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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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s always heartening to know that I’m not the only one out there photographing cool old places, as you can see from this week’s Retro Roadmap Roving Reporter Recommendations! Lately I’ve seen some inspiring shots from Flickr pal Army.Arch, who kindly granted permission for me to reproduce his photos here, like this wonderfully evocative image [...]
It was kismet that RetroRoadhusband and I were near downtown Media PA this week as I’ve been wanting to showcase Deals Variety Store as a shopping destination for the longest time. And who can resist walking on the wood floors of a once Woolworths right before Christmas? Not me! Entering the store you are reminded [...]
Greenport NY is so chock-a-block full of cool vintage and retro finds that I’ve been wrestling for over 2 months now with how to tell you all about it. You know what they say about a picture being worth a thousand words? Well here are my photos that will illustrate what an absolute FIND Greenport [...]
I can’t tell you how delighted I was to re-visit Main Street in Newark Delaware to find 3 of my favorite old fashioned businesses still going strong. Next time you need a tasty breakfast, baked goods or random sundries from a 5 and 10, head to this stretch of road near the University of Delaware [...]
3/29/2012 – GOOD NEWS! Fuzzie Lizzie, the Vintage Traveler, reports “M.A. Pace’s Store in Saluda, NC, Still Open and Still Worth the Trip” 9/18/2011 UPDATE: Alas, according to Lizzie Mr. Robert Pace, the owner and son of the founder of the store, passed away last fall. She reports, “For a while the store was closed, but [...]
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