When a group of sociable Pagans decided to hold their “Celebrating Earth Spirituality Festival” at the semi-charming and vaguely Tudoresque (circa 1996) theme shopping hamlet of Stoudtburg Village, little did they know that the gathering would cause a retail revolt. An offended group of shopkeepers refused to open on that day, lest they come in […]
This weekend the 22nd Annual Art Car Parade putt putt putts through the streets of Houston, Texas. Over 250 cars will participate in a daffy display of unbridled creativity and colorful exhaust fumes. The Art Car Parade is one of those events where low budget, self-taught eccentricity reigns. It has a lot in common with […]
This Friday kicks off the fourth annual Sensational Sixties Weekend in Wildwood, New Jersey. Visitors and Chamber of Commerce officials alike celebrate a formidable decade sans dirty hippies and social unrest (don’t be misled by the trippy peacenik van in the event’s logo). Instead, there’s a classic car show, a concert by The Turtles, Herman’s […]
Frank Bates let us know his Airstream Ranch, Dover Florida, will be the sole subject of a hearing open to the public tomorrow in a Tampa courthouse. The Airstream Ranch, a line of Airstream trailers upended a la Cadillac Ranch, has been under attack as an illegal eyesore by a couple of irate neighbors and […]
Hasty retreats rarely get celebrated in America, and rightfully so. Unless you happen to be rich and powerful enough to have a comfy hideaway, there isn’t much about skedaddling to be pleased about. But if it’s someone else running away? Well, that’s a different story. Thus both New York City and New Jersey today celebrate […]
