September 16, 2024
Four years ago today I had my last contact with my dear friend Ellen. It was the evening she passed away. When you lose someone close to you, you find ways to keep their memory alive. Silly insignificant things hold meaning in the context of loss. So my text strand Read more…
May 23, 2024
When you start having friends that you’ve known for several decades, you know you are old—and with that all the stuff that experience brings: insight, wisdom, humility, joy on the sweet end of that pact. It’s true that you are aging right along with those around you, in a Read more…
May 21, 2024
I have been meaning to blog about this museum, The Strong Museum, for quite some time. It honors the past time of play and houses a comprehensive and thorough archive of artifacts–toys! It is a special place that captures magic on so many levels. I highly recommend spending the day Read more…
April 1, 2024
If you ever find yourself traveling through West Virginia and need a quick respite from the road, Koolwink Motel is a darling motel in Romney with decor to die for. This mid century modern gem within the valley was likely the cleanest motel I’d ever been in, for one, but Read more…
February 21, 2024
It’s been a bit since I added a new “These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things” to my blog. This entry has been a long nostalgic favorite: Old bowling Alleys. There is something fascinatingly grimy about an old school alley, something that the new and trendy lanes completely miss Read more…
January 26, 2024
Now that I am far from New York City, my love of thrifting, rummaging and antiquing has returned. This post is dedicated to this amazing vintage find–A Lady Schick Consolette Hairdryer for… $1.00! It was dirty and neglected, not attracting much attention, but after a quick clean: 😍 First, the Read more…
January 3, 2024
Being a lover of vintage dessert cookbooks, the Baked Alaska always appealed to me. The beautiful pastel layers, the encasement of torched meringue… the cohabitation of ice cream, cake and marshmallowy meringue. So with the new year, I’d start with checking it off my to-make Bucket List. It was partly Read more…
December 1, 2023
It’s December! And the tree is officially up! So… a photoshoot.
October 27, 2023
Marge’s Lakeside Inn is a bit of an area institution. The kind that doesn’t need a website or Instagram. A timeless place that exudes nostalgia… nostalgia of a time I caught the tail end of, thankfully. We stopped in for a drink after being lulled by the u2 cover band Read more…
August 22, 2023
Having time to kill, some of the glorious old neon still lurking about Las Vegas. And finally, the Art-o-Mats at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
July 20, 2023
I had this cheeky idea for a layer cake after finding two vintage heart-shaped pans at the thrift store. And it would be a perfect addition to an upcoming dinner party… but more on that later. First, some pretty booty cake. My vintage tins. These did a great job keeping Read more…
May 4, 2023
One of my favorite baking themes merges with my love of costumes on Star Wars Day! This May the Fourth had some themed treats, starting with Han in the carbonite chocolates. A few air bubbles, but this is the first time I have used this mold. Next time I will Read more…
February 22, 2023
The wigwam villages are a quintessential part of road culture–many registered as historic landmarks. Staying off Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona, the Wigwam Village was a must for me. A delight upon arrival, the vintage cars that filled the lot. Made for some of my favorite style picture-taking… vintage style. Read more…
February 21, 2023
The Shady Dell Trailer Park in Bisbee, Arizona.
If I stopped at every piece of roadside nostalgia then I would not get very far in my travels. So I have reserved early mornings for driving about towns to grab what I can while everyone is asleep. To follow, mostly Yuma, Arizona. This cleaners was still in operation. An Read more…
January 29, 2023
It has been on my Bucket List to actually stay at this marvel of a hotel at John F. Kennedy airport: The TWA Hotel. And for a very special occasion, I booked the budget-friendly Day Tripper reservation to have four hours of full access to the amenities, including their heated Read more…
December 12, 2022
I’ve always wanted to join the annual Holiday Nostalgic Ride… when the MTA allows its vintage trains to ping-pong from Chambers Street to Harlem. And so with a day of Manhattan errands, I made it happen. I tried to do most of my holiday errands locally. This was a neat Read more…
December 11, 2022
Why hadn’t I been to the New York Transit Museum before?! With its amazing collection of vintage train cars, complete with era-appropriate advertisements, I was in heaven. The purpose of my visit was to get some shots from my Dad. He has always been into trains; his Dad worked on Read more…
November 11, 2022
Ok, so I did have a flight to catch… but I got there extra early to, once again, see this gorgeous mid century modern gem. I’m just going to lay these images down here and remind you of one of my favorite things: mid century design. Till next time, TWA Read more…
October 1, 2022
With an alluring and authentic vintage tiki kitsch, Jade Island is right up my alley. . . and perhaps the alleys of the many visitors also basking in tropical fun during our visit. As you step in you forget about it being in a strip mall next to the huge Read more…
September 10, 2022
I had this vision of a vintage commercial for this vintage set of Lady Sunbeam hot rollers I scored from the Rochester Goodwill Bins. But it was better in my mind. Still here is some related content for archival purposes. Little me in curlers…
August 10, 2022
As may have been evident during my reporting on abandoned honeymoon resorts, my fascination with these resorts runs deep. They have got it all: vintage kitsch and aesthetic, bygone-ism, and the gloriously futile attempt to harness the impossible… love … and create its physical manifestation. Being a hopeless romantic, I’ve Read more…
August 8, 2022
A new tradition has started… visiting the TWA Hotel before a flight. To follow, some shots from pre-flight time-wasting. I really would like to try to have a photoshoot here! There is nothing like this hotel.
August 1, 2022
I have a thing for vintage neon. Just like I have a thing for vintage anything, in general. And speaking of vintage, this is the one of the best vintage shops I’ve ever been to! Junkee. To Reno, a place with a lot of stuff I love.
July 28, 2022
You might have forgotten since I told you in 2018, but I have a thing for tiki bars. Real ones. Ones that opened long ago. There are two in Los Angeles and I was happy to have hit them both, along with a new one which, of course, was not Read more…
June 28, 2022
Roller skating is such a fun summer activity. And I love that I have friends who want to roller skate with me! Even though I am not great, I really enjoy it… much like bowling. For my archive, a compilation of roller skating materials. Because I am getting slightly better Read more…