoyed poking around the stores we visited. Some finds: Pair of Frank Schirman "black coral" wall figures dated 1971 - a belated birthday gift for dogbytes. I've never seen Schirmans for the wall before. Gary found this fun little book which he gave me because he's not so much into the cocktails. "Okolemaluna (Bottoms Up) - The Amateur Bartender's Hawaiian Friend" by South Sea Scotty (Guletz), with great line art like this: Gary also found a Polyart resin tiki with rhinestone eyes. Non-tiki thrift finds included a plaster wall fish and a Diana Dors LP (she was sort of a British Jayne Mansfield). Then we went to the only remaining "old school" Mr. Mike's restaurant. As I wrote in my blog, Mr. Mike's used to be a popular Western Canada steakhouse chain for budget conscious families. that's my name, don't wear it out... There are many reasons to love Mr. Mikes: It's Megalicious The "world famous" Mikeburger with "secret Mike sauce" The salad bar includes soup, scalloped potatoes and mac & cheese. The dessert bar has two kinds of pie or you can make your own sundae with your choice of toppings. The toy train circling the restaurant above your head. Cheap! Though not as cheap as when it opened in 1969 (a charbroiled steak was $1.49 back then). After lunch we headed out on the old number 5A highway to Quilchena - a scenic 45 minute drive through rolling farm/ranchland to an isolated hotel built in the early 1900s. Kicking back on the veranda with a game of xtreme scrabble. We are outta control! Tomorrow: On to Vancouver. -Sweet Daddy T. Because crap doesn't buy itself. My new blog [ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2007-07-24 01:15 ]

Day 3 - Vernon to Quilchena

Heavy rain when we woke up, easing up on the 90 minute drive to Kamloops. Kamloops is a great little thrifting town and while we didn't find a lot of stuff, we enjoyed poking around the stores we visited. Some finds:

Pair of Frank Schirman "black coral" wall figures dated 1971 - a belated birthday gift for dogbytes. I've never seen Schirmans for the wall before.

Gary found this fun little book which he gave me because he's not so much into the cocktails. "Okolemaluna (Bottoms Up) - The Amateur Bartender's Hawaiian Friend" by South Sea Scotty (Guletz), with great line art like this:

Gary also found a Polyart resin tiki with rhinestone eyes.

Non-tiki thrift finds included a plaster wall fish and a Diana Dors LP (she was sort of a British Jayne Mansfield).

Then we went to the only remaining "old school" Mr. Mike's restaurant. As I wrote in my blog, Mr. Mike's used to be a popular Western Canada steakhouse chain for budget conscious families.

that's my name, don't wear it out...

There are many reasons to love Mr. Mikes:

It's Megalicious

The "world famous" Mikeburger with "secret Mike sauce"
The salad bar includes soup, scalloped potatoes and mac & cheese.

The dessert bar has two kinds of pie or you can make your own sundae with your choice of toppings.
The toy train circling the restaurant above your head.

Cheap! Though not as cheap as when it opened in 1969 (a charbroiled steak was $1.49 back then).

After lunch we headed out on the old number 5A highway to Quilchena - a scenic 45 minute drive through rolling farm/ranchland to an isolated hotel built in the early 1900s.

Kicking back on the veranda with a game of xtreme scrabble. We are outta control!

Tomorrow: On to Vancouver.

-Sweet Daddy T.
Because crap doesn't buy itself.

My new blog

[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2007-07-24 01:15 ]

Post #320842 by Sweet Daddy Tiki on Tue, Jul 24, 2007 1:00 AM