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On the road The Wigwam Motel From my Rte 66 tour with Reyner Banham Loves LA...

I drove to work this morning taking in yet another beautiful winter morning. I know it's just another day in LA when the sun is shining bright (and it was also beautiful--to me at least-- when it was cloudy and gray a few days ago, and yesterday). But it is a special kind of day that we get here, after the rain, when the sky is extra blue and everything has been washed clean...the sun shines clear and the mountains all around in the distance are seen... purple, blue, brown--and green. I come up over a hill when I can really get a look around, and it's just...wow. Eye wow. Just last month, I was wondering when it would ever get cold--so I could wear my new soft, warm coat that I bought in December and still hadn't faced a day cool enough to wear. I mean, Santa Ana's in January? Really? I appreciate t-shirt and flip-flop weather as much as anybody, but I wanted to wear that coat! And we'd had a long, LONG, HOT summer. Enough was enough. But now, it's real

Well...It was MLK weekend. We had a holiday from massage school, and I found myself with a free Saturday on my hands (no pun intended). So I signed myself up for a unique So Cal adventure. Reyner Banham Loves LA: Route 66 Bus Tour. Here's why: "We are pleased to offer several architecture and urbanism tours which stem from host Richard Schave's course of study with the British art historian Reyner Banham , author of the seminal monograph Los Angeles: A Study of Four Ecologies . Taking the essence of Reyner ’s work--reverence, passion, and an eye to context--we tackle the development of Southern California as a built environment, looking at how the growing populations shaped the climate and ecologies , creating a unique sense of place which has captivated the world. "In this third installment in our ongoing architecture series, we explore California's Mother Road and the building of its dream. The dream manifests at the turn of the 20 th century as we exp