A chat with Oakland-based Melanie About her sunny Instagram that’s perfect California Dreamin’ By Darlene Alvarez, Features Editor, Photo Courtesy of Melanine @your_summer_dream_ This article originally appeared in the 2021 Print Issue of Marjorie Magazine. Order the issue now in digital or print here Darlene: What got you into vintage? Melanie: I’ve been into nostalgia for… Read More Only Warm Vibes with Your Summer Dream!
Story & Photos by Marjorie Magazine This article originally appeared in the 2021 Print Issue of Marjorie Magazine. Order the issue now in digital or print here If you ever wanted to get out into the world but see something completely breathtaking, step into the world of Wes Anderson– and we’re being literal. The visually pleasing… Read More This is an Adventure: Seeing the World (Accidentally) Through the Lens of Wes Anderson
By Marjorie Magazine Images Courtesy of Four Point Puzzles Seeking new ways to keep ourselves entertained with our loved ones during the colder and darker days of fall and winter, we’ve looked back on simple pastimes that while entertaining, are also enriching. When you’re overwhelmed with another show to binge or need to step away… Read More Reliving the Paint by Numbers Phenomenon with FourPoint Puzzles’ Retro Collection
By Darlene Alvarez, Features Editor Our readers have chosen! As the days get shorter and the air grows colder, what can be more enjoyable than staying in cozy and thrilled by a good old noir flick? We asked the Marjorie Gals their recommendations, and each one will keep you guessing, and entertained, throughout the nights… Read More Our Readers’ Picks for Noir Films in the Fall
By Marjorie Magazine This article originally appeared in the 2020 Print Issue Roaring Twenties: an Encore It was as if we stepped into a dream. September 11, 2016 was a Sunday, bright and hot, yet cheery and surreal to find ourselves walking among the stretch of green on a sleepy Oakland Hills mansion, sprawling in… Read More Beating Against the Current: The Art Deco Society of California Fends off Time in their Preservations for Architectural 20th Century Genius
By Marjorie MagazinePictures Courtesy of Khyentse George Picture a warm breeze, the sprawl of the Colorado mountains before you, and thousands of lights that twinkle against the sky on a June day in the Boulder Municipal Airport, hosting yet again the wonders of the Greatest Generation for its annual 1940s Ball. The scene is almost… Read More Stompin’ at the 1940s Ball
By Marjorie Magazine We’re in much need of a getaway after a trying last year, and with Summer just arriving, there couldn’t be a more picturesque destination than the beach. But even if you’re landlocked this season or not quite ready to venture out of safety concerns, you won’t need to speed down to the… Read More Let Your Imagination Run to the Bygone Beach Days with these 3 Reads
By Darlene Alvarez, Photos Courtesy of Peterson Design This article originally appeared in the 2020 issue Roaring Twenties: An Encore With so much to celebrate, we take a look into the romantic backdrops of Southern California-based Paper Moon Shoppe, whose whimsical moons add a touch of magical glamour to every grand party they grace. Find… Read More To the Paper Moon and Back
By Marjorie Magazine For us sentimental vintage gals, Valentine’s Day couldn’t be the more perfect season to dust off all those records from the shelves and get groovin’ to the love ballads of the gals who sang about love best: Ronnie, Diana, Lesley, and many other fabulous ladies of the girl groups from early pop… Read More Valentine’s Day is 60s Girl Group Season
By Marjorie Magazine It’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day, celebrated every February 3rd as a time for women to embrace their full potential and power in play. Our minds instantly wandered to the past, the great achievements of women who emerged into the sports world during the 20th Century from golf to tennis… Read More This February, Reflect on This Scene from A League of Their Own
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