Puffer Fish Friday

From Pagan Idol's Doc Park's Instagram account. My favorite puffer fish, Puff Daddy, when he was a wee fish.

Tiki Tuesday - Brad "Tiki Shark" Parker

Who is Brad "Tiki Shark" Parker? I'd say he's my favorite artist in the vein of tiki pop/lowbrow art.

On  his website he is quoted as saying:

"I'm a 'Tiki Artist': a low-brow artist who specializes in Hawaiian pop-culture. I don't paint historically correct tikis. I paint 'souvenir tikis'. I paint tiki's summer holiday reflection. I celebrate the tiki tourists enjoy on their holiday vacation - found in gift shops and in tiki bars. The tiki I paint is an urban myth; a figment of holiday vacation superstition, like Mr. Jack-o-Lantern, the Easter Bunny, or Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer. My mission as a tiki artist is to give this fun fictional figure an upgrade, and to help it keep up with our always evolving tiki-pop-culture."

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National Park of American Samoa

Photo of the National Park of American Samoa from the U.S. Interior's Instagram page.  The park is located "2,600  miles southwest of Hawaii'i" and "is one of the most remote national parks in the United States. It includes sections of three islands -- Tutuila, Ta'u, and Ofu -- and about 4,000 acres of [the park] is underwater, offshore from all three islands. This photo was taken at the Ofu unit, which has a shallow protected reef with a great diversity of coral cover fish." Photo by the National Park Service.

Mermaid Monday

Tiki Caliente 2017

Tiki Caliente is occurring this weekend at the Caliente Tropics Resort in Palm Springs. 

According to their website, "Tiki Client is an annual event that creates the aura of island living, but transports it to Palm Springs, California. It brings together the best music, art, cocktails and people to create a celebration dedicated to Tiki culture. Tiki Client touches all of your senses. It's a combination of sights, sounds, scents, and tastes, all in one memorable weekend. From music to art, shopping and socializing, Tiki Client will immerse you into the colorful and escapist Polynesian Pop world. And, since the Tiki culture is partially focused on crafted cocktails, this gathering will also entice you repeatedly with a variety of concoctions made with exotic rums, juices and spices."

Sounds fun to me. Wish I could go. 

Mermaid Lounge

Slowly but surely starting to set things up on the porch.

Tiki Tuesday

Photo taken this past Saturday while smoking a cigar in the backyard. No tiki drink involved but I used this tiki shot glass for downing some gin.