In the days before TSA security, before airports were built as fly-malls replete with Brooks Brothers and Cinnabon stores, there were airpor...
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Artex home furnishings – vintage advertisment
I grew up in living rooms like this……...
Allee at Trapper Johns, Burbank, CA circa 1985 – Part 1
My favorite spot to go for a ride to was this collection of 52 family members and pets that used to be in front of a motel also handbuilt by...
En Suite Swimming Pool
This just makes my eyeballs roll…its one of the bedrooms that was in the Golf & Country Club Motor Hotel – Las Vegas, Nevada...
Hicksville Trailer Palace
Somewhere in California between Yucca City and Joshua Tree National Park off of a dirt road out in the middle of nowhere you’ll the Hicksv...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – My Sunday Drive With Charles Phoenix: Cruising Van Nuys Blvd. In Search Of Beeps- Part 1
. Bright and early the Sunday before last, my #1 day-trip accompanist, Charles Phoenix, and myself tooled down Van Nuys Blvd. looking for a ...
Vacation in Phoenix. 1958. (Ranchero revisited)
It was only today that I came to the realization that the Toy Ford Ranchero that I’d posted here November 16, 2010 was being held in m...
Allee Willis’ Trip O’ The Day – Koffee Klatch In Monterey
A few weeks ago, on the dawn of Hanukah, me, Snappy P a.k.a. Prudence Fenton, and Wendy Goldman-Rohm hopped into the mustache van and headed...
Allee Willis Kitsch O’ The Day – Christmas shopping at The Madonna Inn
Oops, I know I promised my Wienermobile blog today but there’s been too much activity to write up the over-three-hour trek through the...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Birthdaying at the Madonna Inn – Part 2 – The Madonna Suite
As many times as I’ve stopped at The Madonna Inn, I’ve never stayed overnight until a trip to celebrate my birthday a couple of...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Birthdaying at the Madonna Inn – Part 1
Bright and early the weekend before Thanksgiving Prudence Fenton and I hopped in the mustache van and drove up the coast to San Luis Obispo....
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – A Quick Minute In Palm Springs and Two Bunch Palms
A few Sundays ago, me and the lovely Snappy P, a.k.a. Prudence Fenton, headed down to Two Bunch Palms in Desert Hot Springs, just outside of...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Signs of an Excellent Birthday In East LA and Beyond
I’m pretty religious about celebrating one’s birthday all day from the strike of midnight through the next 24. Years that I have...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Riverside Redeux
I’ve blogged about Riverside, CA before. I hit it at least once a year because my favorite soul food restaurant in the state is there...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Never Too Much Madonna Inn
Heading out of LA last Thursday on the 5 was a mess. An overturned 20-wheeler heading south spilled oranges, lemons and an entire tank of...
Clown Motel!
If you are ever in the beautiful state of Nevada, make sure you stop by the Clown Motel in Tonopah! Everyone is welcome at the Clown Motel! ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Getting To Kenosha and Beyond
LAX last Friday morning, with people leaving for 4th of July, was like D-Day at the stockyards. My whole morning had been like that. Snappy ...
More Route 66 Goodness
With the recent discussion of the Wigwam motels I thought I’d like to share a few images from our recent Route 66 trip. A sign near th...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Wigwam Motel on Route 66, CA
Last Saturday night my friend, Chris Nichols, threw a party at The Wigwam on Route 66 in San Bernadino, CA. With no traffic it’s still...
I have slept in a wigwam!
Inspired by signcollector’s post on Holbrook, Arizona’s Wigwam motel, I had to share some of my photos from Spring 2010 when I s...
Sleep in a WigWam? you need reservations!
This WigWam motel must be an internet sensation. None were available at 3pm. “unless you have a reservation” no pun intend...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O ‘ The Day – Road Trips, Kitties, The Batmobile and M&M Rice Crispies
Last weekend, me and Snappy P, a.k.a. Prudence Fenton, jumped into the mustache van and headed up north on a cat reconisance mission after A...
Soo-Paw Motel
Trenton. No, not Trenton, NJ. Trenton, Nebraska. 220-ish miles north-east of Denver. The S00-Paw Motel. My Grandmother to...
Kate’s Lazy Meadow Motel
http://www.lazymeadow.com/ Hi, this is Kate Pierson I’d like to personally invite you to Kate’s Lazy Meadow Motel, my cabin feve...