When the post I wrote for Time Magazine‘s wonderful Detroit Blog was published yesterday, my love for Detroit escalated even higher th...
Check it out. I’m very proud of this piece. http://detroit.blogs.time.com/2010/08/17/unfiltered-allee-willis-on-the-spirit-of-detroit/...
When the first four Holiday Inns were built in 1953, this was the ashtray that was sitting in the rooms. Heavy glass with raised lettering a...
As someone who loves leftovers, especially if they’re Chinese, and especially as someone who spells cooking ‘d-e-l-i-v-e-r-yR...
In a couple of hours I’m speaking on a panel called “In The Biz In LA – For artists who act, direct, produce, edit, write,...
Yesterday, all 31 palm trees that surround my house were trimmed. I’m used to this being a total nightmare. As much as I love my Palm ...
I’ve never actually chomped down on a hunk of Luer Pure Lard but it sure comes in a pretty box. Not only is the box coated with enough...
For someone like me who likes to have the right purse for any possible theme this 13″ long plastic peanut seemed like it was perfect. ...
It’s always a good sign of kitsch when right off the bat the packaging describes the product wrong. On the top of the package it very ...
Bowling is easily the sport that has rained down hardest on Pop Culture in terms of artifacts emulating its shape, spirit and efforts to cap...
When it comes to naming your company I’m always fascinated when people come up with the most seemingly inappropriate names possible. I...
I’ve long said that everything about and around a person is a vehicle for self-expression. I mean the way you dress, how you decorate ...
In the 1960’s and 70’s when string paintings were at the peak of their popularity more string owls lived on wallpapered and wood...
. My life would have never been the same without Soul music. Growing up in Detroit, my teenage years were spent on the far right of the AM r...
I have no Idea who made this , words fail me…but I will say I love the Zebras chairs....
Long before Mr. Clean and Magic Sponge promised fewer steps and happy housewives came Harwood’s Sponge Cloth, one of many modern mirac...
Other than the fact that it’s packaged in a 750ml bottle, the standard size vessel for champagne, the stretch to connect product with ...
I’m not sure which kitsch factor I enjoy most about this made in Japan Portable Banana Keeper, the fact that it’s pierced with h...
Every morning I wake up to a pile of notes that I’ve dropped on the floor from my bed the night before as I don’t like to keep a...
I can’t remember any game more popular than Cootie when I was growing up. But forget about the game itself, I loved playing with the l...
Featuring 425 “new” recipes plus a special ‚”When-Company-Comes” section, this cookbook, published in 1958 by Gene...
As some of you may know, I’ve been working with Pomplamoose, an ungodly popular and talented independent band with over 25,000,000 vie...
Because of their perfect shape and glowing color the orange has captured the imagination of designers since the beginning of time. In this c...
Whenever I look at these metal cheerleader wall plaques made by Sexton in the 1960’s I think of Toni Basil because you can see how hap...
Designed by William Wiggins for Shepherd Products of Toronto in 1970, this aluminum ball shaped barbecue which featured a double stack of co...
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