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It was a dark and stormy night…suddenly…Retro Roadhusband said he was hungry as we were driving through Reading, PA in the pouring rain. Hoping that the lights would be on at Jimmie Kramer’s Peanut Bar Restaurant, we made an easy exit off of 422, onto Penn Street, and stepped back in time. (Stinky photo, I [...]
You never know what you’ll stumble upon during your lunch hour, and today I’m bringing you (via @Philebrity) this 12 minute video of Willow Grove Amusement Park circa 1960. According to the Youtube description: This wonderful 12 minute film of Willow Grove Park shows what it was like visiting it in the late 50′s, 60′s [...]
For 100 years, the nicest people in the world have passed through the doors of Thomas Brothers Country Store – make sure you’re one of them! RetroRoadhusband and I made a quick stop there this past fall. President “Ike” and Mamie Eisenhower visited the store in 1960, and it’s in the Register of Historic Places. [...]
If you’re looking to immerse yourself immediately into the vintage Christmas spirit and aren’t near a REAL 5 & 10 store, you won’t want to miss the vintage Woolworth’s display at the National Christmas Center on Route 30 in Paradise, PA. It’s like stepping back into another era, with the holiday seen through the eyes [...]
Dear readers – as you may know one of my favorite places in the Philadelphia area is Sine’s 5 & 10 Store in Quakertown, PA. Since it’s that shopping time of year, I decided that Sine’s would be the perfect place to start my Christmas gift gathering – so off I went on a bright [...]
Hooray! It’s open! Shane Confectionery in Philadelphia - the country’s oldest continually operated candy manufacturer – and just in time for the holidays! Doesn’t it look just grand all dolled up for the season? Ever since I read that the swell Brothers Berley were in line to take over the reins at Shane’s, I’ve been [...]
While the vintage neon sign would’ve made me snap a photo, I have to thank Diners of Pennsylvania author and FB pal Kyle Weaver for recommending a visit to Kuppy’s Diner in Middletown, PA. Retro Roadhusband and I were en route to a long overdue weekend away, and what better way to kick off a [...]
It doesn’t take much more than a giant fiberglass statue in front of a business to pique my retro roadinterest, so when I learned that there was a muffler man cowboy named Sam in front of the Cadet Restaurant in Kittanning PA, Retro Roadhusband and I made a delicious detour to check it out. (The [...]
Somehow Sundays at The Hacienda have become vintage vinyl mornings. Quiet enough so I don’t totally disturb Retro Roadhusband, who has- more likely than not – come home at an ungodly hour from a gig, I’ll pull out some of my thrifted records and put them on the record player, to play as I putter [...]
I totally dig the kismet of the internets sometimes- and our visit to The Very Best restaurant in Pottstown, PA is a result in the “lattice of coincidence” that my neighbor and pal Rich Wilhelm hipped me to. It was a Facebook post from Rich, reposting an article his friend Matt Simmons wrote extolling the [...]