My mother was kind enough to leave a message here at my sister’s house, to let me know that the local Chronicle TV show was “Going Retro” tonight, and sis was cool enough to DVR it as I was out with pals. They covered some of the places that I’ve been this week – Salem [...]
Making it in Massachusetts
July 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Retro Roadmapping Week Ahead – Aw, Boston You’re My Home!
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Retro Roadkids Learning the Rules of the Road Trip
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Sine’s 5 & 10 Store Quakertown PA – A Great Find!
July 16, 2009 By 7 Comments
I recently revisited Sine’s 5 & 10 in Quakertown PA, one of my key Retro Roadmap finds since I moved to Pennsylvania. Good news is that it is still there, bad news is that it was closed because it was a Sunday. Because this place is so totally worthy of inclusion in the website (sez [...]
Lights On For Service! Stewart’s Drive-In, Vineland NJ
July 15, 2009 By 10 Comments
I am a sucker for car hop service. You know, where you put your “Lights On For Service” and someone comes out to your car to take your order, and later hangs the food precariously off of the window of your car? How much more Retro Roadmap “Happy Days/American Graffitti- style” can you get than [...]
Angelo’s Diner Glassboro NJ — Good Plain Food
July 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The t-shirts that the folks wear here sum it up nicely – Good Plain Food. Since that is what a diner is supposed to be all about, Angelo’s is your place when you’re near Glassboro, NJ on your retro roadtrip. For those of you who keep track of these things, Angelo’s is a Kullman diner [...]
New Jersey’s ONLY Drive In! Delsea Vineland NJ
July 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
To me summer isn’t complete without that old time tradition of going to the drive in movies at least once. I remember going to the VFW Drive In in West Roxbury MA (now a Home Depot) with my mother to see American Graffitti, and falling alseep right after it started. Alas. But to this day [...]
Blobfest 2010 Map, Phoenixville PA – Retro Roadmap Style!
July 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
Since we’re local to Blobfest, an annual tradition here in Phoenixville PA, celebrating Steve McQueen and that great 1958 horror movie classic The Blob, I thought I’d try and be the “Retro Roadmap Hostess-with-the-Mostess” and make it easy for out of towners to check out some our fave places in the ‘Ville. This is an [...]
Updates- Blobfest, Jimmy John’s, Pink Motel ‘n’ more
July 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Just a quick update with some good news here at Retro Roadmap headquarters: We’ll be posting a link to our “Insiders guide to Blobfest” soon! Thrilled to have permission to reprint The Vintage Traveler’s info about the Pink Motel. Thanks Fuzzy Lizzie, hope to get more reports from the road from you! Looking forward to [...]
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