Mid-Century Photo Friday (ahem, Thursday): Happy Valentines Day!

Our favorite Mid-Century blogs – Vintage Travel trailers

One of my favorite movies is the Lucille Ball movie “The Long, Long Trailer” – and while it doesn’t glorify traveling in a trailer, it sure makes me want to hit the open road! With the huge appeal of airstream trailers and travel in general – there’s one blog that stands out – the long-time bloggers Atomic Addiction started a blog WAY back in 2009 when they acquired a trailer that needed a lot of

Newton Iowa, a midcentury historic downtown

The Newton Downtown Historic District has been entered in to the National Register of Historic Places, effective September 22, 2014. In 2009, the Newton Historic preservation committee looked within the proposed district of 87 properties. Fred Chabot, chairman of the historic preservation committee, said they began by researching the history of those buildings for the required site inventory forms. The committee’s research showed the best way to move forward was to pitch downtown’s mid-century architectural aesthetic,

Good friends, good times, grand adventures, and exciting times

The good folks at the City of Kingman, Josh Noble, the tourism director, Ray Cullison and the Kingsmen, and the volunteers who labored so hard to make the recent Best of the West on 66 Festival a success deserve a hearty thank you.The good folks at the City of Kingman, Josh Noble, the tourism director, Ray Cullison and the Kingsmen, and the volunteers who labored so hard to make the recent Best of the West

What an awesome idea!

Isn’t this fantastic! What a wonderful idea! I found this on Manly Vintage and it makes me want to suggest it to anyone with radiators in their home. Run, don’t walk to get one!