I wish I had time to write at length this morning because I can’t even tell you what a SPECTACULAR evening I had last night at my high...
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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – I’m In Detroit!
Let me start by saying it’s Monday and I’m racing outta my hotel room to meetings. I will definitely be posting new submission...
I, on the other hand, read the In Flight magazine and eat peanuts.
I love the sensibility of this brilliant San Francisco artist who sure knows how to make good creative use of her travel time. Airplane Lava...
Allee Willis’ Soul O’ The Day – The Color Purple at the Celebration Theatre
Before I co-wrote The Color Purple musical I had little interest in theatre. I had no desire to see people break out into song, oftentimes s...
Yes, I’m back!! LIVE, for 2 nights only!!
Yes, though one might find it hard to believe after my last foray into reclaiming the stage, I’m hitting it again in my new, improved...
In Praise Of The CreamTea
In the UK this week the weather has been unseasonably warm, this made me think of the onset of summer and my favourite pastime of eating C...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – NEW VIDEO: World’s Greatest Chili at Chili John’s!
I love hot dogs. I mean, I lovvvve hot dogs. Usually I’m just a mustard and relish gal. But when I go to this joint, the chili is ...
All On A Mardi Gras Day Part 3 Rex and more
You see all sort of things on Mardi Gras Day. REX just finished being written by a skywriter, seen walking on Camp Street heading toward ...
3D Potpourri
Below are some items I got at the recent estate sale of Daniel Symmes who was an early innovator and historian of the 3D process. Given wh...
Black Velvet Matador – 1960’s
This painting has been around my whole life! It was painted by my Dad in the early 60’s. The story is that it was a paint by number (p...
Oy, whadda day…
An insanely insane day today that includes everything from getting my roots done so my hair doesn’t continue to look like a divided hi...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Luenell’s Big Birthday Party!
Anyone who doesn’t know my friend Luenell, run to Wikipedia right now. If you ever even have caught a glimpse of her, maybe as the hoo...
Allee sez: back tomorrow…
Here I am just hours ago at a friend’s house participating in all the frivolity of a Sunday night dinner. I was so tired that I couldn...
Let Them Eat Cake Part 1
A cake of The Queen by Sylvia Weinstock, 82, who makes incredible creations that can fetch over £45,000. I prefer a jam and cream filling...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch ‘O The Day – Amelia Earhart As Elvis Statue
Elvis is alive and well as Amelia Earhart on the corner of Tujunga and Magnolia in North Hollywood, CA. Carrying a propeller blade instead ...
Helen Martin’s Owl House
I am fascinated by strange and unusual houses and gardens, and by the people whose imaginations make such wondrous places. Helen Martin̵...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch ‘O The Day – Pufnstuffin’ With Sid Krofft
New Year’s Eve, 2011. I’m coming down Sunset Plaza, a really windy road with million dollar homes right above Sunset Blvd. in LA...
All On A Mardi Gras Day Part 2- Zulu and the Indians
The plan, which was gone over in Part 1, was to get to New Orleans early and be on Jackson Avenue for the whole of Zulu. Here leading the Zu...
Raquel and Tom Get On Down
I just love this video, the Welshman Tom Jones , who was always my mothers favourite, she would swoon over his voice on the radio, and the m...
All On A Mardi Gras Day Part 1- Marching Bands
What’s a parade without a marching band or few. The goal this year was to get outta the house, down to New Orleans and onto Jackson Av...
Another Davey Jones Tribute…
Poor Davey Jones and what a shock. I LOVED The Monkees when I was a kid and actually have all of their programs on dvd. I tried to get the k...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – My Sunday Drive With Charles Phoenix: Cruising Van Nuys Blvd. In Search Of Beeps- Part 2
. So Charles and I are driving down Van Nuys Blvd. in search of this 1950’s diner named Beeps that neither of us have ever heard of. �...
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 ...