A blue sky above the Redlands train station, which is a white building with pillars. "Redlands" in red letters reads across the top of the building. An overlay in red type reads "Redlands Vintage Shopping Guide"

Redlands Vintage Shopping Guide

May 15, 2019, Leave a Comment on Redlands Vintage Shopping Guide

Many know that Palm Springs is a mid-century mecca, and a perfect place to have a vay-cay lounging by the pool. But what few may know is that on your way to Palm Springs there is a perfect place for a vintage shopping pit stop in the citrus rich city of Redlands. I find myself…

Myself standing against a dark stone building, with diamond pane windows, wearing a black high-low dress with lace sleeves, and a key hole cut out at the neck, that features a gold brooch with a purple stone, fishnets, and a mid-calf hight Victorian style lace up boots.

Sisters of the Moon

May 8, 2019, 1 Comment

I’ve been working to expand my wardrobe to feature more of just anything and everything I like. I’ve always been a big fan of Victorian inspired looks, which is one of the reasons I love a good Gunne Sax dress, and had a soft spot for gothic looks as well, which we all know takes…

Myself standing in front of the old west medicine wagon sits in the middle of the parking lot. It is red and reads "Gower Gulch Medicinal Ointment" and has an image of an Indian wearing a headdress, wearing a black peasant top, and a green skirt with western images on it.

The Forgotten History of Gower Gulch, Hollywood’s Western Strip Mall

May 1, 2019, 5 Comments

Gower Gulch. Sounds like a small town in the deserts of Arizona, right? But you’d be wrong. It’s in fact a western themed small strip mall that sits at the corner of Gower and Sunset in the middle of Hollywood. But why a western theme? And just how did this corner get its name? The…

Myself standing in front of an adobe colored building and mosaic tile bench, wearing a green peasant top, with a D shaped brooch, and a poppy flower brooch, and a skirt featuring images of the Golden Gate Bridge, Catalina, and Mission Santa Barbara, a blue scarf is tied in my hair, and yellow shoes.

California Birthday Girl

April 25, 2019, 4 Comments

Overall April has been quite hectic and extremely busy, and to add to it, my birthday fell on Easter this year. So there wasn’t really the opportunity to celebrate proper, however, a few of my fellow heathens and orphans and I decided to get gussied up and head to Disneyland. I call us “heathens and…

Myself standing on the porch of a small western style home, wearing a short, long sleeved purple dress with a large boysenberry embroidered on the front, a boysenberry pie hat, and a boysenberry pie purse.

Boysenberry Babe

April 23, 2019, 4 Comments

As Knott’s Berry Farm’s Boysenberry Festival ran a whole extra week this year, and offered way more unique food offerings, it should come as no surprise we made another visit to Knott’s! It was surprisingly cool this last weekend, which was perfect for a dress I had been hoarding specifically for Boysenberry Festival, as well…

A rounded front building faces the street, atop it a tall spire stretches toward a bright blue sky. Near the bottom red letters spell out "Crossroads of the World." Atop the spire a globe.

The Violent History of LA’s Iconic Crossroads of the World

April 18, 2019, 3 Comments

Sunset Boulevard is synonymous with Hollywood. It’s home to a plethora of iconic buildings and linked to many legendary people. One such building is Crossroads of the World, a bizarre little 1930s shopping center turned office complex that looks like something out of a Disney theme park, with a steamship style building “sailing” past storefronts…

Myself, wearing a purple, yellow, pink, and green psychedelic printed maxi dress with a purple scarf in my hair, in New Orleans Square.

A Psychedelic Spring Dapper Day

April 16, 2019, 9 Comments

Things have been going pretty non-stop lately, and there was no slowing down this last weekend as it was Dapper Day! Long time readers of the blog and perhaps some new ones, will be familiar with the twice annual event here at Disneyland that encourages Guests to visit the parks in their Sunday best. Plus…

The red neon sign outside which reads "El Coyote Mexican Food"

The Kitschy Mexican Restaurant Where Sharon Tate Had Her Last Meal

April 11, 2019, 1 Comment

On August 9, 1969, four people, including aspiring actress Sharon Tate walked into El Coyote and sat down for what would unknowingly be their last meal, for just a few hours later they would be brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family. El Coyote first opened in 1931, on First and La Brea by…

Kiley and I standing in front of Old Betsy, a borax train that now carries beautiful flowers, each of us wearing the same thing, a purple sweater over a white dress with painted boysenberries.

Celebrating National Boysenberry Day

April 9, 2019, 8 Comments

Okay, I know I literally just wrote about Knott’s Berry Farm’s amazing Boysenberry Festival, but you’ll have to endure another post about it! Because first, it’s hard to eat all of the unique food offerings and enjoy all of the fun live entertainment all in one day! Plus, last Wednesday was National Boysenberry Day! Shortly…

Myself, standing next to a floral arrangement in Ghost Town, wearing a large straw hat and white dress with a yellow and purple floral and straw hat print.

Boysenberry Festival Returns!

April 4, 2019, 2 Comments

Last week kicked off Knott’s Berry Farm‘s Boysenberry Festival! And Sunday Patrick and I were there to enjoy the sights, sounds, and tastes! This year, the festival lasts four weeks, up from three last year, giving locals and tourists alike more time to visit and eat to their heart’s content! In case you didn’t know,…