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, 1 Comment

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…

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…

Me, standing in front of Pasadena City Hall, a tall, domed, Mediterranean style building, wearing a long pale green dress with small white flowers.

Stumbling Upon Pasadena’s Beautiful City Hall

March 26, 2019, 2 Comments

Last Sunday, Patrick and myself met up with some friends for tea at a tea room in Pasadena. Wanting to get out and wear my vintage Gunne Sax dresses more, I opted for one, and in walking from the parking structure to the tea room we stumbled upon the gorgeousness that is Pasadena’s City Hall,…

Myself standing in front of the Pioneertown Motel sign, wearing a butter yellow leather jacket with dark brown fringe, a t-shirt featuring the cover of the Eagles' album "Hotel California," jeans, and a cream colored flat top cowboy hat.

Sleep like Gene Autry at the Pioneertown Motel

March 15, 2019, Leave a Comment on Sleep like Gene Autry at the Pioneertown Motel

After Patrick wrapped up his conference in Palm Springs, we headed to the high desert to spend a couple of nights at the Pioneertown Motel. Long time readers may be familiar with previous visits to Pioneertown, a real town originally built as a live-in backlot of sorts made exclusively for westerns back in 1946. But…

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…

Inside the Redondo Fun Factory - wearing a vintage red shirt reading "Have a Coke and a smile" and wide leg blue jeans. In the background a variety of 80s arcade games, behind them a ton of vintage signs.

A Revisit to the Enigmatic Fun Factory

August 24, 2018, 5 Comments

Last year we visited the Redondo Fun Factory located on the Redondo Beach Pier after hearing news it would be closing. Over a year later the bizarre Fun Factory, with its eclectic variety of games and collection of odd signs, is still operating, but now has a large banner reading “Open Until December 2019.” With…

Sweetheart of the Rodeo

July 31, 2018, 2 Comments

This year one of my favorite albums turns 50, The Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and to commemorate the milestone, co-founders of The Byrds, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman decided to embark on a tour, along with Marty Stuart. They opened in LA last week, and I was overjoyed to snag tickets to the second…

Me wearing a 70s western wear shirt, tan with small embroidered flowers, a turquoise squash blossom, and wide leg 70s jeans, standing along railroad tracks.

Two Wild and Crazy Guys

July 25, 2018, 1 Comment

Last week one of my dreams finally came true! I got to see Steve Martin live! Oh, along with Martin Short! So, yes, a little fun fact about me, I love Steve Martin, but I’m actually not the biggest fan of his movies. Sure, like anyone who lived through the 90s, I adore Father of…

Long Form: My Style Evolution

May 16, 2018, 25 Comments

Ages ago I was asked to do a post about my style evolution. This is a subject I’ve eluded to and touched on briefly here and there, but this month on Instagram brought The Vintage Fashion Challenge – an Instagram challenge with daily prompts about vintage style. One of the prompts was “Style Evolution” and…

Palm Parlor

January 8, 2018, 4 Comments

Over the weekend the ever lovely Cailey, aka Dole Whip Dame on Instagram, put together a little Disneybound event, where she encouraged her friends to be inspired by the Main Street shops and windows. I chose Fargo’s Palm Parlor, a window that honors Roland (aka Rolly) Fargo Crump, a Disney animator and Imagineer. Rolly Crump…

Atomic Redhead

Groupie Couture

Boysenberry Babe

A Psychedelic Spring Dapper Day

Stumbling Upon Pasadena’s Beautiful City Hall

Sleep like Gene Autry at the Pioneertown Motel

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

A Revisit to the Enigmatic Fun Factory

Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Two Wild and Crazy Guys

Long Form: My Style Evolution

Palm Parlor