We’ve seen Zulu parade down Jackson Avenue and some Indians. Now it’s over by 2nd and Dryades by the H&R Bar to see more Ind...
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Bill and Melanie Go See The Mardi Gras Pt.1
Up at 5am before the alarm, this is the only day i’ll gladly get up that early. Gaye once made a statement something to the effect ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Why Yes Fly Me”… On My Way To SXSW!
This 18 inch tall plaster stewardess is a stone cold vestige of the late 1960’s spirit of flying, when both planes and the people that...
Around The World With AWMOK.COM & Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (a recycled globe) – 1
This is a globe I nabbed at the dump months ago. I just grabbed because ya never know when you might need a globe. This has sat around for a...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – If You’re Heading To SXSW….
…come see me and my latest piece of technology, this 1960’s wrist transisitor radio, on the “Indie Success: Caching in on Col...
A day at the mall..with an inflatable colon!
I thought that a huge inflatable colon would be the perfect photo op! These are POLYPS!!!! Scary!Here I am inside, I have heard that I ...
Allee speaking at SXSW!
For anyone going to SXSW this coming week in Austin, Texas, here’s where I’ll be: “Indie Success: Caching in on Collaborat...
40´s Make Up Case
1996 I discovered this little treasure on a fleamarket. Knowing I would play in two stage productions in near future I simply had to have it...
Dressed to travel in 1950.
My Grandparents traveled from their farm in Nebraska to visit California in about 1950. They dressed in their best to travel. United fl...
Hoover Dam Ashtray
Hoover Dam (also known as Boulder Dam) was constructed between 1931 and 1936, and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Frankli...
Vintage Greyhound Bus Tag
Scenicruiser! So streamlined, so futuristic, so glamorous! I wish taking the bus was this cool now… haha....
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Vintage Phillips 66 Salt & Pepper Shakers
I’m about to tool around LA today looking for more kitschy architecture that I may have missed in my 9 trillion similar such drives an...
Gas Station Bathroom
Edit In the past, I have shared photos of my tiki bathroom. Well, as you can see, this is my gas station bathroom! It’s a small guest...
Putting Mountnugent on the Map
Awhile ago, while a much beloved friend was searching various databases for the history/origin of the name Nugent in Ireland, he came across...
Greetings from Route 66 ’40s-’50s style…
A collection of 1946 foldout souvenir postcards from a cross country motor trip was a prize find a few years ago for just pennies per card....
Year of the Rabbit!
This year’s Chinese New Year is the Year of the Rabbit, and the first day is February 3. And who doesn’t love a rabbit? I̵...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Kitschtastic East LA and My Saturday Ride with Charles Phoenix
As many of you know, one of my favorite things in the world to do is to take rides with my BFF, Charles Phoenix, and go to places in and aro...
OK, Denny and Ernie, this one’s for you!
Since you guys are making Alleeloaves, I thought this might be the perfect time to submit this. It’s vintage and when I bought it, it ...
Aer O Toaster
I was talking to fellow AWMOK contributor Michael Ely online this week, and he asked me if I ever get tired of traveling, which I do practic...
The Swingin’ Swine
I guess these guys and gals are wooden and nailed to stakes planted in the ground, they’re The Swingin’ Swine! And they’re...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – My Sunday Drive with Charles Phoenix
One of my favorite things to do on a Sunday is to take a drive with my fabulous friend, Charles Phoenix, who knows the kitsch heights of Los...
Ponytail Travel Bag
I haven’t dug my Ponytail branded lunch box out of the closet yet, but I do have this “Miss Traveler” bag out to share. I ...
Open 24 Hours
About a dozen blocks from Classy Cleaners in Miami Beach (https://www.awmok.com/2011/01/06/classy-cleaners-miami-beach/) is the Royal Motel ...
DIRTY DANCING SOUVENIR…
DIRTY DANCING SOUVENIR…. This was a fun day… when we looked inside a box at a local estate sale of a sweet elderly couple, and f...
Ford Times and Lincoln Mercury Times, 1963
Reprinted from issues of Ford Times and Lincoln Mercury Times published between 1951 and 1962. The book is copyright 1963 by Ford Motor Comp...