That is the official way of saying “I now have a place to sit and write that isn’t the kitchen table”! In the few years we’ve lived in The Hacienda the front bedroom has changed from “space to be creative in /guest room” into “space where I get dressed for
Just a quick note to say Thank You to everyone who has stopped by Retro Roadmap, posted comments, offered suggestions and shared information about cool old places to visit. I’m looking forward to 2010 being a swell year for Retro Roadmap and am excited by the fact that there seem
You might notice from the fact that this is a clipping from an actual newspaper, and the fact that the directions say to take the Mass Pike and the pin holes in it from how many corkboards of mine it has been pinned to, that I’ve been wanting to go
The nice note I got about my post on The Fisherman Restaurant in Phoenixville PA reminded me that Retro Roadhusband and I had not been there in ages. We went there tonight for dinner, and basked in the glow of their cheery Christmas decorations, while dining on my fave chicken
How cool is it that the Boston Public Library has a Flickr page to share even a sliver of the cool things in its collection? I happened upon this while doing a Flickr image search and could spend days going through their sets. One that I think is right up
I’ll be blogging lots more this long weekend as I’ve got so much fun stuff to share, but in the spirit of the day, I want to take a minute out to say thanks to all of you, my Retro Roadmap Readers. Thanks to everyone who has visited my website
Can’t wait to share all the neat places we were able to visit in such a short weekend- home made donuts, duckpin bowling, vintage dinering, hotdogs and popcorn, cool signs, antique merry go rounds, more donuts and some old school red sauce Italian food! We’ve got plenty to be thankful
Hometown road trip take two (and crossing my fingers I don’t lock my keys in the car this time-!) Yep, heading back up to Massachusetts to see family and friends and fit in a retro roadstop or two. This time I’ll have my trusty sidekick Retro Roadhusband with me (he’s
I’ve returned from Mass (and boy are my arms tired!) after having to omit nearly everything Retro Roadmap related from my agenda, but as one of the John Lennon said, ” Life is What Happens When You Make Other Plans” The weather was lousy for taking photos but good for
Friday the 13 hit my roadtrip to Mass when I locked my keys in the trunk of my car at work! Luckily I had my RetroRoadHusband in shining armor come to my rescue, but the time wasted totally threw off my plans to Retro Road trip my way up and
I’m looking forward to heading home to Massachusetts on the next 2 weekends coming up – and also checking out some places for Retro Roadmap along the way (as you can see below): ( the behind the scenes maps at Retro Roadmap headquarters) Do you ever make the drive from
Unlike Hank Snow or Johnny Cash, I haven’t been everywhere, man. But if I had been everywhere, the map might look a little bit like this: Retro Roadmap’s Official I’ve Been Everywhere Map Just a bit of silliness!
Thanks to our pals over at RoadsideOnline I was able to watch the video about Bengie’s Drive In Movies – which is being featured on CNN.com’s Americana in Focus. My dear departed father in law Bob took a photo of Bengie’s marquee for me, so I alway think of him
Gentle readers- I realized today that while I’m the champion of many things vintage and authentic, one of the things I am glad that has moved on from it’s past and continues to evolve is modern dental care! Having just spent 2 solid hours in “the chair” I am going
