Elvis, Graceland, and Tiki - General Tiki

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1197	D donhonyc Posted posted on Thu, Aug 6, 2009 8:54 PM Just got back from Memphis, and had an amazing time. Went to Sun Studio, Stax Museum, and of course Graceland. I hadn't been down there since my first visit over ten years ago and it was nice to be back visiting Elvis and all of the amazing music history that originated around there. On my visit to Graceland I saw that in the Trophy Building adjacent to the mansion were a pair of coveted 'Blue Hawaii' Tiki Bobs on display in a section devoted to memorabilia and costumes from Elvis' films. The crazy thing was that most everything in the Trophy Building had a card next to it indicating what it was but the Tiki Bob's didn't. I wonder how many non-Tiki Elvis fans knew what they were. Whatever the case may be, it was impressive that they actually had them. The other really cool thing I found was in one of the gift shops across the street from Graceland. They were these really cool 'Blue Hawaii' ceramic.... goblets, I guess you would call them. One had a blue tapa pattern with the 'Blue Hawaii' logo from the film on the base of the stem. The other had a red Hawaiian shirt pattern that looked like it was modeled after Elvis' shirt that he wears on the cover of the soundtrack. The base of that piece had an Elvis signature at the bottom of it. They had one of the blue left so I got that one. They were $25 each, and I couldn't see dropping $50 for both. I had to control my Elvis/Memphis vacation shopping frenzy or I would have broke the bank! I know this technically is not a Tiki mug, but it's going on the shelf with the rest of them. Anyway, what can I say about Graceland? If your as big an Elvis fan as I am, this place is absolutely the Holy Grail!! If you're a fan, and you haven't been there yet, you HAVE TO go. My wife and I got what they called the 'VIP/Entourage' ticket which among other minor benefits, entitles you to go through the mansion as many times as you want during the day. We went through three times and I gawked at the Jungle Room as intently as possible. [ Edited by: donhonyc 2009-08-06 22:15 ]

Just got back from Memphis, and had an amazing time. Went to Sun Studio, Stax Museum, and of course Graceland. I hadn't been down there since my first visit over ten years ago and it was nice to be back visiting Elvis and all of the amazing music history that originated around there.

On my visit to Graceland I saw that in the Trophy Building adjacent to the mansion were a pair of coveted 'Blue Hawaii' Tiki Bobs on display in a section devoted to memorabilia and costumes from Elvis' films. The crazy thing was that most everything in the Trophy Building had a card next to it indicating what it was but the Tiki Bob's didn't. I wonder how many non-Tiki Elvis fans knew what they were. Whatever the case may be, it was impressive that they actually had them.

The other really cool thing I found was in one of the gift shops across the street from Graceland. They were these really cool 'Blue Hawaii' ceramic.... goblets, I guess you would call them. One had a blue tapa pattern with the 'Blue Hawaii' logo from the film on the base of the stem. The other had a red Hawaiian shirt pattern that looked like it was modeled after Elvis' shirt that he wears on the cover of the soundtrack. The base of that piece had an Elvis signature at the bottom of it. They had one of the blue left so I got that one. They were $25 each, and I couldn't see dropping $50 for both. I had to control my Elvis/Memphis vacation shopping frenzy or I would have broke the bank! I know this technically is not a Tiki mug, but it's going on the shelf with the rest of them.

Anyway, what can I say about Graceland? If your as big an Elvis fan as I am, this place is absolutely the Holy Grail!! If you're a fan, and you haven't been there yet, you HAVE TO go. My wife and I got what they called the 'VIP/Entourage' ticket which among other minor benefits, entitles you to go through the mansion as many times as you want during the day. We went through three times and I gawked at the Jungle Room as intently as possible.

[ Edited by: donhonyc 2009-08-06 22:15 ]

Post #475231 by donhonyc on Thu, Aug 6, 2009 8:54 PM