Jumpin Jack’s Drive In Scotia NY – A Social Media Surprise!

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I knew the name Jumpin’ Jack’s Drive In sounded familiar as we stumbled upon it on our drive through Scotia, NY but little did I realize that it was because it’s a place that I’m “friends” with on Facebook! I try to support Retro Roadmap worthy businesses on  the Retro Roadmap Facebook page of course. [...]

Vintage Silent Movie Posters Exhibit, Barnegat NJ – Opening Reception June 19

A chance visit to Unshredded Nostalgia in Barnegat NJ, left me with not only a great place to feature in an upcoming post, but information about their vintage silent movie poster exhibit, with an opening reception this Saturday June 19th from 5-7pm. I got a sneak peek at some of these posters (not pictured) and [...]

Always Take The Back Roads for a Retro Road Trip

Hello Retro Roadmap readers! While I work my way through tons of photos and all sorts of wonderful vintage and retro places we’ve been over the past couple of weeks, I thought I’d share some random snapshots from the roadside, from our trip home from Lake George. Sara Glen Motel, Saratoga Springs, NY Landmark Motel, [...]

Peter’s Diner Glens Falls NY – A Storefront Restaurant With a Diner Heart

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We were bummed to see  the Prospect Mountain Diner in Lake George was shiny and new*, but that gave us a perfect excuse to go to Peter’s Diner in Glens Falls NY (around the corner from ABC Restaurant Equipment) before heading home from our fun Vintage Vacation. Though not a diner by architectural definition, it [...]

Mini Golf 1970 Style – Goony Golf Lake George NY

Goony Golf Lake George NY

While downtown Lake George may boast the site of the first original miniature golf courses in the world, I was totally won over by the psychedelic cheeriness of  the 1970′s era Goony Golf located on Route 9. (I don’t know when he lost his title but it seems as if Sir Goony Golf – once [...]

Lake George, NY – A Fun Vintage Vacation Destination!

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After all these years of saying I wanted to go to Lake George NY and partake in the vintage vacation wonderfulness, Retro Roadhusband and I spent a long weekend up there, just before Memorial Day Weekend. While some of the town has been modernized to keep with the times, there were still plenty of Retro [...]

Swell Vintage Sign and Fiestaware! ABC Restaurant Supply Glens Falls NY

Update 6/2011: I’ve been told via a comment on the photo below in Flickr that this business has closed. Bummer! Glad we were able to visit it when we did. During our all too short visit to the Lake George region we discovered LG’s neighbor Glens Falls NY. With a few microbrew pubs, antique stores [...]

Dutch Haven Lancaster County PA – Amish Stuff Shoofly Pie and Moving Windmill!

The Dutch Haven Gift Shop and its whirling windmill is one of my fave sights on Route 30 in Lancaster County PA. It started out in the 1920′s as a luncheonette serving Pennsylvania Dutch style food, but now it’s a gift shop filled with Amish Stuff and known for just one type of food, Shoofly [...]

Beware of the Blob 2010 – Blobfest Goes To Eleven!

Each July The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville PA celebrates Blobfest – a tribite to that wonderfully kitschy 1958 sci-fi movie The Blob. This cornerstone of modern cinema was filmed in the neighborhoods in the local area and in the Colonial Theatre itself! It creeps and leaps, and glides and slides Across the floor Right through [...]

Vintage Travel Decals from Lost Highway Art – Thanks Craig Fitzgerald!

One of our fave Retro Roadmap Reporters from Vermont Craig Fitzgerald (in real life, Editor of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car and a RetroRoadmap fan) was swell enough to pass along info about Lost Highway Art- a company that specializes in vintage travel decals. My adrenaline went through the roof when I saw this, as [...]

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