The second day we were in Portland, we made a point of visiting any cool-looking
non-bike shop that we came across in our travels. And since both my boss and I really appreciate mid-century modern stuff - from the kitschy to the kool, we had to stop at
Lounge Lizard after seeing it while driving down Hawthorne Ave.

As soon as I popped my head in, I knew that I'd be here for a while.

Loads of great furniture on the floor and fantastic lighting overhead.

really, who *can't* use a grape light?
or, even better, an oil fountain light with an olde tyme mill/water wheel?
Walls filled with bad velvet paintings, shadowboxes...

...sad kitties...

...clocks...

...and whatever you call these 2D wall hangings:

Nicely-stocked tiki section being given the once-over by a one-time tiki collector:

Didn't every baby boomer and gen-xer grow up in a home with these straw tumblers?

Best of all, the prices were reasonable, probably half of what they'd sell for in SoCal - or a third of what they'd sell for in Palm Springs. For instance, this couch was about $250.

And most of the table lamps were about $50.

The two things I most wanted to take home were this color wheel lamp:

And this very Heywood-Wakefield-esque table (only $350).

Even framed/lighted Jesus thinks Lounge Lizard is pretty cool.
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That place has Deano written all over it.
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