My friends in the puppeteering community were thrilled by this. I like it too. That's a shipping container he's sitting on.

Quoted: The remarkable French marionette street theatre Royal de Lux unveiled their latest creations this past weekend. As the highlight of the Estuary 2009 Arts Festival in Nantes, the theater drew a gigantic crowd to view a gigantic fairytale.

Slideshow of Inauguration prep.

Quoted: Work has been going on for months to get Washington D.C. supplied with all the seats, viewing stands, portable restrooms and other amenities it will need for the inaugural ceremony for President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20.

Yum. We've got a lot of burgers to try. This is the only one I've had.

Quoted: The one-third-pound ground round burger is a signature of this clubby, upscale bar in the Pointes. They come thick and very juicy, cooked just as you ordered and great plain or loaded up with ingredients. They're "the best of the best," reader Christina Olofsson wrote from Troy.

Nice campaign photos.

Em took some great photos at the wedding. Thanks, sis and thanks to everyone for making it such a great time.

Cars, cars, cars this weekend.

This is amazing. Get lost in Detroit without any fears at all.

Quoted: See the virtual map that displays photo galleries, videos and panoramas on certain points of the Google map. The assignment was extreme, even a little preposterous: a 4-month, 2,700-mile odyssey through Detroit's 2,100 or so streets. From downtown to 8 Mile -- and all points in between -- we took a street-level survey of all 138 square miles to bring you a unique view of the Motor City.

I checked Slate for the first time in years today and was delighted to find photos of the Danube, allowing me to continue my nostalgic Budapest dotting.

Quick reminder: If you're ever in a hotel lobby and they start to play 'The Blue Danube Waltz,' get the hell out...that waltz means that they need to evacuate the building