2004 Hottt List

More Staff Picks!

By Venus Zine Staff
Published: December 16th, 2004 | 3:57pm

Xylia Buros, Arteest Editor
"Random stuff list"

1. Best long-standing female musician: PJ Harvey
2. Best reclamation of public space: Critical Mass
3. Best Web sites: Gapersblock.com, Get Your War On (mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html)
4. Best guilty pleasures: following Cameron’s and Justin’s relationship, vodka gimlets, Sex and the City on DVD, Nerve.com
5. Hotttest things to view: the Diane Arbus retrospective at LACMA, the return of ladylike fashions, Redmoon Theater’s Spectacle ‚04: Sink, Sank, Sunk at Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago, drag kings, MoMA in Manhattan

Emilie Zanger, Intern
"Top 5 reasons I’m glad I ditched Ohio and moved back to Chicago"

1. It’s the city love of my life.
2. Reuniting with my college girl-crew for a crazy new chapter.
3. The magical way Lake Shore Drive sparkles at night. I can’t imagine a better “welcome home.”
4. My apartment’s within spitting distance of The Green Mill and The Riviera. Score!
5. The Cubs. It’s gonna happen someday.

Laura Paisley, Intern
"My Top Five Awfully Amazing Sights in the Last Year"

1. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Boston (Aww, Southie)
2. Downtown Detroit – wow.
3. The Black Madonna in Krakow
4. The Toronto skyline from the QEW
5. The house my grandparents lived in from 1940-1999, as occupied by the current owners