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Fuzzie Lizzie the Vintage Traveler has posted to her blog about her visit to the M.A. Pace store in Saluda, North Carolina. I’m glad to report that she says it’s Still Worth a Visit! Here’s a link to her original post on the store, while it was still being run by Robert Pace, the owner [...]
With the official passing of my favorite little local store run by a sweet old lady, I could not let another day go by without adding another little local store run by a sweet old lady - Ethel Weiss’ store, Irving’s Toy Store in Brookline, MA specifically - to the Retro Roadmap. Just because she’s [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
We weren’t expecting to stop at Gaunt’s Drug Store – located just a stone’s throw from the Triangle Diner. BUT when I glanced in the window and saw vintage signage AND a somewhat mysterious lady in the window, we just had to pull over. Upon closer inspection it appears that that mystery lady is [...]
I’ve always got my eyes peeled for Retro Roadmap worthy places to add to the map, so when I spied what looked to be an authentic pharmacy lunch counter in the photos of the National Serro Scotty Society Camp Out in Maine, I went directly to the source, NSSO founder and all ’round swell gal, [...]
Just over the Pennsylvania border into Maryland, about an hour outside of DC there’s a treasure trove of vintage blond streamline modern furniture. Yes, it’s the Heywood Wakefield furniture mecca known as Strictly hey-wake in Hagerstown MD. Blond wood, simple modern lines, art deco inspired curves, I’ve been a fan of Heywood Wakefield furniture ever [...]
Well it certainly is a Nantasket Beach kinda week here at Retro Roadmap HQ! Office manager Margie is modeling a Paragon Park tee shirt that came in today’s mail, and that roller coaster logo certainly brings back memories! Through the power of the internet I found the site of the SpitDudes when they wrote a [...]
You can take the girl away from the blog, but you can’t get the blog out of the girl! Case in point, as soon as I saw these cool tiles at the Wellfleet Drive In Flea Market I knew I had to share my find with you Retro Roadmap readers! If you’re a fan of [...]
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