The Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California is unlike any hotel or restaurant that I have ever been to before! Its a colorful 1960s take on rococo and baroque... The Madonna Inn is known for their...
After our stop in Santa Barbara we continued up the coastline to San Luis Obispo. Chris and I lived down in San Luis Obispo, California for a year. Chris really enjoyed the architecture firm that he ...
Continuing on our journey up the California coast we stopped in Santa Barbara. I love the Spanish style architecture that is so prominent in Central and Southern California. A vintage water taxi... I...
Photo of a sculpture in the parking lot of our hotel. Before we traveled down to L.A. we were excited to find listed online a hotel for a really good price located in Hollywood near Paramount Studios...
Before I did my coverage of the Red Carpet at The TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night of Cabaret Restoration Premiere Chris and I went to the La Brea Tar Pits and LACMA. The La Brea Tar Pits were...
After visiting the Griffith Observatory we stopped by the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. When we stopped at the guards station at the entrance of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery he informed us that we we...
During our stay in L.A. the majority of my time was spent at the TCM Classic Film Festival- but, I was able to squeeze in a few visits to other places. On our first day in L.A. before the festival st...
One day while I was waiting for a movie to start at the TCM Classic Film Festival I took photos of the hand and foot prints in the Graumans Chinese Theatre Courtyard. It had just rained recently maki...
The winner of a copy of Amy Barickmans book Vintage Notions is Tracy H with the comment: "I absolutely LOVE vintage fabric, notions and whatnot! I enjoy going to second hand thrift stores and au...
Posted below are photos of just a few examples of the over 125 new vintage clothing items that I am taking to the Portland Antique Expo with me (for more info about the Expo scroll down to the bottom...
The fun loving mannequin over at Lucitebox is my pick for best mannequin for a vintage clothing website...
Winners of Lulus Vintage Peoples Choice Top 10 and Lulus Top 10 will be announced this Friday, June 3rd.
This black dress is right up my alley! Over my lifetime I have owned many cute dresses similar to this. This style of dress is easy to wear, feminine and flattering. 1970s Nipon Boutique black dress ...
I know its not really wool coat weather right now- but, this coat is such a classic that its something that you can buy and stash away to wear this Fall and Winter. 1960s Pendleton grey wool overcoat...
Today on the way to work I walked past Buffalo Exchange (which I often do on my way to work). I try hard not to get sucked into the store, because I dont need anything. When I was passing by today I ...
Cream and light brown scarf with flapper girl print. You can purchase this scarf for $10- over at heirloomrose on Etsy.
How sweet and Springy is this ensemble?!? 1950s yellow straw hat. The opening bid on this hat is $9.50 and there are 6 days left on its sale over at DeniseBrain on eBay. 1950s green floral print dres...
Necktie with handpainted silhouette of a couple. You can purchase this tie for $14- over at Rusty Zipper
Today is the first beautifully sunny day of Spring. It has me feeling exhilarated and anxious to get outside and enjoy the beauty of the day. I have been racking my brain trying to think of someplace...
For the past several days I have been working at my parents house helping them prepare to move from my childhood home. Yesterday I spent an extremely physical day boxing up and carrying hundreds if n...
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