Bob's, a large, long flat roof building, with a jutting pointed sign reading "Bob's Big Boy Broiler"

The Bob’s Big Boy that Almost Never Was

January 8, 2020, 3 Comments

As I’ve said before, and as many of you know, I love visiting places that let you feel like you’ve stepped back in time, and one of those places is Bob’s Big Boy Broiler in Downey. But this place wasn’t always a Bob’s Big Boy, and it almost never was… It is no secret that…

Myself, wearing a black and gold chevron patterned beaded flatter dress, with a black and gold headband.

Roaring into the 20s

January 2, 2020, 2 Comments

I hope everyone had a lovely and safe New Year’s. Like the past two since we bought our house, we hosted a party, which was full of food, drinks, and wonderfully dressed friends. Like many, we opted for a 20s themed NYE party, because, really, why the hell not? I also had a 20s style…

Myself looking at the Millennium Falcon, the back of my jacket visible, which features red, green, and white cards with symbols on them, and text reading "Fair and Square" along the bottom.

Christmas, but make it Star Wars

December 31, 2019, 3 Comments

Way back in October I received my very own custom hand painted Star Wars inspired jacket by my friend and fellow Star Wars fan, Solanah. But, between all the craziness that is the Halloween and Christmas seasons, I failed to find the time to do a proper reveal of the jacket. However when working on…

Myself, wearing a cream dress with teal, yellow, and red pine trees printed on it.

Step into Whoville during Grinchmas

December 26, 2019, 1 Comment

The fanciful town of Whoville from How the Grinch Stole Christmas pops up in the middle of Universal Studios each holiday season, and while I’ve missed it the past couple years, I was darn sure to make it this year! While there may be three versions of How the Grinch Stole Christmas now, Grinchmas pays…

Patrick and I sit in front of our forest of aluminum Christmas trees. Patrick wears a red, black, and white button up sweater, and black pants. I wear a white dress with a design of Santas and holly.

Merry Christmas

December 24, 2019, 3 Comments

From our forest of aluminum Christmas trees, Patrick and I wish you all a lovely Christmas wherever the holiday finds you this year. Once again, we tried to incorporate Colonel Whiskers into our Christmas photo this year, but he meowed and looked grumpy the entire time. I’ll be posting outtakes with him on Instagram.

Grey poodles carry presents, stand near a Christmas tree, hold a stocking, and sit in hat boxes.

Vintage Christmas Wrapping Paper

December 19, 2019, 3 Comments

Recently at a flea market, I spied this super cute box for wrapping paper. I was drawn to the cheerful Santa, and thought he would pair nicely with a vintage box for Christmas cards I had to display (you can catch the box under the “Reindeer Drive” sign in our Christmas decor post here). But…

Myself, standing aboard the Mark Twain, a white paddle wheeler, looking out over the rail, wearing a bright blue sweater, and a light blue skirt with white and dark blue snowflakes sewn on.

Once Upon a Wintertime

December 17, 2019, 2 Comments

Last weekend Patrick and I celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary. We didn’t do anything too fancy, since things have been hectic lately, and opted just to do dinner at Cafe Orleans at Disneyland. They currently offer hot chocolate beignets and they are absolutely delicious. Since we had a winter wedding, I wanted to wear a…

On a blue background red and white text reads "Christmas is Here Again!" A red stocking hangs from the S

Vintage Christmas Cards Vol. 2

December 12, 2019, 1 Comment

Last year I shared part of my vintage Christmas card collection with you all (you can see it here), and well, the collection has grown, and I’m here to share more with you! I’ll start by sharing the card we actually reproduced as our Christmas card this year… I found it so fitting as a…

The Bird Cage Theatre

December 10, 2019, 11 Comments

Tucked inside Knott’s Berry Farm’s version of The Bird Cage Theatre (the real deal is in Tombstone) is a small wall featuring wallpaper of white birds sitting inside gilded cages and swirling green leaves. I’ve always admired it, and because it gave me serious Christmas vibes I thought, “Oh, wouldn’t it be nice to have…

Our collection of aluminum Christmas trees huddle against a wall, a tall green tree, next to a shorter gold tree, pink tree and silver tree. The trees are covered with glass ball ornaments of various colors. Wrapped presents sit below.

Never Too Many Christmas Trees

December 4, 2019, 10 Comments

It’s hard to believe it’s December. I feel like Halloween was just last week! We recently decorated the house for Christmas, which took a little longer than last year, as between then and now we acquired another vintage aluminum Christmas tree, a four foot gold tree. So this year we decided to move out some…