That Coffee Grog Mug is possibly the greatest thing I've seen.

I think you'd change your mind if I could find a picture of a severed-head mug from Ren Clark's Polynesian Village; one just sold recently on eBay for $1300!

If you're still stuck in Boulder, hit the Boulder Savers thrift store on S. Broadway. I found a couple of vintage, rayon hawaiian shirts, a dragon-lady dress, and a slew of 40's ties there a few years back... good thrifting. Same can be said about the Fort Collins Savers (on College).

Boulder is very much a sterilized Disneyland, but it is surrounded by funky cow-towns that are worth poking around (Longmont, Berthoud, Greely).

-gerald

boulder's not as bad as all that... check out savers like old man fury said, and also the salvation army on 33rd and arapahoe... also, wander around campus some, you might find some interesting people who could tell you more, especially in the music building...

Glad to hear you enjoyed Tiki Boyd's -- did you hear the news that the exact same site was a tiki bar many years ago, designed by Eli Hedley, no less? ZuluMagoo did the homework on that, the creators of this new incarnation had no idea. I'm looking forward to checking it out myself some day.

Thanks for the Ooga-Mooga linkage!

omf and aesop: thanks for the Boulder Saver and Salvation Army tips, I'll be sure to check them out before I leave.

Humu: yes, Boyd showed me some of the old ads for the original Tiki Lounge. He wants to restore as much of it as possible. They've already exposed the original glass bricks on the bar, and are working on the waterfall.

I'll be trying to get some of my own mug collection onto Ooga Mooga in the next couple of weeks.

are you kidding!?!?! boulder is the most awesome town ever! if you dont like boulder, then you dont know how to relax and have a good time! there are all kinds of funky shops and thrift stores around pearl street and the hill (broadway, south i think) like the buffalo exchange on (or around) 17 and walnut. COOL a$$ store. just go up and down pearl, and youll find all kinds of good stores. and old dman fury....longmont...a good town to poke around...are you joking? that town is nothing but commercial crap chain restaurants. and oh, dont forget about greeley....the town that smells like cow manure everywhere you go....yay. so anyways...im trying to say, give boulder another chance, man!

also, try lyons....west of boulder on highway 36....cute quaint town....stop by the Barking dog cafe on main st....good stuff. tell em jamie sent ya....theyll treat ya nice.

Meh. I've spent plenty of time in Boulder in the past 5 or 6 years; it's overrated, and the locals are so full of themselves they could just pop. Pearl St. is a big tourist trap, and it's full of aggressive panhandlers. The stores here are way overpriced, and so are the restaurants. The music scene in Boulder is pretty much dead too.