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Vintage shopping in New York City is awesome.  I bought this sweet 1950’s zip-up-the-front, white linen with strawberry’s on the pockets, for $20 bucks on Thursday and then I wore it Thursday night at my dad and my Dirt Road Sweetheart appearance on the Kings County Opry!  Wow!  Talk about a tax write-off that’s been put to good use!

Dad’s got on a red tie–he’s so stylish.  

Thanks for reading friends!

Sincerely,

Nora Jane

Dear Friends,

Our first show at The 12th South Taproom was a roaring success!  I had so much fun and Danny and Christian were playing something mighty fine.

Thanks to everyone for coming out.

All my best.

Sincerely,

Nora Jane

On Wednesday night, I had the great pleasure of attending the Peter Cooper and Eric Brace show at the world famous Bluebird Cafe and what a show it was!  The duos mix of comedic interplay, classy showmanship, great songs, and tight harmonies made for a truly entertaining evening.  

What I wore: 

jeans– new

belt– vintage (my dad’s from the 60’s)

tanks– new

cardigan–new

sweatshirt thingee–new!

What’s the matter with you Nora Jane?  What happened to vintage?  

Somedays, a girls just wants to wear pants.

Thanks for reading friends.

Sincerely,

Nora Jane

Well, it’s official.  I love Arkansas.  

My band and I played our first big gig this past Saturday night and wow-ee-zow was it a good show.  The crowd at the Ozark Folk Center was wonderful (shout out to The White Family from Georgia!) and all the folks behind the scenes were so helpful and kind.  Musicians:  If you ever get an opportunity to play at the Ozark Folk Center–I suggest you jump on it! In addition to everything else, the sound is great and playing on their stage is a pleasure.

My dress, as you can see, is a pale pink, 50’s ribbon dress.  I purchased this one in my NYC days at a vintage shop on East 11th St.  

I used hot rollers, for the fourth time ever, and found that, like most things, they get easier to use with practice.  

Special thanks to Carl Adkins for all of his work at the Folk Center, for giving a young band a big shot, and for the pizza after the show.  Carl, you’re a keeper.

Thanks for reading friends. 

Sincerely,

Nora Jane

After a long, but awesome band practice, I headed down the road to stop into the Library and, wouldn’t you know it, but an Antique Store was innocently located just next store!  Annabel’s Antiques in Goodlettsville, TN is a lovely store run by lovely women of the Southern Bell variety.  

I tried on this pale blue ball gown upstairs and would have purchased it, if it has fit a little more snuggly.

I did end up purchasing a dress which I will not reveal in this entry–you have to wait until I have a good reason to wear a beautiful 1950″s mauve crepe dress with bronze bead work.  I think Monday night might be the night!  

The best part about my purchase, other than the unbeatable price of 10 bucks, was that I got to search through a wooden trunk –of the hope-chest variety–to find it and I felt like a kid playing dress-up again!

Thanks for reading friends.

Sincerely,

Nora Jane