Shopping Tiki & Beyond :Retro shopping for Oasis on 4th Street in Long Beach

 Apparently my Hawaiian Shirts aren't wild enough for Oasis ---so we headed down to the Art District in Long Beach to look for some wilder Retro Hawaiian shirts.........and stop at a little Tiki Shop where I got a few mugs a few years back before the beach party.

Chatted with the lady in the store about Oasis  which she will be going to and my wife picked out a mug of her own for Crawling.

Cool Mugs turned into  Jewelry holders

Elvis and Don Ho  mugs

They still have the mug that I bought years ago ..The Terminator style mug

Meow!  had the most interesting retro collection ...This Wild Shirt ---one that looked like  Smokey and the Bandit and some wild  pantsuits for the ladies

Meow!  had the best selection of wild Hawaiian shirts.

Hats for the ladies.

The store had a really cool layout....Shirts are laid out by color and era in sections...

The I Love Lucy look

Cool ET Phone sign

 Okay not Retro  I just  Like  Yeti stuff

More Vintage stores

I introduced my wife to Oasis and now she wants to go to Vegas for this

I love the fridge doors as dressing rooms

Bowling shoes!

 Definitely an area to check out if you are looking for something Retro.  There are at least  6  or  7 stores to explore and a couple of thrift stores to boot.


Kim's new wild mug

Shopping Tiki : Long Beach Antique Stores

Tiki Bar at Antique Store on Redondo

Tili Bar

on Redondo

Busty Mannequin at Antique store on PCH

Woolly Bandits and the Mission Creeps March 2009 in Long Beach

f Life is a soundtrack –then this is what I’ve been listening too……
Consider this a catchup blog on what I’ve been up to lately….
First March 7^th I was in for a little solo adventure ….I saw that the Mission Creeps a Surf / Gothic / Garage band that had played at Tiki Oasis the day before I arrived would be at the Que Sera in Long Beach….No one else was up to it –but I thought it would be fun so headed out solo style

I checked out all 5 bands staying late to watch the 2 bands I wanted to see the most. It was a great show
Watching the Mission Creeps felt like a scene out of Twin Peaks –with a singer that looked like Kyle MacLachlan ……With Go Go Dancers to boot –I was expecting a midget in a red suit to start dancing and talking backwards… Good Stuff…Here are a few pictures









Woolly Then the Woolly  Bandits rocked the place –with a bunch of great songs including one of my new favs "Gonna Make it Right" and ending with a cool Specials cover…




This band really had stage presence





Here are the myspace links for these bands
Woolly Banditshttp://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=7189055

The Mission Creepshttp://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=62541337