Oh, Gatsby..

This weekend we visited Amelia Island for a famous antique car show.  Cars are not really my forte but there were promises of "Great Gatsby cars" so I was in the car and ready to go at a very painful hour this morning.  We stayed up entirely too late watching movies last night (Catfish and Inception) and losing an hour with the time change did not help one bit!  (sidenote: we stopped for coffee at McDonald's and I got Oatmeal- have you had it?  I loved it! But apparently it's got more sugar than a Snickers bar...and I added a packet of Splenda.)

A few of the cars had women (and some men!) dressed in decade appropriate outfits which was by far my favorite part of the whole event.  It's so much fun imagining what life was like back when these cars (and clothing) were the norm.

It's nearly impossible for someone who doesn't really know how to use a camera to take pictures in blinding afternoon sunlight.  All of my pictures are washed out.  Big bummer! 

There were plenty of Gatsby-ish cars.  I love everything The Great Gatsby (wish they would get on with the production of the new movie already!).

There were plenty of new cars, too.  Todd loved the Cadillac CTS-V.  Boys will be boys!

The weather couldn't have been more perfect and I was glad to tag along with Todd to do something he wanted to do.  Every time I thought about whine- I remembered how much fun it was for him to be drug through the Southern Living Idea House while I ooed and aaahed over magnolia garland and burlap bows. Loads, I'm sure of it!  I think we're planning on going back next year- had I known all of the women would be wearing big sun hats I would have worn one too!  Next year I'll be prepared!  Really though...I'm trying to figure out how I can be one of the period girls and ride around in an old car pretending I'm Daisy Buchanan.