Doo Wop!

by JoAnn

Sat. night, Jan. 29th was a blast.  We went to see the Stingrays at Kerrys green in Red Lion.   Friends Julie and Marv, Scott ,Sandi, Brooks, and Andrea joined us. The Stingrays played great old classic music from the 50′s and 60′s and the place was sold out! Julie and I wore vintage outfits of course!  [...]

Closet Cleaning!

by JoAnn

  Just a quick post to let you know- I cleaned my closet(well- some of it) and put some nice size 10 heels for sale in the web store. All are heels, great condition, some new, not vintage.  LOW PRICES. If you want more then one pair, email me so I can give you an [...]

Shopping Zen

by JoAnn

I’m always relieved when the holidays are over and the years starts anew! Even though I’m fighting hibernation mode- I can smell Spring in the distance which gives me the will to live.  Not a wnter person, 20 years living in Mpls. cured me of that. Well, in between hibernating, eating carbs, talking on the [...]

New Years Eve!

by JoAnn

For the first time in way too long the vintage spouse and I went out for a New Years eve party – and party we did!! We went to Kerry’s Green which used to be the old Red Lion country club. Rick made reservations and we joined our friends Scott and Sandi plus his work colleague [...]

Dec. Update

by JoAnn

Time goes faster the older you get!    Christmas gifts are all wrapped. Actually some have already been opened as we celebrated with my son and dil. as they are visiting her mom in Pittsburgh on xmas. I usually get so stressed and emotional this time of year but not this year.  Bought gifts within our [...]

Happy Christmas Season!

by JoAnn

Here at the vintage home calm and peace reign. Had a great, fun Thanksgiving with both kids and their families plus lots of xtra friends and relatives. To give you an idea of how much food I had to make- I whipped 10 lbs. of potatoes and 5 lbs. of sweet potatoes! It was so [...]

Renovations are completed!!

by JoAnn

For those of you who have been following our painful process of turning the old shop into living space in our old victorian house- Here are some pictures. I already posted some of them on Facebook last week. The vintage spouse accomplished miracles and so did I with my huge assortment of vintage treasures and [...]

Victorian Photos

by JoAnn

I have always been facinated with Victorian photography ever since I played in a grandmothers attic and looked at all those unsmiling portraits as a child.  To me, it is almost like a window into the past.  I love to look at all the clothing detail through the decades.  I find the history and human element [...]

My Dressing Room Closet

by JoAnn

Now that the nest is empty, I am a very lucky woman in that I have a whole room for my closet.  I adore my dressing room. There are 2 actual closets in the room which I have stuffed, although I just switched to all wood hangers. When we bought the house, the ceiling in this [...]

Vintage Autumn

by JoAnn

Went to Roots market today. It was cold and damp but that was a great excuse to wear my black and white rain boots, yellow sweater coat and a huge zebra scarf. Sort of like a chubby demented bumblebee, but a cute one!  Got two compliments on my hair and outfit from strangers. I was [...]