Warming Up to Fall

October 4, 2013, 11 Comments

It’s officially fall, and while I used to eagerly await this season, this last summer I was not. Visiting California prolonged my summer, and as we landed in Portland, grey clouds and buckets of rain welcomed us. In the last few days, I’ve worked on switching my wardrobe over to my fall/winter selection and I…

Visitor from Across the Pond

September 19, 2013, 20 Comments

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of meeting up with Charlotte of Tuppence Ha’penny. Charlotte actually hopped across the pond just for shopping! So she and I walked the streets of Portland on the hunt for vintage goodies, visiting such stores as BillyGoat, Magpie and Living Threads. We also stopped in at Powell’s, which…

Project Drive-In

August 15, 2013, 10 Comments

Today I want to talk about something very near and dear to my heart: Drive-ins. The drive-in really embodies all that was wonderful about mid-20th century America, and it is an icon that is disappearing, but there is something we can do! I love going to the drive-in. It’s one of the few moments that…

A Visitor from Down Under

July 19, 2013, 8 Comments

Over the last few days I have had the absolute pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Fran of A Vintage Story. Yesterday we met up with Solanah of Vixen Vintage and ran around downtown, visiting various vintage shops, dropping by the photobooth, and popping into Powell’s. It’s so wonderful meeting fellow vintage bloggers especially…

Race Days

June 30, 2013, 3 Comments

One weekend that I look forward to each summer is the weekend spend at Portland International Raceway for the Portland Historic Races with my dad. As odd as it may sound, the days spent at the track are some of the most relaxing. We’ve been going to the Historics for over ten years, and the…

Days with Dad

June 3, 2013, 6 Comments

When Patrick goes on business trips, I often decide to just go to my dad’s for the time he’s away. I love spending time with my dad since we share the same passions. The last few days were spent shopping, pricing inventory for the shop in Coburg, working on the newly acquired Cadillac hearse, and…

Jitterbuggin’

May 26, 2013, 11 Comments

Yesterday many of us PDX ladies had the absolute pleasure of going to the home of the owner of Jitterbuggin’, Kim. She hosted a lovely open house, complete with treats, so we could try on her beautifully crafted creations. Kim’s home is so cute, adorned with fun vintage prints, records and linens. Her work space…

Portland Vintage Guide

May 21, 2013, 19 Comments

September 2014 UPDATE: As I no longer call Portland home, this list may find itself out of date, as I will only know of changes in shops via friends and social media. So it is more important than ever to check Facebook, Google, and/or Yelp pages to see if businesses are still in operation and…

Bakelite & Bowties

May 19, 2013, 21 Comments

This morning a group of us vintage gals, and guys too, got together for brunch at one of Portland’s swankest restaurants, Gracie’s. As always, we had a theme…today’s theme? Bakelite and Bowties. I’m loving that we’re coming up with more co-ed friend;y events. It’s so nice to see men all dapper…even if we only had…

Thrift Luck

April 30, 2013, 12 Comments

On Sunday I had friend and owner of Retro Rejuvenation, Lyndsie come visit me. She’s an absolute doll and we had an incredibly fun time visiting vintage shops and thrift stores for two solid days. Sometimes the downside to having so much fun is a failure to take pictures. Even with reasonable cameras in our…

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Warming Up to Fall

Visitor from Across the Pond

Project Drive-In

A Visitor from Down Under

Race Days

Days with Dad

Jitterbuggin’

Portland Vintage Guide

Bakelite & Bowties

Thrift Luck