I wanted to share with you all the news that Little Vintage Trailer made it onto the front page of the Home & Garden section of the New York Times on Nov 6th. Here is a link where you can read the online version: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/garden/a-passion-for-vintage-trailers.html?_r=0
It’s been quite a whirlwind of activity behind the scenes since then so I’m just now getting a few minutes to share the news with you all.
First, let me just say that the folks over at NY Times are top notch to work with! Both the writer; Steven Kurutz and photographer; Tony Cenicola were great to work with and very down to earth.
Steven and Tony came out to my place from New York on different days of the week. Steve spent a great deal of time sitting with me inside the trailers asking questions and just getting a feel for the space. I do believe he found the trailers quite charming {although how could someone not right?}. After several hours, Steve headed back to New York to start working on the story.
The following Saturday Tony Cenicola who is a NY Times photographer came out to do a photo shoot. It was a neat experience. I have a new found respect for models that have to brave all kinds of weather when doing photo shoots because it was cold! I was dressed in semi-summer/early fall type clothing and it was 30-something degrees out! Both Tony and I came inside the house several times to warm up.
I was having some fun by taking photos of the photographer 🙂
Photo taken by Kelle Arvay of LittleVintageTrailer
Did I mention how cold it was? Immediately after photos were taken I bundled back up in my coat.
For all of the photos that are taken during a photo shoot only less than a handful actually make it into an article. It was great to see several of the 1963 Yellowstone made the printed version. In the online version, four photos made it in the photo slideshow. There is a lot of time that goes into a photo shoot. It’s much more involved than simply point and shoot. There is lighting equipment, shooting at the right angle and sometimes the time of day plays a factor into getting a great shot. I remember all this from back when I took my then 61 Shasta Compact to a photo shoot for American Greetings company and remembering just how much is involved. Excellent photographers are true artist!
Photo taken by Kelle Arvay of LittleVintageTrailer
Anyway, I hope you’ll check out the article http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/garden/a-passion-for-vintage-trailers.html?_r=0 {Hint: I find the slideshow photos are best viewed in Google Chrome or Firefox}.
Feel free to share the link and I hope I did you all proud in representing our love for these little trailers.

Awesome!! Congratulations!
How fun – congrats. What a thrill!!
Congrats on the article and photo shoot. Well-deserved!