Retro Roadmap - Cool Vintage Places & Retro Fun
Cool Vintage Places & Retro Fun - with your hostess Mod Betty!
Tonight The Blob invades Phoenixville PA as it has for the past 13 years as Blobfest weekend begins! The 1958 movie was filmed in our small town and my fave place The Colonial Theatre features prominently in one of the most iconic scenes – what I always like to refer to as “The Running
That’s right – not only is Phoenixville home to Retro Roadmap Headquarters, but also the magnificent Colonial Theatre where the famous running out scene in the 1958 movie The Blob was filmed. Come celebrate all things Blob with us on the weekend of Friday July 13th at Blobfest! Here’s a video from a Blobfest from
(image courtesy of Kevin Patrick) Don’t forget – tomorrow Saturday July 9th Retro Roadmap will be representin’ with a booth full of vintage souvenir goodies and a special appearance by Kyle Weaver and Kevin Patrick from Diners of Pennsylvania! Buy your copy and get it autographed, while enjoying a wonderfully fun day in “The Ville”-
Regular readers will know of our love of The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville PA – this time of year especially, with Blobfest – the kitschy fun homage to that gelatinous mass that put The Colonial on the moviegoing map, all the way back in 1958. This year we decided to put our money where our
BLOBFEST IS THIS WEEKEND, PEOPLE! BEWARE OF THE BLOB! Each July The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville PA celebrates Blobfest – a tribite to that wonderfully kitschy 1958 sci-fi movie The Blob. This cornerstone of modern cinema was filmed in the neighborhoods in the local area and in the Colonial Theatre itself! Here’s a link to
Since we’re local to Blobfest, an annual tradition here in Phoenixville PA, celebrating Steve McQueen and that great 1958 horror movie classic The Blob, I thought I’d try and be the “Retro Roadmap Hostess-with-the-Mostess” and make it easy for out of towners to check out some our fave places in the ‘Ville. This is an
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