October 29, 2008
Campaign Faces Join Usual Suspects at High Heel Race
Written by DCist contributor Shauna Miller
Mayor Adrian Fenty joined a Michelle Obama, a Cindy McCain, at least five Sarah Palins and much of the British royal family (living and dead) in Dupont Circle last night for the 23rd annual High Heel Race. The event packed 17th Street between Church and R streets despite the evening’s windy chill.
The pre-race parade started out near JR’s Bar and Grill, where general manager David Perruzza serves as de facto organizer each year, obtaining the parade license and approval from the mayor’s task force, as well as organizing more than 100 volunteers and paying around $3,000 for niceties like post-race street cleaning. Perruzza has seen Fenty preside over the event for the past couple of years, calling him “one of the most popular people there."
The competition was certainly heavy, with two Chers, one Princess Diana, a Washington Monument toting a purse, and the real Patrick Mara making the scene. A drag Carol Schwartz valiantly pushed her write-in campaign. “Everybody knows me!” she beamed to a group of potential supporters.
The Sarah Palins gamely gave one another a wide berth, one trailed by a Todd, who whined, “I’m tired and I want to go home!” Michelle Obama was pitch-perfect polite: “Good evening. Please vote for my husband.” Cindy McCain looked lost among some Harajuku Girls.
As the 9 p.m. race time approached, the crowd got thicker and drunker. Police gently coaxed onlookers down from newspaper boxes and corralled wanderers off of the race route. “These ladies don’t exactly stop on a dime,” an officer explained.
Then they were off, sensible pumps and stilettos flying. A fawn-colored blur pulled to the front of the pack, and victory was clinched for Voux Jyna in a handmade body stocking and magenta boa.
“It’s my own creation,” she explained breathily, collecting her trophy and complimentary $50 bar tab in a hail of camera flashes.
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Are you sure that's not the real Carol Schwartz?
Brava, ladies. Brava!
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Just to be clear, the real Carol Schwartz does appear in one of the above photos.
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Looks like the stock market wasn't the only thing that swelled yesterday.
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That guy with the wings must have been so cold!
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yeah, the fake carol schwartz was about a foot taller than the real one. they were both parading around together just before the race started.
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Did anyone notice if the winner (Voux Jyna apparently) in the gold body stocking was actually wearing heels? When they ran by she was like a mile in front of the rest of the front of the pack. And the race is only 2 blocks long. Had to be wearing sensible pumps.
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Oooh...a scandal? Are they all going to have to get drug tested now? Is vodka a "performance-enhancing substance"?
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It's nice that Ted Danson was able to make it, but, judging by that picture, he needs to whiten his teeth.
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I was lucky enough to snag a spot up front and Voux Jyna most definitely not wearing stilettos or even sensible pumps. She was wearing some none too pretty flat rubber soled mary jane looking things.
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what, no comment on (or pictures of) the baby-popping FLDS ladies impersonators who were parading around with one of the Sarah Palins?
c'mon, that was like, the most clever of teh queens out there last night!
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Are you sure that's not David Catania?
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I see a penis.
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no, flipperman, you see a penis tightly wrapped in cloth so that it will resemble a penis.
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Ah, I see. A penis puppet.