Mod Betty is honored to be this year’s presenting speaker at the Phoenixville Public Library’s Wine, Wit & Wisdom Event. Good news for everyone, it’s virtual this year, meaning you don’t have to travel to PA to see Mod Betty’s “Retro Roadmapping Vintage Philadelphia & Suburbs” show! Just get your

Discover Sarasota Tours celebrates its third year in business by offering its Annual Trolley Bash—Retro Style with a fundraiser for the Sarasota Historical Society on Thursday, November 4 at 4:30 PM, and they’ve invited Mod Betty to present her “Retro Roadmapping Vintage Florida” show! In addition there will be a

Woo-hoo! After a hiatus b/c 2020, Whole Lot of Lulu is back, bringing the vintage, craft, kitsch, funk and fun to Phoenixville!  Meet Mod Betty from 10-4, I’ll be selling my books, autographing them for you or a loved one (hint, personalized books make excellent holiday gifts) and can’t

Mod Betty is so excited to do a Zoom presentation with Preservation Pennsylvania highlighting the hippest and happiest places in each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties in this one hour virtual tour! Thursday July 8, 2021 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT Hold onto your hats and hop in our virtual

Mod Betty’s first and only (so far) in person presentation for 2021 is on July 10, at the Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania Chautauqua University For a Day! I’ll be sharing my faves and finds in the Central PA region and beyond. Ticket info here – includes a full day’s lineup of

Happy New Year, Retro Roadmappers! I just wanted to share a quick message to let you know about my new project I’ll be working on in 2021 and beyond.   It’s called Just Drive Your Life and is inspired by my years on the road – and the life lessons

This is my only live appearance scheduled for this year, so mask up, be safe and come join me at the Forty Elephants Vintage & Handmade Market in Lancaster Pennsylvania! FREE ADMISSION! – Sat September 19 – 10am-4pm Park City Center (former BonTon space) 142 Park City Center, Lancaster, PA

So you know how much Mod Betty loves vintage signs, right? Of course. And you know how much Mod Betty loves to encourage and inspire people to live their best life by treating it like the ultimate road trip (aka Just Drive Your Life, my new book and course and

Whoops! I almost put the address in, when I remembered it is a VIRTUAL event, so anyone can attend! Thanks to the wonderful folks at the Henrietta Hankin Branch Library in Chester Springs, PA Mod Betty will be sharing Retro Roadmap finds within a daytrip distance from Chester County, PA,

As news of the world continued to turn more serious, we were at Bok Tower in Lake Wales Florida. As I look up info on this beautiful place I see that it is actually referred to as a Contemplative Garden, and indeed I felt like we were at the exact

If you’ve ever seen a photograph of mine on Retro Roadmap that you would love to have for your own – it can happen! Just recently I added over 1500 photos to the Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap Flickr archives and am offering prints for sale! Click here to view

Retro Roadmappers, friends, strangers, world – Mod Betty is on a journey and wants you to come along! For the past 3 years I have been figuring out what helps me get to where I want to go in life, and I want to share what I have learned with

Jan 2020: Good news! Just learned that the Miss Lorraine is open for business! While I haven’t been there to test it out, I’m putting it on the Retro Roadmap – or RHODE map I should say. LOL!  Original 2019 post: Thanks to the social medias for letting Mod Betty

The town that made the  Evergleam Aluminum Christmas Tree celebrates its silvery history! Driving into Manitowoc Wisconsin a few days ago, Mod Betty noticed an unusually high number of vintage aluminum Christmas trees in the shop windows along 8th Street, the main downtown thoroughfare. My Mod Betty senses started twitching and

Hey there Retro Roadmappers! Mod Betty and Retro Roadhusband Cliff Hillis will be appearing / have a table at the “Phoenixville PRFM Winter All Vinyl Expo” s on Sunday February 23 sharing some of our record collection – and Retro Roadbooks of course! Cliff will have copies of his CDs