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While I’ve been meaning to drag RetroRoadhusband to the quaint hamlet of (Hey!) St. Peters PA, it took fellow Phoenixville blogger and neighbor we haven’t met yet Clint Weiler to hip us to the classic pinball and arcade game mecca that has been there since 1988, Vintage oops, Village Arcade! Village Arcade – St. Peters [...]
3/29/2012 – GOOD NEWS! Fuzzie Lizzie, the Vintage Traveler, reports “M.A. Pace’s Store in Saluda, NC, Still Open and Still Worth the Trip” 9/18/2011 UPDATE: Alas, according to Lizzie Mr. Robert Pace, the owner and son of the founder of the store, passed away last fall. She reports, “For a while the store was closed, but [...]
Always wanting to spread the word on vintage retro and cool old inspired events, I’ve just gotten wind that the tiki torches are being relit at Kon Tiki – Tuscon AZ ‘s oldest tiki bar- after 25 years. The event celebrating this happy occasion happens in just a few weeks and it looks like it [...]
The recently renovated Tonga Room, an historic tiki fixture in the basement of San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel since the 1920′s is slated for demolition now that the building has gone condo- not cool! If you’re in the SF area and want to lend your voice to saving this slice of history, there’s a meeting at [...]
I don’t have a brother, but if I could choose one, it would be Brother Cleve, late of one of my fave bands Combustible Edison, and recent friend of Retro Roadmap! Cleve and I caught up with each other at last Fall, and I just received this e-version of a postcard from his vintage vacation [...]
While we’re still on a bit of a Mid Century Modern jag here at Retro Roadmap I wanted to give my dear readers in the Sarasota Florida area a heads up on a modern home tour this Sunday, to benefit to Benefit Habitat for Humanity Sarasota, Inc. Mod Realtor Martie Lieberman of Modern Sarasota and [...]
A big Retro Roadmap thank you to WQED producer Rick Sebak who was kind enough to drop a note about this classic “Texas hot” spot, in business since 1921, on Main Street in Wellsville, NY – about 2 1/2 hours west of Binghamton NY. (If you’re like me and not quite sure what a Texas [...]
While reading the virtual Sunday Paper this morning I noticed my old broadsheet the Boston “Glob” had a swell article on something near and dear to my Retro Roadmap heart – diners – of the Worcester Lunch Car variety! The 10 Worcester Lunch Car diners (not necessarily in Worcester, just built there by this famous [...]
The Mai Kai has been on my “To Do” Retro Roadmap list for ages, and I’m proud to say “We DID”! This east coast tiki temple has been wowing visitors to Fort Lauderdale Florida since 1956, and it certainly wowed us. Definitely on our top list of Retro Roadmap Recommendations! I am quoting that great [...]
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