I’m not a lover of dentists. Though I have one I do love now in LA, Dr. James Foremaker, I’m still feeling repercussions from a ...
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The Quick and the Dead (Part 2)
After the initial yoga/spinning/taxidermy post, a new sign was placed at the same intersection, so it was a terrific draw to go back this m...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 13, Burk’s Igloo & Lafayette Coney Dogs
Burk’s Igloo in Hamtramck, the once Polish center of Detroit, not only has KILLER ice cream but is famous now for being in the opening...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 12, My Speech
On April 7 I was the closing keynote speaker at the Rust Belt To Arts Belt III conference in Detroit. Every year the conference takes place ...
wattstax
I was reading about the Wattstax Music Festival today (trying to find the documentary actually) and I came across this on youtube….Whi...
Portland, Oregon’s 24 Hour Church of Elvis, and Stephanie Pierce “Artist to the Stars”
I was acquaintances and neighbors with the Church proprietress, Stephanie, or “Stevie,” as I called her, though I don’t re...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 9, The City By Car
Wednesday, April 6, had tremendous potential. (L-R) Mark Blackwell and Laura Grover, both of whom worked on putting the whole Detroit extrav...
Absolutely insane mini-golf sculptures on Cape Cod
Just when I thought it couldn’t get anymore insane, it does. This is another mini-golf complex here on Cape Cod called THE RED BARN. I...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 8, Sights In Passing
One of my favorite things in life is photographing whatever I see around me, especially if I’m in a car and just happen to pass someth...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 7, Fox News and Marching Band Rehearsal
Tues., April 5, started at 7 am. (Kill me now; that’s the middle of the night for me.) Thank God there was a Yum Yum (my dictation sof...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 6, Joe Louis’ Fist
We had some time to kill on Tues, April 5th, before going to a reception for the Rust Belt To Arts Belt conference I was giving a speech at ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 5, The School and The Hot Dogs
The first time I ever went back to my high school, Mumford, after graduating in 1965 was when my musical, The Color Purple, first came to th...
Detroit Roadside Sculptures – pictures taken on April 7th
This was taken on April 7th as I was heading down route 94 in Detroit, making my way to my hotel where I promptly unpacked, grabbed my camer...
Heebs Grocery
Heebs. Since 1947. On East Main, in Bozeman, Montana....
Warholak Tires in Detroit
We spotted this tire shop while exploring Detroit and I was initially attracted to the architecture and really plotzed when I saw what was s...
Masonic Palomino
A friend of mine told me this week when I was in Bozeman that it “beats the shit out of Butte anyhow.” Here’s a view of N...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches On Detroit! Part 4, The Telway Diner
You know from the front it’s got to be something. The little 1930’s castle with the 1950’s aluminum awning where you know ...
Bleu.
1540 Woodward Ave., Detroit. “Somebody should get a picture of that.” I don’t know the history of Bleu. It’s n...
White Tower Burger Buildings!
I just learned about White Tower burgers as I am watching the Blaxploitation film “Detroit 9000” and I believe the picture here ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 3, The House
I know… I promised that Part 3 was going to be about finally getting into the house I grew up in on Sorrento Ave. in Detroit after try...
Michigan Central Depot Station (built in 1913)
Came across this amazing bit of architecture in Dearborn which is on the outskirts of downtown. It’s breathtaking and I would have g...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 2
So Monday, April 4, in Detroit starts off with meeting historic architecture preservationist Rebecca Binno Savage downtown in front of the ...
Elwood Bar & Grille in downtown Detroit
Gorgeous little eatery in downtown Detroit that was located not far from where I was staying. My first day in Detroit, Ernie and I took of...













