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1. I am visiting the Toronto area for business this week, but in the evenings looking for all things rockabilly, hot rod, tiki and the likes. What good spots do you recommend? Is there central listings web page for any live music/events in the area?

   Thanks for any info!
   Rockahula1

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   • Hi there and welcome! For all things..vintage, rockabilly etc. check out Toronto Vintage society. We post on FB daily all the goings on and on Thursdays we do a weekend roundup. They are your best option for that. On the website there is a directory of all the “retro things/places” in TO.

     http://www.facebook.com/torontovintagesociety
     http://www.torontovintagesociety.com

     On Wednesday July 29th- at bovine sex club (ignore name) is a burlesque/surf/tiki event called: tiki beat.
     Info:
     We’re back for two floors of Tiki time at the world famous Bovine Sex Club!
     It’s gonna be a luau of epic porportions with dancing girls and surf bands!
     Tropical drink specials all night!
     Mai Tais and Zombies, oh my!
     Dance to the surf and exotica of DJ Vivs
     Burlesque by Esther De Ville
     Tiinie Beehinee
     Loca Lola
     Tanya Cheex
     Go Go by Go Go del Fuego
     Surfing Live Music provided by The Cliff Divers!
     Dress up in all your Tiki finery, there will be a contest!
     Toronto’s only monthly TIKI PARTY! NEVER A COVER!

     Facebook invite:
     https://www.facebook.com/events/1473947886236919/

     Also This Thursday at the Gladstone hotel we (Toronto vintage society) is having a vintage/retro night market with DJ and booze. That is a fun option. FB invite below.

     Have fun and if you go to the Gladstone on Thursday even for a bit, come say hi! I will be at thr Toronto vintage booth 🙂

     Have fun!

     Liz

     https://www.facebook.com/events/1473947886236919/

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2. LOVE YOUR BLOG! SO MUCH INFO ! I RENT REPAIR BUY SELL ALL TYPES OF VINTAGE MANNEQUINS – CHECK OUT THE AMERICAN STYLE CNN COMMERCIAL ON YOUTUBE FOR SOME OF MY FIGURES AT WORK!! CHEERS ALLAN !! http://WWW.VINTAGEMANNEQUINNYC.NET

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   • Hi Allan,

     Your vintage mannequins are so cool! And so neat how they have been in movies that i have recently seen. Thanks so much for the blog love and than you for sharing your website. Awesome!

     Liz

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3. Hi! I just came across your blog and I was wondering if you knew how to find or if you know where I should search. “Look Magazine” took pictures of my grandmother, Helen Dryden. The article was called “A Panamanian Girl”. I believe it was in the 1930’s or 40’s. I want to say 1938, but I’m not sure. Do you have any suggestions on where I could go to try to find that article from Look Magaizine. Thank you! Love your blog!

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   • Hi Kristin, thanks for reaching out and thanks for the nice compliment about my blog 🙂

     Okay first up..How great was it that your grandmother appeared in Look Magazine? WOW! Now onto your wish to find the magazine she was in. The only thing I found was several articles on the “Museum of the City of New York’ in 2018 embarking on a project to catalog, process, and digitize the Museum’s LOOK magazine photo archive collection. I think your best start is to reach out to them. I also read in the article that most of LOOK’s archives reside with the Library of Congress (they should be who you reach out to as well).

     Good luck! Please let me know if you find anything.

     Liz

     https://www.mcny.org/story/processing-and-cataloging-look-magazine-collection

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