The first rager was thrown atop a woolly mammoth, but when rampaging guests broke the trunk, parties weren't planned for another thousand years. Properly prepare for festivities with today's Groupon. For $15, you get $30 worth of party merchandise at the Lippman Company. Last-minute post-church hootenannies should be planned in advance, since the Lippman Company is closed on Sundays. This Groupon is not valid toward helium-tank rentals or purchases.

Become the king and queen of your own carnival by donning the Groucho glasses ($15/dozen) and a rhinestone tiara ($12.95), or for a more social get-together, prop up cardboard cutouts of Darth Vader and Marilyn Monroe ($33.95 each) as bouncers outside your exclusive mustache party (fake 'staches start at $1 each). Bachelorette-party games, such as the barroom scavenger hunt, and party favors including to-be bridal accoutrements, range from $9.95–$32.95 and up for a group of eight. Whatever the theme, 100% biodegradable helium-inflated balloons lend a buoyant hand to the festivities ($12.50 per dozen). The Lippman Company's stock of giant fake diamonds ($9.95/dozen) can make a lifelong dream of wooing a giant inflatable Paul Bunyan come true.

The Lippman Company has been providing gala-related sundries to Portland for more than 60 years and has a dedicated staff to help answer pressing questions about wind-up rubber chickens. The 12,000 square feet of balloons, novelties, and party supplies provide you and your friends with a perfect backdrop for an earnest discussion over the comedic merits of seltzer bottles in the face, being sprayed with pies, and the canoe-related deaths of comedic-relief actors.

Reviews

Yelpers and Citysearchers give the Lippman Company near-perfect 4.5-star ratings:

• I have been going to Lippman's since I was a kid and will take my kids for every birthday, the selection of stuff and non-commercial party wares is the best I have seen in an actual store. – deedeebc, Citysearch
• Every time I walk in this store everyone is smiling, especially the staff! – Rockshields, Citysearch
• They have a guhbillion colors of latex balloons...They also have a ton of the shaped foil balloons, and a large number of balloon experts to help you figure out everything! – Felicia C., Yelp