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Tag: rockabilly


Mar
2013

I’m getting excited for the 16th Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend!

categories: 1950's, Rockabilly

Hi Everyone! T-minus one week till I’m in Las Vegas for the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly weekend!

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I’m really excited for the trip this year because I’m going with a bunch of awesome friends (and my totally amazing husband) and this time around I’m more clothing & hair style prepared.  I went two years ago for my first time and I was blown away by what an amazing event it is and how UNDER prepared I was with my clothing and style. WOW, the ladies go full out and I showed up looking like..well I don’t know what I looked like but I did not look how I envisioned in my head I would lol!

Here I am with some of my friends (and my husband to the left of me) that went last time just after we finished watching Jerry Lee Lewis! This year the headliner is Little Richard…amazing!

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I also prepared myself with learning some Rockabilly Jive this time around. Last time I went into the event with only my lindy hop skills and ended up just watching most of the event from the sidelines. NOT THIS TIME! I learned to do some basic Jive AND I learned the stroll too so I can join in with the ladies when a stroll song comes on.

Here is a video from Last years Jive contest finale. Insert me this year, lol!

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Once again like the last couple of years, Toronto is represented at VIVA with a Toronto favorite band “Tennessee Voodoo Coupe” being selected to play. Yay!!! Big Rude Jake is the lead singer and is just mister personality on the stage and the rest of his band is also just as fun. They play on the Sunday at 1:00pm I believe in the Bienville room.

The last item I’m really excited about is getting to hopefully meet some of the bloggers I follow on a daily basis. Many of them are going to be there and I’m eager to say hi (or just run and hide since I get super shy around new people I think are cool lol) and see their style in person. So hopefully I will have some pics of those meetings. Stay tuned!

So my friends there will be no blog next week but stay tuned for a biggie when I get back 🙂

Have a great week!

Liz 🙂


Oct
2012

New Vintage Blog Venture

categories: About Me, Vintage Style

(2023 Update-SEE MY NEW ABOUT ME PAGE & WHAT THE VINTAGE INN BLOG IS ALL ABOUT TODAY)

Hi Everyone! This blog is a new venture for me because unlike my blog in the past which focused on my crazy dating life (which is non-existent now that I’m married lol) this one is about my passion for all things Vintage from 1920’s-60’s with a focus on my love of Lindy Hop and Rockabilly.

I currently live in Toronto and I Lindy Hop regularly and when I go out I try to always dress up and look the part of someone from the 1940’s or 1950’s. Even during the day I have found myself dressing more in the vintage look than jeans and t-shirts. I’m just feel more like “me” when I wear vintage (or reproduction) clothing then I do in normal street wear.

So with that said, when I’m dancing I always get asked about “where I got that?”, or “how did you do your hair?” etc. so I felt that starting a blog would be the best way to give you MY take (and my guest bloggers take as well, that I will have time to time) of everything you need or want to know about living the vintage life with a Toronto Lindy Hopper twist (aka some Cdn content lol).

Lastly, I decided to call my blog “The Vintage Inn” because I really feel that it expresses exactly what I’m trying to do with this blog… “A place where all things Vintage live”, a “Catch all” you could say. Clothing posts, hair & makeup posts, online shopping tips, where to vintage shop in Toronto, etc.

So stay tuned for my next official post.

I will leave you with a pic of yours truly “Liz”. .

FURTHER READING: My Vintage Influences

Rockabilly Style by the Vintage Inn Blog