My mother was kind enough to leave a message here at my sister’s house, to let me know that the local Chronicle TV show was “Going Retro” tonight, and sis was cool enough to DVR it as I was out with pals. They covered some of the places that I’ve
Since we’re local to Blobfest, an annual tradition here in Phoenixville PA, celebrating Steve McQueen and that great 1958 horror movie classic The Blob, I thought I’d try and be the “Retro Roadmap Hostess-with-the-Mostess” and make it easy for out of towners to check out some our fave places in
Just a quick update with some good news here at Retro Roadmap headquarters: We’ll be posting a link to our “Insiders guide to Blobfest” soon! Thrilled to have permission to reprint The Vintage Traveler’s info about the Pink Motel. Thanks Fuzzy Lizzie, hope to get more reports from the road
Hey gang, despite the rain I got some pretty good night time neon shots at the Hilltop in Sanatoga, and added them to the original post. Click to see it in context. Hilltop Hamburger Stand, Sanatoga PA
2018 Update! I see I’m not the only one who loves these viewers – as the fine folks at Roadside America are also fans – here’s a link to their interview with Greg Rising of Tower Optical who make these Binocular Viewers. And a few more photos I’ve collected over
I have an issue with all of the faux retro tees out there ala OldNavy/Gap/Abercrombie and all them other mall places. That is why I dig the tees and the sentiment of the folks from Vintage Roadside. They research and use designs from places that actually existed, which is so
Do you have RetroRoadmap-worthy places close to where you live? Or does your version of a retro roadtrip mean driving 4-eva to locate one authentic vintage place ? Maybe I’m just lucky that I live in the part of the country where everything is closer together. I’ve got Speck’s, a
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