And The Winner Is...

...of the Vintage Giveaway tiki madness contest is...



Radiation Cinema!


Yay! Sweet! Huzzah! Whoomp there it is to you, my good sir! Just send me your name and mailing address info either in a comment (which I won't make public, you know, for privacy and crap) or drop me an email and I'll get the tiki cocktail set out to you in a jif! Or when I remember to. Whenever.

Thank you so much to everyone who comments, follows, takes part in, plays along with and/or shows a lukewarm to mild interest in the giveaways here! Stay tuned in a few weeks for whateverthehell July's Vintage Giveaway will bring.



Notes of Interest: Tomorrow I'll be starting a brand new weekly theme! You know I lurves me some themes and since you peeps seem to dig the weekly nonsense that goes on here so far, it only made sense to make things harder on myself. (I said "make things harder on myself". Uh huh huh.) So I'll see you tuesday for the Grand Unveiling (yeah right, it's really not so dramatic) of the new theme. You'll love it! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll say it's better than Cats.

This is your Captain speaking...

Just a reminder, folks, about June's summer tiki-themed giveaway. The winner will be announced later this evening, so there's still time to sign up- just go to the link below. While you're signing up, please enjoy the musical stylings of Charo on the Lido Deck, where William Shatner will be passing out leis and teaching the hula. Also, the staff here would like to advise against eating the clams today, as we've been informed they may or may not have something to do with the recent outbreak of the Clam Flu. That is all.

Give me free tiki or give me death!

Jungle Madness

Welcome to June's Vintage Giveaway! Seeing as in one week it will be O-fficially summer, I thought it only apropos to give away something apropos of summer. Duh. So what could be better than something tiki-themed? Everyone loves tikis. Yo' mama was a tiki. I'll tell you what's better than a tiki theme~ a tiki theme and cocktails.



So this month's giveaway is this fun plastic cocktail shaker and cups set! OK, so it's not technically vintage, dated 2002, but if you wait another 13 years it will be, so there. I got this as a present 7 years and it's never been used, so it's time I destash and bestow this re-gift upon someone else. It really was a well-thought, charming little gift from someone, but I just have way too many actual vintage cocktail shakers and glasses already that I've collected over many moons. Am I bad a person? Let's consult the Magic 8 Ball. *shake shake shake* Magic 8 Ball says: "It is certain." Sigh.

It's tiki time!



No, really. It says so.




I'm pretty sure that any native anywhere wouldn't drink something called a "Grass Skirt" but who am I to argue with a cardboard box?




Each cup has a tiki mask on one side and a cliche-ishly named drink recipe on the other. ("Lei Lady Lei" sounds like something stupid and corny I would say, so naturally I'm both repulsed and enchanted.)


Everyone and anyone is welcome to sign up! It doesn't matter if you've never left a comment before or you're not following this blog (though it sure does help. Zing!) And it's totally free to you! To be eligible, just leave a comment that you'd like to be entered in the contest - or - you can drop me an email if you'd rather keep it on the down low.

The winner's name will be drawn from a hat (seriously. I really do it that way!) in one week, on the 21st. What better way to celebrate the first day of summer than by getting loaded on a "Grass Skirt"?






"Jungle Madness" by Martin Denny.