James Lileks, the Minnesota blogger, writer, and admirer of the past is in Los Angeles for a bloggers convention and is staying at the Biltmore. You can read is impressions here:
http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/11/11/110711.html
Be sure to watch his little video in the middle of the blog entry.
Here is another day:
http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/11/11/110911.html
If you are a fan of motel postcards and old match books, check out his collections on his home page:
www.lileks.com