Post #36294 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Wed, May 28, 2003 4:44 PM

BK - Love those orangish salt & peppers.
Suffering Bastard - Really like those blue-grey mugs you found. Nice scores all!

Here's what Doctor Z and myself found while garage-saleing this weekend.

Witco-esque plaques (are they tiki or some kind of king?), a large carved wooden head, early book of SHAG, tumblers from the Tasman Sea and Tony's On The Pier, vintage book on raising Parakeets (because, um.. "Tiki" would be a good name for a parakeet).

Also some matchbooks from Raffles Hotel in Singapore (home of the Singapore Sling!) and the Warehouse in Marina Del Rey, (another beachcomber-style restaurant that's been mentioned here a few times).

The Tasman Sea was an amazing, sprawling restaurant/motel that was built into the hillside of Western Ave in San Pedro. The restaurant had a great Sixties feel to it and had rooms that dropped down or stepped up a few feet, depending where they were on the hill. It had a bit of a beachcomber vibe, but wasn't really Polynesian or tiki. The restaurant has sat vacant for years, but I noticed during the last month that a new owner had renamed and re-painted it. It looks depressing. But I guess that's our fault for not buying it and turning it into a tiki club. I've found matchbooks to the Tasman Sea before but had no idea there was a drink glass until Doctor Z found two this weekend.

Also found by Doctor Z: This giant foam-core tiki mask from a record-store display.

Sabu