November 22, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Dear Diary

War & Peace

This weekend I happened to be in Kent. Happily this coincided with the annual War & Peace show at the Hop Farm in Paddock Wood, so I decided to pay it a visit. The entrance fee was £18, so I ummed and aahhed a little, before parting with my cash (seriously, no one gets much

Read More
Dear Diary

Top of the Retro Chick Pops

I am suffering with insurmountable technical issues at Retro Chick HQ. Technical issues which boil down to “My new laptop won’t play my video so I can’t edit them”, so probably aren’t all that insurmountable. Until normal service is resumed I had a little trawl through my stats and was intrigued by the top 10

Read More
Dear Diary

Things To Do In Norwich – July

As you may know ( I did tell you!) I’ve launched an Events listing page for the Norwich and East Anglia area. It doesn’t claim to be comprehensive, but if you’re into vintage, burlesque or the slightly bizarre I’m aiming to list all those events that might appeal to you. On this line I thought

Read More
Dear Diary

Love yourself, Love others, Love vintage Challenge

I first saw this on Va Voom Vintage back on the 1st June and thought it was so lovely. It’s so easy to look at yourself in the mirror and list the things you hate, but when asked to list 5 things about yourself you love, well, personally my mind immediately draws a blank. So

Read More
Dear Diary

Big Band in a Big Park

Did you have a lovely weekend? I did. Not really being a lover of the hippier side of outdoor Music I wasn’t at Glastonbury this weekend. Instead I headed off to the Plantation Gardens to spend a beautiful Summers evening listening to Big Band and Swing courtesy of The Pavilion Big Band. The Plantation Garden

Read More
Dear Diary

Retro Chick Blogs for Simple VIP

Back in March I shared my beauty must haves, and you guys in turn shared yours. Afterwards I was contacted by Simple, who were so chuffed that you, and I, loved their products that they asked me if I would like to write a piece for their VIP blog. So I did. Thinking about it

Read More
Dear Diary

Not Just a Cocktail Cabinet….

This isn’t just a 1950s Cocktail Cabinet…. For starters that’s because it’s also a writing desk. Oh yes. See…… But apart from that, it was also a bargain. It cost just 35 of your earth pounds from my local PDSA Charity Shop, and then they delivered it for free. It’s also grown up furniture, proper

Read More
Dear Diary

Retro Chick on the Radio….

There was no post from me yesterday, sorry. The reason was that I spent the morning pacing the floor and pretending I wasn’t nervous about my first ever LIVE radio interview yesterday afternoon. It was for a national radio station in Ireland called Newstalk and I was on the award winning Moncrieff show. ‘Citing huh?

Read More
Dear Diary

Retro Chick in The Sunday Times!

Just to let you know the Retro Chick is in the Sunday Times today….. I was contacted last week by a journalist regarding this article on Vanity Sizing I wrote back in March. I’m on page 18, complete with picture of me in my notorious M&S size 10 dress. You can read the article online,

Read More