The Guardian: Updos for Obama and More

From the Guardian in the UK, the Obama story in Park Slope:

At the Medusa Hair Salon in Park Slope, a gentrified, liberal neighbourhood of Brooklyn, a poster in the window offers "Updos for Obama". A play on the ubiquitous Obama campaign image by street artist Shepard Fairey, it features the senator sporting Palin's famed beehive.

For $75, patrons can be backcombed to their hearts' content, happy in the knowledge that the proceeds go to Obama's campaign. What's more, they also get free entry to a Palin lookalike competition, culminating in a party on October 18 when the winner will receive prizes including a bottle of Palin Syrah and a $25 donation to pro-choice group Planned Parenthood - in Governor Palin's name, of course.

So where does a girl go to show off her new 'do? Maybe the Patio Lounge bar a few blocks away, where she can order an Obama cocktail (vodka, blue curacao and 7-Up), or she could stop by Bier Kraft a few doors down, where a four-pint "growler" of locally brewed Hop Obama (a Belgian-style white beer) is just $11.95 (again, profits go to his campaign).

The Where and When

Saturday, October 18th at 7 p.m.
Medusa Hair Salon
177 Seventh Avenue (between 1st and 2nd Streets)
(917) 699 3989