Does anyone remember a peeps exhibit at the old Newsroom on Connecticut and S? It was right after they closed (were forced out), but nothing had been done to the building so someone set up the exhibit. There was a "peep" hole through which to view it from the street. I searched the Post site and found an article about it, but it's from April 2000 and thus can only be purchased. Maybe chatwoman could post the link if she's around. Here's what they gave me for free:
| The Washington Post - Washington, D.C. | |
| Author: | Nicole Lewis |
| Date: | Apr 27, 2000 |
| Start Page: | C.05 |
| Section: | STYLE |
| Document Types: | Feature |
| Text Word Count: | 864 |
Some people crave chocolate, others ice cream. Artist David Ottogalli has a thing for Peeps, the artificially colored, sickly- sweet marshmallows shaped like chicks and bunnies. Each year around Easter, he buys hundreds of boxes, a ritual that raises eyebrows at checkout counters across the region. But Ottogalli eats only a few. He turns the rest into art.
After letting them harden and spray-painting them in his small back yard in Northwest Washington, Ottogalli, 36, uses the Peeps to make sculptures. One of them is a large American flag that can be viewed in his installation "Peepsshow," in the windows of the former Newsroom Cafe at Connecticut Avenue and S Street NW. It also features two boards covered with Peeps behind chicken wire and several other clever objects, like a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket brimming with Peeps.
Ottogalli has been obsessed with coloring food since he was a child growing up in Cleveland. He used to add red food coloring to his Cream of Wheat and ask for nontraditionally decorated birthday cakes, such as one frosted in a checkerboard design of orange and green. Peeps were part of his annual Easter basket.
On 3/27/06, maxshenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(Insert "G*dd*mned b*tch set me up" joke here)
--- In [email protected] , James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Carrot-shaped? Max, have you been hitting the crack peep?
>> maxshenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you, yes... all you have
to do is toss a couple peeps out and
> I'll come scrambling out of the shadows.
>
> Does anyone remember ORANGE PEEPS shaped like carrots? I used to
get
> those in my easter basket when I was LITTLE LITTLE and they stopped
> making them. They ROCKED.
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], Diane Lochner
> <dlochund@> wrote:
> >
> > Max! You're back! We haven't heard a, well....a peep from you in
> ages!
> >
> > maxshenk <brianmargo67@> wrote: That is very exciting.
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Diane Lochner
> > <dlochund@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Intriguing.
> > > Hear that, James? Forget dinner and a movie tonight....we're
> > going Peep investigating at Target instead.
> > >
> > > We'll report back on our findings. Film at eleven.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote:
> > > Have you actually seen them there? I asked an employee and he
> was
> > > pretty emphatic that they don't sell them, for whatever
reason.
> > They
> > > have every other kind of Easter candy under the sun, but not
> peeps.
> > I
> > > think CVS sells them, and they have a much smaller selection of
> > > Easter candy than Target.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], Diane Lochner
> > > <dlochund@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I don't know what kind of Targets you have in Boston, but I
> > cannot
> > > believe that Target is a Peep-Free Zone.
> > > >
> > > > Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: Speaking of which, I finally
saw
> > > real peeps for the first time in the
> > > > store. It was very exciting. Did you know they have peeps
eggs
> > that
> > > you
> > > > can decorate yourself? I think one reason I may not have
found
> > > them
> > > > sooner is they don't sell them at Target and I usually find
all
> > > holiday-
> > > > related candy at Target. At Target I go down every aisle
> because
> > > there
> > > > might be hidden treasures, whereas at the supermarket I don't
> > > bother to
> > > > go down the aisle if I don't need anything in that aisle. I
> think
> > > > Target is missing big bucks by not selling peeps, IMO.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], "karentandco"
> > > > <karentandco@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, I have been in the group for a while, but this is my
> first
> > > post.
> > > > >
> > > > > In light of the Peeps discussion a few weeks ago, check out
> > this
> > > > video:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhCmfX_PQ7E
> > > > >
> > > > >
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