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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 [...]
If you’re into Rockabilly, vintage cars and vintage pin-up style gals, head yourself over the the Sledfest on Saturday April 28, 2012. Held at The Old Sledworks – one of our fave antique destinations we had great fun when attending last year’s SledFest. While we won’t be there this year, here’s some of the fun you [...]
This is one of those Retro Roadmap worthy events that I can’t believe I haven’t gone to yet, but is totally on my “bucket list”! Here’s some info about the 11th annual Hukilau, the largest annual celebration of Tiki culture on the East Coast happening Thursday through Sunday, April 19-22, 2012 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Hukilau, founded [...]
It wouldn’t be “Vintage Technology Time” here at Retro Roadmap, without me singing the praises and generally getting some attention for the Johnson Victrola Museum in Dover, DE. Though this unassuming brick building has been housing the museum since 1967, I’m ashamed to say that I did not even know about this place until a [...]
We invited a bunch of pals over to the Hacienda last night for an impromptu vintage slide show and we all had such a good time that I wanted to write about it to encourage you to dig out your own (or someone else’s) slides, and do it yourself! Our slideshow was prompted by some [...]
I am always looking for ways to delay the inevitable journey home from whenever we go up to Massachusetts to visit my family, so when I spied a pamphlet extolling the virtues of the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum on one of our roadside stops, I implored RRH to stop so we could have a [...]
Who knew that a trip to the post office in January could be such a tropical surprise? Not me, until I asked to purchase some postcard stamps (for our upcoming Florida jaunt.) I was delighted to see that the stamps were right up my tiki alley with images of Aloha or Hawaiian shirts on the [...]
Mod Betty totally has a case of the winter blues this week, with my fun weekend plans being thwarted by ominous predictions of snow, sleet and a “wintery mix” (which always sounds more like a snack treat than a weather threat.) So I’m watching Beach Party Movies, making plans for an unexpected but welcome invitation [...]
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 [...]
Happy New Year Retro Roadmap Readers! This morning I donned my New Years Day apron, whipped up a batch of beans and rice (a nod to Retro Roadhusband’s dad’s “Hoppin John”) and spent 4 hours uploading the video below (and I have a totally new appreciation for our high speed internet connection back home.) Today [...]
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