Beyond the Monster Mash

September 2, 2020, 3 Comments

It’s September, and while I may have started decorating for Halloween two weeks ago, I would say it’s officially the spooky season! Which means it’s time to share another spooktacular playlist! Long time readers may remember that awhile back I started a tradition of sharing selections from my ever growing Halloween playlist, but if you’re…

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Cooking with Vincent: La Gratin Savoyard

August 26, 2020, Leave a Comment on Cooking with Vincent: La Gratin Savoyard

Welcome to yet another installment of Cooking with Vincent. If you’re new to the blog, check out my first post from the series detailing what Cooking with Vincent is about. Vincent Price’s cookbooks really cover a lot of ground, well, I mean, just look at the size of A Treasury of Great Recipes! From main…

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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…

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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…

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Be the Change

June 3, 2020, 3 Comments

I had an entirely different post planned for today, but it is being put off until next week, because it is vital to take a moment to reflect and make it very clear where I stand regarding the current situation in America. In the past I have made mention that I do not support the…

A Visit to Disneyland

May 8, 2020, 4 Comments

Let’s take a trip to Disneyland, but Disneyland in 1965… Disneyland may be closed currently, but thanks to a little book called A Visit to Disneyland we can all pretend that we have stepped into a time machine to visit Walt Disney’s original Magic Kingdom. I hope you all enjoyed this little peek into Disneyland…