Here at Retro Roamdap HQ I get the occasional SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope, for those of you who didn’t grow up watching ZOOM) but today’s note has super-surpassed all of those! It reads: Dear Mod Betty, My name is L______ and I am a 13 year old boy who
Retro Roadmap’s Mod Betty has a bee in her mod bonnet about getting like minded vintage and retro folks together in 2013, at a series of many Retro Roadmap Roundups. Read below how you can join in on the fun! Retro Roadmap Roundup | Sunday March 10, 2013 1pm The
Not sure if anyone else gets to be a glum chum during these dark months like Mod B does, but in case I’m not the only one, here are some fun vintage signs from our recent travels. This should hopefully give us all a lift – not just because these
“I feel like I am saving a piece of history. Your picture is what made it happen.” Now Mod Betty isn’t one to toot her own horn, but when someone says that you, you can’t help but feel a little honored and humbled. Little ol’ me? Driving around snapping photos
Let’s Get Together- Yeah Yeah Yeah! The Retro Roadmap Facebook page is all abuzz about places to have Retro Roadmap Roundups in 2013! I never want to not include anyone (which I guess double-negative-canceling-out means I want To Include Everyone) so I thought I’d pose the question here on the
If ever anyone says that the internet is making people more reclusive and isolated, all they need to do to see the other side of that coin is to check out our adventures this past year. As a somewhat shy introvert Mod Betty is here to tell you – it’s
Retro Roadmap folks – the busy-ness of the holiday season is upon us, but I don’t need to tell you that do I? We’re going to be laying low a bit on the blog here for the next week or so, but Mod Betty and Retro Roadhusband want to wish
Tis the season to decorate with whatever holiday collections you have! I think these squares of unused vintage wrapping paper will make a nice runner on our MCM credenza (protecting em with plastic a-course) That’s half the fun of decorating.- sharing my collections with our guests! I promise to share
Retro Roadmap pal and photo-realist road painter Gordon Inyard shared with me this lovely painting he did of the Original New York System Weiner sign all lit up. Ain’t it pretty? I thought it was nice of him to share it so I thought I’d repay the favor and share
Now, this won’t be a regular feature here on Retro Roadmap (unless you want it to be) but I’ve had so many people clamoring for my Bourbon Bacon Snack Mix recipe that I thought I’d share it here on Retro Roadmap! You see, besides Retro Roadtripping, Mod B loves to
I found 3 mystery scrapbooks a few years ago at a community thrift sale down the road. Opening them up I discovered a treasure trove of vintage Christmas cards and knew immediately that they’d have to come home with me. Being a collector, I sometimes find myself collecting other people’s
First time towing it – wish us luck!
Heard this song on my ipod this morning and thought it was the perfect “Thanksgiving carol!” Everybody Eats When They Come to My House – Cab Calloway Retro Roadhusband and I are so lucky – we saw my fam this weekend up in Mass, and will see his fam in
Spread the news around, I’m Massachusetts bound! Yes, I know we just got back not 72 hours ago from our Atlanta trip, but when the road calls, we answer! As I’ve probably mentioned before, but it bears repeating, Retro Roadhusband is – in real life- musician Cliff Hillis, and he’s
