Myself wearing a rainbow striped shirt, cut off jean shorts, standing against a green bush. Match bangles that reflect the same colors of my shirt are on my left wrist.

A Rainbow of Bangles from Match Accessories

August 12, 2020, 2 Comments

Long time readers of the blog are probably familiar with Match Accessories, the home grown jewelry company that pioneered the Disneyland inspired D brooch, and created many more fantastical, vintage, and Disney inspired jewelry items that have appeared on the blog. Recently they launched a glittering bangle collection and I was gifted a set in…

Cover of They Called Us Enemy. A small Japanese boy stands with others walking toward a fenced area with an armed military officer nearby. White text overlay reads "Just Finished..."

Book Review: They Called Us Enemy

August 5, 2020, Leave a Comment on Book Review: They Called Us Enemy

When we talk about World War II, we highlight how the boys were “fighting the good fight” against Hitler and fascism, and how women stepped out of the kitchen and into vital roles for the war effort on the home front. But the American home front was also the place of one of America’s darker…

How I Clean Out My Closet

July 29, 2020, 3 Comments

Due to COVID-19, many of us a bit more time on our hands, and it’s a perfect time to get some house work done, including cleaning out closets. If you’re a bit of a clothes horse like myself, then cleaning out your closet can seem overwhelming, but having a game plan can help make it…

Colorful gumbo stews in a cast iron dutch oven, a hand peeks in from the upper left with a small white dish full of spices. White letters overlay read "Cooking with Vincent Gumbo Soup"

Cooking with Vincent: Gumbo Soup

July 23, 2020, 2 Comments

Welcome to another Cooking with Vincent post where I attempt to recreate some of horror icon, Vincent Price’s dishes from his cookbooks! As mentioned previously we purchased to supplement A Treasure of Great Recipes which is what initially kicked off this series, and I am so glad we did! In some ways the recipes from…

Long Form: Removal of Confederate Monuments

July 21, 2020, 5 Comments

Unless you are totally new here, then you know that I value history. I love it. I have a degree in it. I live for it. Much of this blog is dedicated to history in one way or another. So…when I hear people crying “They are erasing history!” it should be an alarm bell to…

Myself wearing a straw cowboy hat, black mock turtle neck, olive capris and white pointed flats.

Screen Style: Janet from Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood

July 15, 2020, 2 Comments

Early on during the COVID-19 quarantine, I asked for blog post ideas, and someone suggested that I write about how we were coping with the whole situation. Well, one way I’m coping is watching Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood repeatedly. Like, I’m not joking. I’ve watched at least six times in the last five months.…

Why I Left the Knott’s Ambassador Program

July 8, 2020, 26 Comments

At the end of last year, I was selected to be one of Knott’s Berry Farm’s Anniversary Ambassadors. This meant I would be among some of the first to know what was happening at the Farm, write for the Knott’s Berry Blog, in addition to covering their various happenings here on my own blog, in…

Myself, standing in my backyard, wearing a cream cowboy hat, a turquoise colored mask with gold fringe hanging from the top, a white t-shirt with a caramel colored suede vest over, a large turquoise squash blossom, and white and maroon plaid bell bottoms.

Summertime Farmers Market Outing

July 1, 2020, 6 Comments

Last week I finally went out of the house. Patrick and I have been trying to focus more on zero waste and buying locally, which means farmers markets are a great option. Additionally, they are good for getting some of our groceries amid the pandemic as they are outside. I took this small outing as…

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Keep Your Foot On the Gas

June 24, 2020, 2 Comments

As mentioned in the previous post, activism will be incorporated into the blog (in fact I just gave it its own category, you’ll find “Activism” under “My Vintage Life”), and today I want to expand upon that. As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to climb here in California (yeah, we haven’t peaked yet) I’ve been…

Cooking with Vincent: Strawberry Glazed Cheesecake

June 17, 2020, 3 Comments

First, a few words on what has been going on lately. Originally I planned for this post to be published two weeks ago, then I pushed it back, and I pushed it back again. I wanted take time to focus on learning and have conversations. In discussions with Patrick and friends, we came to a…