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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There’s still time to sign up for the Society of Commercial Archeology‘s South Jersey Diner (and more) tour on Saturday September 17! Tour Highlights Include: Historic Jersey Roads! o Journey parts of U.S. Route 130 – before I-295 and the New Jersey Turnpike, there was only Route 130, serving early suburbanites and East Coast travelers, [...]
It’s that time of year again! Time for the annual vintage car show , pin-up contest, live rockabilly music and burlesque funfest known as the Hotrod Hoedown & Rock n Roll Rumble! Retro Roadhusband and I have been fans of the HRHD since we went to our first few in Delaware, and I can’t wait [...]
POSTPONED! Because of Hurricane Irene, the event below has been postponed – I’ll be sure to update everyone when I have more info. In the meantime, stay safe East Coasters! I haven’t decided what mod mumu I’m wearing, but I’ve already got my tickets to see Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica play live Esquivel space-age bachelor pad [...]
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