Wondering the stone alleyways of Hogsmeade, wearing a white blouse under a black dress. A brooch of a witch on a broom worn on my left.

Dress to the 9 3/4s

November 14, 2018, Leave a Comment on Dress to the 9 3/4s

Mix Harry Potter fans, with a dash of vintage, along with Universal Studios and what to do you get? Dress to the 9 3/4s Day, a Harry Potter vintage themed day at Universal Studios. It’s kind of like Dapper Day (which was the previous weekend) but with a focus on the Wizarding World of Harry…

Myself, standing in front of Big Thunder Railroad, wearing a tan cowboy hat, a tan western wear shirt with dark brown fringe, and embroidered flowers, a dark brown string tie with painted flowers, and dark brown western pants with orange flowers embroidered near the bottom.

Autumn Cowgirl

November 7, 2018, 3 Comments

First, I am terribly sick. I honestly sound like a chain smoker. Second, Patrick’s mother and sister are visiting in less than two weeks, and there is much to do! So I’m honestly not sure how much blogging is going to be done in the next couple weeks. I apologize in advance! However, I am…

Myself, sitting in front of a planter of orange and yellow flowers, and pumpkins, wearing a lime green peasant top, black pencil skirt, and purple scarf, and a purple bag with a skull wearing a cap.

Witchy Woman

November 1, 2018, Leave a Comment on Witchy Woman

For the last three years now, Patrick and I have attended Knott’s Scary Farm each Halloween night, enjoying the variety of thrills and chills. It also gets us out of having to pass out candy! You might have noticed a sincere lack of Halloween festivities written about on the blog this year, but an abundance…

Myself standing in front of a quartette of black cats of wood, wearing a patchwork print dress of orange, yellow, black and white, as a large straw hat

95th Annual Anaheim Halloween Parade

October 30, 2018, 1 Comment

Last weekend Patrick and I finally made it to one of Anaheim’s oldest traditions, the Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade, which turned 95 this year! Starting in 1924, the parade was started the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce as a way to bring the community together and create a more family oriented Halloween event, and…

Myself, standing in front of a small lake with cascading waterfall in the background and pumpkins scattered about, wearing a white t-shirt with an image of a green ghost in a witch hat, rising from a silhouette of a town. Orange text reads "I met the Ghost of Oakhaven (and lived)," a skirt in matching green, orange, white and black, and an orange scarf in my pony tail.

The Ghost of Oakhaven

October 25, 2018, 2 Comments

Alright, we are about to get personal, and talk about some serious 90s things. Growing up I watched a lot of the old Scooby-Doo cartoons on, the then new, Cartoon Network, along with other classics from the Hanna-Barbera family. I remember the Scooby-Doo marathons that Cartoon Network used to air, and my dad taping them…

Sleeping Beauty's Castle, straight on. The walls have a pink tint to them, and greyish blue roofs. People mingle in front.

Vintage Disneyland Postcards: Fantasyland

October 23, 2018, 7 Comments

Today is the final installment of my vintage Disneyland postcard series, and with it, I saved the most iconic land for last, Fantasyland. Disneyland perhaps wouldn’t be what it is if it were not for the beloved animated films created at the Walt Disney Studio, and here, in Fantasyland Guests get to step into those…

Cut out images of James Dean and Vampira set against a yellow and red background.

The Mysterious Horror Hostess that Reportedly Cursed James Dean

October 18, 2018, 5 Comments

The inside of a “dingy frame house” on Larrabee Street in West Hollywood looked more akin to a “witch-doctor’s shack in the wilds of Haiti.” Scattered were “objects of the kind associated with Black Magic” and stuck to the wall by a small golden dagger were cut-outs of James Dean’s eyes and ears. On the…

Safe Ways to Display Vintage Halloween Decorations

October 16, 2018, 6 Comments

If you frequent antique malls or flea markets this fall then you’ve probably noticed some vintage Halloween decorations for sale, most of which are made up of paper, or rather card stock or thin cardboard. This rather delicate and disposable nature of decorating for Halloween meant a lot of decorations were easily damaged and often tossed…

Below a painting of a desert scene hang two skeletons and a black cat above an orange and black couch. On the couch spirit board pillows sit.

Hooray for Halloween

October 12, 2018, 14 Comments

While this October makes the second Halloween we have celebrated in our first house, it is the first year I have been able to decorate! It’s hard to believe we have been in our home a year now, and due to the chaos of moving last year the Halloween decoration boxes remained in the garage. So…

Myself standing in front of the Palomino sign, wearing a blue jean jacket, white t-shirt reading "Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels" and a dark brown cowboy hat.

The One Night Revival of Hollywood’s Favorite Honky Tonk, the Palomino Club

October 10, 2018, 6 Comments

When people think of Hollywood, they think of searchlights rocking back and forth, glittering movie stars, and flash bulbs popping on a red carpet. But just on the other side of the Hollywood sign is North Hollywood, and the further out you go, it turns heavily industrial, and you begin to feel a long way…