The Lucky Cars
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The Lucky Cars

Jul 31st 2012 by Koop Kooper via Ultra Swank Flickr Group

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Roadtrip Today I was cruising Sydneys freeways in the 1965 Valiant, the car hugging the open road and me confidently accelerating past people as they went about their business, me, I was enjoying the simplicity of the basic drive experience, one that was devoid of technology that rob me of the true driving experience. The music from my stereo blarred as I was enjoying a beautiful day and on the AM radio Frank Sinatra’s Strangers In The Night seeped from the speakers and my mind started to wander as I pondered how many times this car, in this life, has heard this song on its radio. Classic cars are funny because in many ways they are ( continue reading... )

The Cocktail Nation - Queens Of Vintage

Episode 266    May 12th 2013

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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The Disneyland Hotel – It comes with its own Monorail system
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The Disneyland Hotel – It comes with its own Monorail system

Jul 10th 2012 by Christopher via Stuff from the Park

Roadtrip The Disneyland Hotel in Anahem, California opened its doors in 1955 as a motor-inn type Hotel. Walt Disney wanted to build a hotel for Disneyland visitors to stay overnight. However, Disney’s financial resources were significantly depleted by the construction of the park, so he negotiated a deal with Jack Wrather and his business partner Maria Helen Alvarez under which Wrather-Alvarez Productions would own and operate a hotel called the Disneyland Hotel. The Disneyland Monorail was extended from its original 1959 configuration and a station opened at the hotel in 1961, so guests could go directly from the Hotel to the ( continue reading... )

Nostalgic postcards of American Roadside Attractions – Part 3

Jun 6th 2012 by Christopher

Nostalgic postcards of American Roadside Attractions – Part 3
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Roadtrip According to Wikipedia, a roadside attraction is a feature along the side of a road, that is frequently advertised with billboards to attract tourists. In general, these are places one might stop on the way to somewhere else, rather than being a final or primary destination in and of themselves. The modern tourist-oriented highway attraction originated as a U.S. and Western Canadian phenomenon in the ( read more... )

Nostalgic postcards of American Roadside Attractions – Part 2

May 10th 2012 by Christopher

Nostalgic postcards of American Roadside Attractions – Part 2
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Roadtrip Nostalgic, classic, vintage and timeless yet again. So vivid, futuristic and warm but also gloomy and grey at the same time. Postwar suburban America was certainly a time of change – a time when the automobile was the spotlight of modern living. You could go anywhere in your Oldsmobile, Chrysler, Chevrolet or Cadillac. How about a trip to S.S. Kresge to pick up new sofa? ( read more... )

Nostalgic postcards of American Roadside Attractions

Feb 23rd 2012 by Christopher

Nostalgic postcards of American Roadside Attractions
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Roadtrip Nostalgic, classic, vintage and timeless. These are words that comes to mind when I look at postcards depicting roadside American attractions such as motels, diners, drive-in theaters, bowling alleys and outdoor shopping centers. It is definitely an era gone-by now and I am sad never to never really have experienced it. I am sure many of you have fond (or maybe not so fond) memories ( read more... )

Postcards from a vibrant Retro Boston

Feb 16th 2012 by Guest

Postcards from a vibrant Retro Boston
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Roadtrip There are numerous times in my role as the self- appointed retro cultural historian for Boston that I feel just like Gloria Swanson in 1960 standing in that classic photo taken amidst the destruction of the once splendid crown jewel of cinemas, The Roxy Theater in New York City. Boston, like so many other American cities, has been pillaged… truly stripped bare of what made ( read more... )