“S
o how did we come to
being chosen as the next
cover?” Barb pondered. “All
I remember is talking to you over in the
bathrooms and inviting you for dinner
and then you brought those Moonshine
Cherries…” and the rest, as they say, is
history!
Truth was I had already hand picked their
sweet little cheery, cherry-themed 1959
Oasis for the next cover almost as soon
as I had set up camp at Pismo Beach
Vintage Trailer Rally. The dinner invite
and the Moonshine cherries, well that
just made the rest of the weekend even
more hilarious fun!
Barb and Jeri Saia live in Morro Bay, so we
planned to meet up at their place after
Pismo was over for a photo shoot of their
Oasis on the beach. Whilst waiting for the
legendary California coast fog to lift, Barb
and I jumped into their van and she took
me for a tour around the picturesque
seaside town of Cayucos and to visit
her cute little store: HapPy gO SmiLe.
We got to chatting about how she came
to open a store, what had got them into
vintage trailers and the joy of living a life
pursuing her passion for art.
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