Post #599255 by Sabina on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 9:42 PM

For what it's worth, the Tiki bar down on Solomon's (http://www.tikibarsolomons.com/Home.aspx) has a little Tiki shop, "Everything Tiki Store" where we've been able to score a few odds and ends and some Tiki Farm mugs from time to time.

Don't go expecting a Trader Vic's style experience, but enjoy some of what Tiki Maryland has to offer. Some years back they reworked the place with a TON of Bosko goodies it has its charms, in its own Maryland sort of a way.

While you're down that a way, you can visit what's left of Vera's White Sands, now Vera's Beach Club (http://www.verasbeachclub.com/) There are still a number of Tikis around the property and bits and pieces remain, though the site is fundamentally changed from the era of Vera. The A-frame entrance is long gone, and much of what I documented in these pix- http://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Veras is now either gone or scattered about, but there are still some remnants.

As for the rest? The MD/DC/(VA) Tiki board is the place to be, not high volume, but it's where you'll find genuine Tikiphiles, many with their own little slices of Tropical paradise.