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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 [...]
Why am I calling the Reading Diner the “Diet Diner”? Because while it’s fabulously restored and maintained, it doesn’t serve any food! Instead is serves as a great addition to the Boyertown Musuem of Historic Vehicles, in Boyertown, PA. Some background: A vintage 1938 O’Mahony diner, the Reading Diner was originally open in Exeter, PA. [...]
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 [...]
Lookit what was waiting for me this morning at my Corporate Cube- how cool! Now I just have to find out what swell coworker left it there for me…! Mystery Solved! Work pal and all around good guy Paul Altobelli dropped this at my desk as a Thank You for hepping him to the fascinating [...]
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 [...]
At this time last year I could not tell one vintage camper from another, but now Retro Roadhusband and I are the proud owners of a Serro Scotty Sportsman, and were very excited to visit our first National Serro Scotty Rally this summer in Slippery Rock, PA. Even though we didn’t bring the camper…! A [...]
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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