Vintage Musings and Random Rants

by JoAnn

Have any of you watched Kirstie Ally’s new show? I love the show and her. Beautiful and hilarious fat or thin.  The tabloids were so vicious about her weight gain.  Sexist!! They never get on James Gandolphinis’ case or any big actor.  John Travolta is a good 70 lbs heavier now that he’s in his [...]

Handy Art Gallery

by Rick

The scene in Red Lion continues to expand.  A few months ago Handy Concepts Art Gallery  (HCAG) opened one block east of Vintage JoAnn at 20 E Broadway.  Owner Cheryl Handy has created an atmosphere that is unintimidating  and inviting.  The Gallery showcases primarily local artists in different mediums, many of them traditional but many unusual. 
One of the things [...]

Welcome to Deluxeville!

by JoAnn

You have to check out this blog!!!!!!! Welcome to Deluxeville.  Fabulous and all things vintage.
Mary, the terrific girl behind this terrific blog, is a customer of mine and she is a true vintage fan.  She wrote about me in her blog (here) and I was so thrilled!!!!
I spent a lot of time reading her blog and [...]

Mad Men’s Peggy Olson dresses for success

by Rick

When we first meet Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) in Season 1 she’s just another “girl”** in the office secretarial pool at Sterling Cooper, a fictional Madison Avenue advertising agency set in the early 60’s. After Don Draper (Jon Hamm) fires yet another secretary, Office Manager Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) moves Peggy into the seat outside Don’s [...]

Mad Men – What do you think?

by Rick

JoAnn went upstairs with a headache so I get to play Vintage JoAnn for awhile.
Have you seen the AMC original show – MadMen? If not click here for the schedule.
According to the AMC MadMen website the premise of the show is “The series revolves around the conflicted world of Don Draper (Hamm), the biggest ad man [...]