is this valuable?? - Collecting Tiki

T tikigreg Tiki Socialite ClubTiki Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1301	T tikigreg Posted posted on Sat, Jan 4, 2014 6:48 AM On 2014-01-03 19:51, gabbahey wrote: I cropped them so it was easier to see what I was talking about. The menu is from The Beachcomber in Winnipeg. Looks to me like the mug they are trying to depict. Now, does that add tiki to it or reinforce the Pacific Northwest-ness? :wink: Either way, I've avoided this one like the plague which is why I was surprise to see it on a menu. gabbahey You're right, the graphic in the menu depicts the mug in question. It's still not tiki. It is interesting though that of all the mugs they could have used, they chose that one. So maybe it is trying to reinforce the "Pacific Northwest-ness" of the restaurant's location. And maybe they actually used the mug at the restaurant?

On 2014-01-03 19:51, gabbahey wrote:

I cropped them so it was easier to see what I was talking about. The menu is from The Beachcomber in Winnipeg.
Looks to me like the mug they are trying to depict.

Now, does that add tiki to it or reinforce the Pacific Northwest-ness? :wink:

Either way, I've avoided this one like the plague which is why I was surprise to see it on a menu.

gabbahey

You're right, the graphic in the menu depicts the mug in question. It's still not tiki.

It is interesting though that of all the mugs they could have used, they chose that one. So maybe it is trying to reinforce the "Pacific Northwest-ness" of the restaurant's location. And maybe they actually used the mug at the restaurant?

Post #703732 by tikigreg on Sat, Jan 4, 2014 6:48 AM