Best wishes to everyone this holiday weekend, thanks for all of your support! Dolles Taffy on the boardwalk, Rehoboth Beach Delaware. Christmas eve 2010. Sent from the Retro Roadphone
It’s a busy holiday season but between now and the end of the year we’ll share with you some great roadside places we’ve stopped on our trips north this fall, just in time to add them to your holiday travel plans. Look forward to a vintage diner with a killer
Here’s a little RetroRoadmap related lunctime silliness from one of my fave comedic songwriters Allan Sherman.As you all know, I have a “thing” for maps of the United States, and lists, and lists about maps! Here’s a song about a list about a map. Whee! I bring you “Holiday For
Today is the busiest traffic day of the year and RetroRoadhusband and I have added our car to the conga line of travelers. Not wanting to get into the 23 mile backup on the NJTPK we’re heading north on the back roads, at least while it’s light enough out to
The sight of a For Sale sign in front of Freda’s store on Washington Ave in Phoenixville breaks my heart. Read all about Freda and her store here in the RetroRoadmap post from earlier this year Someone cool want to move in? 147 Washington Street Phoenixville PA – Hirsch’s Store
He wasn’t the Beatle, but my dad. John E. Lennon passed peacefully today surrounded by family and listening to Cole Porter. Dad, You’re The Top and are missed. (He’s the cute one on the left. Taken in Newfoundland when the Navy back in the late 50’s – early 60’s playing
Getting ready for the RetroRoadmap / Roadside fans meet-up in Scranton on November 14, and making a map of some of the fun places to check out before, during or after this day of fun! Click here to check out the map of some of the places in the Scranton,
I’m very excited to be putting together a get-together of retro roadside fans, travelers, bikers, RVers, roadtrippers, bloggers, authors, photographers and more, and you’re invited! Glenn Wells of RoadsideFans.com and I are hosting a Retro Roadmap / Roadside Fans meet-up at the Glider Diner in Scranton PA on Sunday November
I’ve been hard at work behind the scenes here at Retro Roadmap, constructing a Retro RoadMAP for each state that we have a post on, and VOILA! Those states now have a page of their own, to fill with cool old retro and vintage places to visit and support! (This
We had a great sale at the Hacienda, with plenty of cool stuff to share with Retro Roadmap readers! Now…what to write about this week! You tell me: A vintage carousel? Well preserved diner? Classic Candy store? Old timey Pizza place? Drive-in movie theatre? Architectural salvage warehouse? Let me know
Retro Roadhusband and I have been cleaning up some of our collected cool stuff in the Hacienda basement and I’ve been coming across some books and other fun things that I think Retro Roadmap Readers would like! I’m thinking of having some contests to get some more folks aware of
Olde Good Things on Gilligan St. Sent from the Retro Roadphone
I didn’t expect to find a lot of “Retro Roadmap worthy” places during our vacation last week but I had to share one “wicked old place” with you all. Reminding me of just how young the USA is, I present to you the Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy in Florence, Italy
RetroRoadmap will be experiencing a bit of Radio Silence this week, but don’t let that stop you from heading to your fave vintage retro and cool old places! Leave a comment letting me know where you’ve been during this time and I promise to fill you in on our adventures
Can’t believe a year has flown by so fast, and that tomorrow is my birthday! How DO I remain so young? young at heart is where it’s at, baby! Retro Roadmap worthy birthday fun this weekend includes: A visit to Rehoboth Beach Delaware, home of Dolle’s Taffy, Royal Treat Ice
