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Author Archives: The Vintage Teenager
Shadow Selfie.
Here is my spin on the selfie craze: the shadow selfie. I took my first ever shadow selfie standing on Courtenay Place Wellington while there was an eclipse. It was impossible to take a decent photo of the eclipse with … Continue reading
Posted in Fun (Funity), Little Miss Moffat, Simplicity., Things I Love
Tagged Selfie, Shadow
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Summer loving.
Had me a blast. I realized today that while the heat is jandal meltingly unbearable on the strip, poolside you can at least cool yourself off with a dip every 30 minutes or more. Thus I proclaim that poolside is … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure of a Lifetime, Fun (Funity), Simplicity., Things I Love
Tagged blog, Blogger, Travel, travelog
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Jon Bon Jovi.
The bonus of extending our stay in the US to be here for Husbands work do is that I get to attend his work concert featuring one of my favourite big haired rockers from the 80’s. Today he doesn’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure of a Lifetime, Fun (Funity), Quality., Simplicity., Things I Love, What The?!
Tagged Concert, Jon Bon Jovi, Las Vegas
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Gordon Ramsay Steak.
I had to ask our waiter “is it wrong to come here and order the chicken?” Yes it is the table agreed. So I ordered a unique cut of steak called the American Rib Cap. We also partook of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure of a Lifetime, Fun (Funity), Quality., Simplicity., Things I Love, Uncategorized
Tagged gordon Ramsey, Las Vegas, Travel, travelog
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Woolworths five & dime and luncheonette.
As soon as you open the chrome handled door, you know this diner is different. For one thing it is nestled in the far corner of an antique mall, but it’s most eye catching feature is that it is a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure of a Lifetime, Food Glorious Food., Fun (Funity), Quality., Simplicity., Things I Love
Tagged 1950, Diner, Travel, USA, Vintage
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Antiquing.
Today was the perfect day. We stopped at a town that has a whole street filled with ‘antique malls’. Antique malls are huge warehouse type spaces filled with hundreds of little booths run by various different sellers. Its all under … Continue reading
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Trailer trash.
We are traveling around the USA in a 30ft RV. (Recreational vehicle) Staying at trailer parks with full hookup (power, water, sewerage) the basics really. This is a fantastically fun way to get from National Park to National park. Glamping … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure of a Lifetime, Fun (Funity), Quality., Simplicity.
Tagged Travel, travelog, USA
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Sequoia National Park.
‘Big trees’ proclaimed the sign. I’ve never known Americans to be understated. Those sequoias are big. Bigger than the Empire State. Bigger than 50 blue whales joined end to end. Bigger than the Titanic. (Not sure if my heart is … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure of a Lifetime, Flora & Fauna, Fun (Funity), Things I Love
Tagged Holiday, Travel, travelog, USA, vacation
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Celine Dion.
Celine stood us up. Three times. They said it was her throat. They lied. Her husband is gravely ill. I feel awful being selfishly grumpy about my #vacationfail (thank you Jimmy Fallon for giving my disorder a name.) To drown … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure of a Lifetime, Fun (Funity), Style, Things I Love
Tagged Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Concert, Las Vegas
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Billboards & small town USA.
I saw a billboard today that said: “When the power of love is greater than the love of power, then we will have peace.” There is some seriously dysfunctional and sick stuff happening in NZ politics right now (election year … Continue reading
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Tagged New Zealand, politics, quotes, travelog, USA
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