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Road Trip Recap

May 23, 2012 by archivesvintage · 8 Comments

I’m back! As you know, Mark and I packed up the car (and Atlas!) and headed out on old historic Route 66 to Albuquerque (someday I want to do the whole thing!). Unfortunately Mark had to work most of the time, but that gave me plenty of time to scour through the town, which I hadn’t visited in a few years. If you haven’t been, Abq is a sleepy but beautiful city with some really REALLY great food (if you’re not familiar with New Mexican cuisine, you should seriously get on that).

Here are some photos from the trip!

Atlas had his own little perch, complete with a comfy blanket to navigate from.

Oklahoma wind farm.

Neither Mark or myself are into country music, but when we saw this sign, we realized we both have weird stories about meeting Garth Brooks. What are the odds?

Just in case it wasn’t clear what this gas station didn’t want your dog doing, they spelled it out.

He loves Combos. So gross.

This awesome vintage Airstream! I so want one.

Just when we entered New Mexico, we hit some crazy storms.

The Sandia Mountains.

Being from flatland Illinois, I find mountains insanely fascinating and beautiful. I took a drive up a scenic byway to Sandia Peak. You basically drive up a curvy mountainside road until you hit over 10,000 ft above sea level. It’s amazing.

Albuquerque down below!

Lots of shopping was had. I passed this thrift store a few times, and then one day this perfect sign was outside! $1 sale? YES PLEASE.

We stayed at a cute place found on AirBnB most of the week, but extended our stay one night and our place was unfortunately already booked. So, we checked into a nice hotel, where Atlas enjoyed his first hotel stay in a king size bed!

The view was nice, too.

Last but not least, I treated myself to this lovely antique celluloid & rhinestone bangle from a tiny antique shop run by the sweetest old man. I’ve worn it every day since!

It was a very relaxing week in which I learned the very real difference between dry and humid heat. Also, I am ready to live near some mountains. Like, NOW. In the mean time, let the post-road trip diet detox begin…

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Road Trip: Chicago to Albuquerque!

May 10, 2012 by archivesvintage · 4 Comments

Mark and I made a spur of the moment decision this morning to drive to New Mexico…on Saturday! He has to go for a work project, so we’re making a little adventure out of it! I absolutely love Albuquerque/the Southwest, and have been really feeling burnt out, so I’m REALLY looking forward to it.

The best part is that I’ll be spending most of my time sourcing goods for the shop! If you have any suggestions on good vintage or thrift shops in the Abq/Santa Fe area, let me know!

Seeing as I had zero time to save/plan for this trip, the shop is marked down 25% today and tomorrow, and everything will ship before I leave. (There are also some ebay auctions running at the moment).

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Spectacular Spectacles

August 8, 2011 by archivesvintage · 19 Comments

While away in Michigan, our cabin ate my glasses. We searched high and low, under couches, beds, etc…nothing. I get severe migraines if I use a computer without them, and being that a large part of my work requires me to be in front of a screen for more hours than are in a day….I’m lost without them. After four days or so, I caved and logged into my account on Warby Parker, who thankfully saves your prescription info! I ordered a new pair knowing they’d arrive within a few days of our return home.

Low and behold, not two hours after ordering the new pair…….my old specs resurfaced. I fully intended on returning the replacements, but I pulled them out of the box and it was instant love. Slightly more vintage / nerdy. Perfect!

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Michigan: Vacation in a Nutshell

August 1, 2011 by archivesvintage · 14 Comments

I had every intention of posting throughout my vacation last week! However, I managed to misplace my glasses, which rendered me nearly blind! So now, I present a massive photo dump / summary of our week in the U.P.!

Little Atlas, very stressed out on the car ride.

The dishware in our cabin! I LOVED IT. Every mug, bowl and plate had this motif on it. WANT.

Mark built many a fire, which we relaxed and sipped wine by. On our list of must haves for our next place: fireplace. Non-negotiable.

For Amanda and Stephanie: we tried opening a wine bottle via the shoe method, which Amanda suggested when I tweeted our cabin had no wine bottle opener. Sad to say the results were poor.

Atlas enjoyed sniffing the fresh air and basking in the sun.

As previously mentioned, we went to the rodeo. It was kind of everything and nothing I expected at the same time. I’m not a preachy vegetarian, but due to the unfairly harsh treatment of animals (which I was not aware of before attending), it was definitely my first and last rodeo.

Even Mark got tossed around!

My dudes.

I recently upgraded my camera, and am trying to use the manual settings most of the time. Mark knows way more than me about photography, and was able to finagle the settings to get a decent shot of the stars! This is about .000000000001 of the stars visible up there!

Driving down the longest, scariest road late at night. We’re talking dense woods, no lights, towns or anything for at least 50 miles. Except deer. No lack of deer.

Atlas discovered he enjoys surfing the net on the ol’ iPad.

This is my boyfriend on vacation.

Crazy small town museums are seriously the best. Appendix or tonsils, anyone?

Uhhhh…..?

We spent a day driving around in search of vintage (mission accomplished, like woah). This antique store was closed by the time we arrived. Gone fishin’. No joke.

For relaxing times. Do you see it?

Waterfalls!

Duck and ducklings!

Can’t wait till next year.

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A Little Bit Country

July 25, 2011 by archivesvintage · 16 Comments

Hello from the Upper Peninsula! The air is cool, crisp and fresh, unlike back home in steamy Chicago!

I grew up visiting the Northwoods once every summer, as did Mark. Little did we know we were vacationing about an hour from each other for most of our lives! My family stopped coming up here a few years ago, but Mark’s family continues the tradition, and I’m so happy to have been able to join them these last few summers. Pretty sure this is one of the most beautiful and relaxing places in the midwest.

We’ve been on long walks, enjoyed a glass of wine or three by the fire, seen some deer and even on one unfortunate occasion….a bat. And it’s only Monday! Oh, did I mention the rodeo?! Yesterday we caught the last day of the rodeo before it packed up and left town (more on that tomorrow!). Of course, I had to wear something appropriate for my first rodeo experience. A vintage square dancing skirt and my Texan cowgirl boots did just the trick.

Wearing: Top: H&M, Skirt: Vintage (thrifted), Scarf worn as a belt: Mo Vintage, Boots: New Bohemia in Austin, TX
Why: RODEO! Photos: By Mark