Thursday, November 27, 2014

Riot to the Rhythm...

This year's Rhythm Riot was a blast! Of course it's always fun - how could it not be, with music, dancing, friends, parties and vintage galore?

Highlights for me this year included The Del Rio Ramblers in the Queen Vic on Saturday afternoon - they sounded amazing, but I couldn't get close enough to watch them, so danced instead... 

A lovely couple snapped these photos of us, and very kindly sent them to me when we got back!

Lil Mo and The Dynaflos, who are one of the best doo-wop bands on the scene...I did get close enough to watch them, but it seems I spent a lot of time gazing into the eyes of my sweetheart...

Photo by Lydia Penke

Josh 'Hi-Fi' Sorheim, who I was close enough to watch, and I even managed to snap a couple of photos of him...this guy can really get the party started!


The Devil's Cut Combo, who played a blinder of a set on Sunday afternoon as the cars were cruising out...

A little al fresco live music on a Sunday afternoon to blow the cobwebs away!

As always, the chalet parties are pretty much the best thing about having to live in chalets for a weekend...

 The best chalet mates you could ask for!

The opportunity to get dolled up and spend time with friends is priceless...


Then there's the DANCING!!!!!!!

Photo by Tony Bruce

Photo by Claire-Michelle Goble 

Photo by Gary Jones

Looking forward to doing it all over again next year!

Friday, November 7, 2014

Spooktacular shenanigans!

Ooooooohhhheeeeeee, it's been a long old time since my last post! What better time to get back on the blogging saddle, than post-Halloween?

Summer went by in a whirlwind, and we are now thoroughly in the midst of Autumn, however, the warm climes returned for a day, and rather spookily, we had a unseasonably warm Halloween this year, which was good news for all those trick or treaters.

I didn't do anything special on Halloween this year, although I thoroughly enjoyed watching loverboy answer the door and scare the living daylights out of the trick or treaters...


We went out dancing at Rock n Roll Old School the following night, and enjoyed a night filled with good music, lots of sweeties, and Hollywood icons, such as Marilyn Monroe...


I went as a circus show girl, this year, and I was escorted by Mexican wrestler extraordinaire, Lucho Lunchbox...


I'm not going to lie, ever since this party, I have been daydreaming about becoming a showgirl and running away to join the circus...


We were in good company that night, with a host of Victorian ghosts and monsters, dodgy surgeons, zombie Barbara Cartland, Max from Where the Wild Things Are, Catwoman, and Morticia and Wednesday Addams all in attendance...


We also had friends visiting from overseas, Elisa (aka Like a Tree in the Desert) and her husband Ben came along to raise a toast to All Hallows' Eve...


Another brilliant RnR Old School - thank you to Jim (DJ Big Kahuna) for putting on a frightfully fun night, and to DJ Dandy, DJ Moose and DJ Ceri Poppins for keeping us on the dance floor!