Prices on mugs dropping, what gives? - General Tiki

E EnchantedTikiGoth Member Calgary, Canada Joined: Dec 31, 2003 Posts: 355	E EnchantedTikiGoth Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2016 4:02 PM On 2016-02-03 21:12, swizzle wrote: We have several bars here in Australia that have 'tiki' drinks on the menu When we stayed at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park last year, we discovered a tropical drink on the menu of the lounge. It was called "A Trip Over the Falls" and I joked to my wife that it needed a Tiki mug of a bear in rum barrel going over a waterfall. Anyways, a rustic lodge in the middle of a Rocky Mountain national park struck me as an odd place for a tropical drink. On 2016-02-04 11:50, Captainwhoopass wrote: Like EnchantedTikiGoth (hello fellow Albertan!), I live in a tiki-barren wasteland where it really is hard to contribute more to the discussions . While once we had bars up here, they regrettably were before my time, and all the artifacts from the local tiki places end up in the collections of people with much deeper pockets than I have. For what it’s worth, I haven’t noticed much of a shift in prices up here, so much as a total absence of tiki mugs. Where once I was finding neat little items weekly in thrift shops, I haven’t found anything in about 8 months. Hi! :D I always check out Whyte Knight when I'm up there. It's only ever the new stuff, which might get trying if you actually live up there. For me, it works out pretty well. The last time I was there (for a conference at the Chateau Lacombe, which once upon a time had their own specialty mugs for the circle lounge at the top), I picked up a mug I had been wanting for a while AND they had an Armada Geddon in stock. Had to explain to my wife why (and how) I was coming back from Edmonton with a $100 ceramic sunken ship, but it was worth it! For bars though... yeah... At least the chocolate monkey-type drink at Jungle Jim's in WED is good. Apparently it was shocking that I completely polished off a Headhunter burger too. It's tacky tropical, but I suppose it's something. Plus it's the only original front left on Bourbon Street, which is nostalgic for me.

On 2016-02-03 21:12, swizzle wrote:
We have several bars here in Australia that have 'tiki' drinks on the menu

When we stayed at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park last year, we discovered a tropical drink on the menu of the lounge. It was called "A Trip Over the Falls" and I joked to my wife that it needed a Tiki mug of a bear in rum barrel going over a waterfall. Anyways, a rustic lodge in the middle of a Rocky Mountain national park struck me as an odd place for a tropical drink.

On 2016-02-04 11:50, Captainwhoopass wrote:
Like EnchantedTikiGoth (hello fellow Albertan!), I live in a tiki-barren wasteland where it really is hard to contribute more to the discussions . While once we had bars up here, they regrettably were before my time, and all the artifacts from the local tiki places end up in the collections of people with much deeper pockets than I have. For what it’s worth, I haven’t noticed much of a shift in prices up here, so much as a total absence of tiki mugs. Where once I was finding neat little items weekly in thrift shops, I haven’t found anything in about 8 months.

Hi! :D

I always check out Whyte Knight when I'm up there. It's only ever the new stuff, which might get trying if you actually live up there. For me, it works out pretty well. The last time I was there (for a conference at the Chateau Lacombe, which once upon a time had their own specialty mugs for the circle lounge at the top), I picked up a mug I had been wanting for a while AND they had an Armada Geddon in stock. Had to explain to my wife why (and how) I was coming back from Edmonton with a $100 ceramic sunken ship, but it was worth it!

For bars though... yeah... At least the chocolate monkey-type drink at Jungle Jim's in WED is good. Apparently it was shocking that I completely polished off a Headhunter burger too. It's tacky tropical, but I suppose it's something. Plus it's the only original front left on Bourbon Street, which is nostalgic for me.

Post #758411 by EnchantedTikiGoth on Thu, Feb 4, 2016 4:02 PM