“You don’t often see 42 giant heads clumped together in a field where the public aren’t even aware of them.”
In Williamsburg, Va, the presidential busts we featured this summer made for a surreal scene the day after Snowzilla hit.
In rural Virginia, a local business man has collected 20-foot-tall busts of every past U.S. President – and put them out to pasture.
>> Maryland police apprehended the prisoner who stole an officer’s gun and escaped from custody from a Laurel hospital. [WTOP] >> Shortly after abandoning his run for the White House, Stephen Colbert ended up in a three-way tie for a seat on the Colonial Soil and Water Conservation District Board in Williamsburg. Sadly, he won’t be able to serve if selected by a hat draw (seriously), because he’s not a registered voter in the…
This week, Phillyist saw the waters of a landmark fountain run red for a Showtime marketing stunt, the Phils pull ahead, and some serious nostalgia. They also got a chance to review an awesome tribute album, reminded folks to see the King, and appreciated their beautiful skyline. Chicagoist knows what it’s like to like the Cubs. But naming your kid Wrigley Fields? At least they can breathe a little easier now that Grossman’s out and…
Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can’t afford to go out there. And there’s no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist’s faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt,…
>> Poor little Village Voice music critic just can’t seem to master L’Enfant’s design for D.C., gets lost on the way to 9:30 Club and misses half of last night’s Air show. Bwahahaha. The diagonals don’t form a pentagram for no reason. >> Congratulations to local rising stars Le Loup for getting signed to Hardly Art, a new label under Sub Pop “focused on offering quality records for people to enjoy”. You’ll learn more…
As our Gothamist friends picked up back in 2005, 28-year-old comedienne Jennifer Dziura is a pretty funny gal. After reading her bio, I quickly realized that I wanted to be her. The Dartmouth philosophy grad is a human smorgasbord, with past stints as a contraceptive tester, naked model for miscellaneous art schools, trapeze assistant, dot-com entrepreneur, and occasional comedy writer for McSweeney’s and the Idiot’s Guide to Jokes. Every Monday she emcees Williamsburg’s “Spelling Bee”…
Today at the Fringe, ethnicity is explored through dance, a pair of cabaret acts make their debut, and some drenched French whores finally get their star-crossed production off the ground. But first, it looks like we spoke too soon about ticket availability for the One-Man Star Wars Trilogy–an alert DCist tipster dispensed the bad news last night–sold out straight up and down. A pity, because Charles Ross is headed to Edinburgh after the Capital Fringe…
With the daily commuter inflows and outflows, a transient residential base, and the interdependence of economies in the metropolitan region, it is understandable that the lines between the District and its neighbors can be a little blurry at times. However, it is safe to say that Cleveland Park is still solidly located within the District. Friendship Heights? Now that’s another story altogether. As always, we want to know what you hear: overheardindc (at) gmail (dot)…
