I’m a sucker for a roadside billboard! Pea Soup Andersen’s Buellton CA.
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The Breakfast of Champions. Champagne Cake Madonna Inn
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Hello From San Francisco! A Retro Roadmap Virtual Post Card
May 15, 2012 By 5 Comments
Dear Readers, We hit the ground running yesterday in San Francisco, with stops at the real crookedest street, some fab food at a renovated soda fountain, a snapshot at The Golden Gate Bridge, and a driving tour past all sorts of cool vintage signs that I tried to snap photos from the window of the [...]
The Retro Roadcouple is California Bound!
May 13, 2012 By 5 Comments
Yes it’s true! We’ll be traversing the west coast this week, from San Fran to Los An with all sorts of stops and photo ops planned in between! Retro Roadhusband and I are celebrating 10 years of wedded bliss with a trip to California, where we met all those years ago, and of course I’ve [...]
Random Retro Roadmap Saturday Fun Stuff
May 12, 2012 By 4 Comments
Hey kids! It’s a beautiful sunny Saturday, and while I hope to hunker down at some point and do some official writing of posts, sometimes you gotta enjoy life while it happens. So you may get a post or two from the road, or a yard sale today. But before I go out and play [...]
Retro Roadhusband is Thinking of Me – Hope He Bought Me Some Boots! :-)
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Nashville Bound Retro Roadhusband – What Should He Do?
May 9, 2012 By 8 Comments
Here’s some behind the scenes skinny from our little Retro Roadfamily. Though you know him as Retro Roadhusband, and I know him as my dearie, boo boo, partner in crime, and love of my life, he is – is in real life, musician, singer, songwriter, producer Cliff Hillis. (He’s the cutie in the middle, wearing his [...]
Join Me in Bethlehem PA For the Tiki – Luau at the Levitt w/ Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica – May 27, 2012
May 8, 2012 By 2 Comments
This Memorial Day Weekend Sunday, please join me – Mod Betty, at one of the first tiki events ever to be held in the Philadelphia area: The FREE Luau at the Levitt in Bethlehem PA will be awash in mu-mus, Mai-Tais and more- with some great live music. It’s not to be missed! The centerpiece [...]
Shady Glen Manchester CT Inducted into James Beard 2012 America’s Classics – Bernice Cheesburgers FTW!
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Just had to share the cool news about a Retro Roadmap favorite- Shady Glen Dairy Store and Restaurant of Manchester CT is a James Beard Foundation America’s Classic Restaurant! How could you forget the cheesiest cheeseburger you’ve ever seen on Retro Roadmap? We visited Shady Glen last fall and it has since become one of [...]
Help Us Find a Script House Number – Could You Check Your Local Hardware Stores Please?
May 7, 2012 By 6 Comments
We’re doing some “retro – renovations” to the Hacienda this year, and one thing I’ve wanted to do for ages is to add our house number in script, in addition to our actual number (surrounded by a fabulous vintage palm tree frame that came with the house- we LOVE that!) (One of the reasons we [...]
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