a forest full of cukes

You will see no cukes in this forest now, but there were a lot in the summertime. It's the "Spreewald" - famous for his pickled cucumbers, the beautiful little canals and the traditional costumes. A pefect place to hide from the city for a few days. We found a little house in the middle of nowhere to stay in...

 

spent a day in a spa and did little walks. Sadly the weather was just misty and rainy - time for the one and only autumnal jacket in the world, of course a classic Pendleton 49ers with red check.

 turban: made out of a H&M scarf mit red lips prints

jacket: Pendleton 49ers from etsy

jeans: collectif

boots: Clarks  Originals

In the nice Spreewald museum we could admire the traditional costumes with the huge hats. I like this picture of a little lady on her first day in school from the 1930s. The Sorb, the natives, still wear it proudly.

The museum even had a kind of historical train station, look at all the great dresses and suitcases.

I took place in one of the cabins, pulled my Röckl gloves on and Honey drove the steam train back to Berlin...

The only jewelery I wore was this 1950s bracelet with acorns, autumnally like fallen leaves. Hope you enjoy this season too.

Eddie and me

 

Yesterday was a good day: Eddie Spaghetti was in town! 

With the SUPERSUCKERS he played a super great show in the legandary club "SO 36"  in Kreuzberg

and signed the new record.

 After that we could talk a bit and made a fan pic. How stupid starstucked I look... but isn't he damned sexy? 

A broad-shouldered, witty, bearded r´n´r-bass player with a big heart - my kind of a man. (Like honey is.)

Eddie Spaghetti did funtastique solo country records. Check my fav song out:

But what did I wear?

hairband: asos

pink bra: blush

 (Ladies, have a look at this Berlin-based brand - the quality is excellent and they have some vintage inspired designs!)

dress: present from a friend, guess it´s from the 80s

belt: 50s vintage

cowboy boots: Buffalo

 bag: 60s vintage

While posing with the record, I tryed to look a bit "edgy"... ha ha ha

  

Nothing is better then a blood cooking real loud punkrock show to feel alive again.

 And here's a little quest: Do you find me in the crowd on this pic Eddie took from stage?

Californication

As promised - some more pictures from our California road trip. Hope you enjoy:

above: on the knees for my hero David Bowie at Hollywood Walk of Fame

Venice Beach

 

Look at this crazy miniature-encrusted van in Santa Barbara!

Oh, they smell!

 

driving the Highway 1 to the great Santa Cruz: 

beach fun, vintage shopping, mexican food and an art-deco-cinema, needless to say I was very happy there.

arriving at San Francisco  

 

after vintage shopping at Haight Street I enjoyed all my shopping successes

 for so far at the bedside locker in our 1930s hotel

playing Mini Golf at the Lake Tahoe

watching TCM on a rainy day in a retro motel near the Mono Lake

 Welcome to the wild Wild West on the 4th of July! 

 

  

talking to the ghosts in Ghost Town Bodie

 

 

After hiking in the more than beautiful Yosemite National Park, 

we were heading trought the unscalable Death Valley by 50 degrees strait to Nevada.

 

Las Vegas was overlain by a giant smoke cloud from the bushfire,

but at night - it´s just neon lights and show girls.

on Route 66 trough the Mojave Desert we reached Palm Springs, our last station.

There I was finding myself, as a vintage clipons collector,  in real HEAVEN...

but more from that in the next post.

PS: a big thanx to all our fabulous air bnb hosts!

El Dorado

 

Lately we visited the Western City El Dorado

close to the small city Templin, 60 kilometres north of Berlin, 

and with my soft spot for cowboys and country music, I had a real good time there. 

 

 

 dress: Vive Maria , years ago

 flower band: asos

 cowboy boots: Buffalo

If you like theme parks and kitschy Wild West romance too, 

you'll maybe enjoy the following pics:

 

 

 

The best thing for us was the great 50s Flipper automat!

The Creature from the Black Lagoon has eaten all our pocket money...