Retro Roadmap - Cool Vintage Places & Retro Fun
Cool Vintage Places & Retro Fun - with your hostess Mod Betty!
Whew! What I thought was going to be a list of places for Retro Roadsis and her fam to check out in the Buffalo NY area somehow has ended up to be the most sprawling post ever for Retro Roadmap! We’ve got places I’ve been, places I saw but didn’t go to, places I found out
With the official passing of my favorite little local store run by a sweet old lady, I could not let another day go by without adding another little local store run by a sweet old lady - Ethel Weiss’ store, Irving’s Toy Store in Brookline, MA specifically - to the Retro Roadmap. Just because she’s
Hooray! It’s open! Shane Confectionery in Philadelphia - the country’s oldest continually operated candy manufacturer – and just in time for the holidays! Doesn’t it look just grand all dolled up for the season? Ever since I read that the swell Brothers Berley were in line to take over the reins at Shane’s, I’ve been
Hey gang – I know I should be chaining myself to the desk and write about the loads of places we’ve been recently (Buffalo NY! The Jello Museum! Dinosaur Land!) – but I just had some chocolate covered bacon from the newly opened but wonderfully old school Shane Confectionery in Philadelphia and I’m all hepped
Prepping for my NorthEast Pennsylvania visit to scout places for the Retro Roadmap / Roadside Fans Meetup in Scranton on Sunday 11/14, my trusty NEPA guide Aubrey recommended the Dunmore Candy Kitchen in Dunmore PA. She recounted fond memories from her youth of their home made chocolates, penny candy, ice cream and the regional sundae
While I traveled up and down the southern New Jersey shore in search of vintage diners, I took a break one afternoon and decided to visit the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. I had not been here in easily 15+ years, and am happy to report that many of the historic independently operated businesses on
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