Some people try to change the world with protest marches or letter-writing campaigns, others with folk songs or radical art. Balloon hats seemed a viable option for Addi Somekh and Charlie Eckert. The ...

A Kansas City woman has her sights set on a Guinness World Record. Stacey Krulewich is a professional balloon artist and she wants to break the world record for the most people wearing balloon hats at ...

The little boy didn’t want a balloon hat. “How about a balloon motorcycle?” suggests balloon twister extraordinaire Addi Somekh, who snaps out a few balloons from the hundreds that adorn his handmade ...

Those are some fancy hats. Mary Lou Whateley of Fort Wayne imagines one of the women asking the other, “Do you think these will work for next year’s derby party?” Terri Bruner of Fort Wayne, on the ...

Armed with a bag of balloons, a sack of cameras and film and the idea that curly colorful hats could unite the world balloon artist Addi Somekh and photographer Charlie Eckert set out on a global ...

From The Oregonian of Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006 --1 town plus 1,874 balloon hats equals record? From The Oregonian of Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 -- Don't keep this under your hat, Hillsboro: Guinness record ...

SPRINGFIELD - There is something magical about the Cat in the Hat, something that makes both young and old feel buoyant. Throw in a 4,500 cubic feet of helium, and that buoyancy multiples several fold ...