Archive for the ‘Inaugupocalypse’ Category
Lincoln Theatre To Screen Documentary “Marching Band” on Feb. 20
This Saturday, February 20, at 6pm, the Lincoln Theatre will host a FREE, one-time screening of Marching Band, a documentary that captures the spirit of the 2008 Presidential election through the young and talented students of the University of Virginia and Virginia State marching bands.
While the film centers around the Obama campaign, politics is not [...]
9/12 Rally Crowd Estimates: Two Million?
(Picture 075 uploaded by DrrDot)
The Glenn Beck/FreedomWorks 9/12 DC Taxpayer Rally was on Saturday, with conservative Tea Party activists congregating in Washington to protest various things like healthcare reform, federal taxation, government deficit spending, and the President being a Stalinist Nazi Fascist Kenyan Hitler. They drew a healthy-sized crowd, by many accounts much larger than [...]
Obama at Dairy Godmother!
‘Fresh & Frozen’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
Obama hit the Del Ray creamery (well, custard-er-ry, or whatever you call it) Dairy Godmother this afternoon. Good thing I snuck in last weekend for the Bordeaux Cherry, ’cause after seeing what happened to Ray’s Hell Burgers, lord knows Dairy Godmother will be a packed house for the rest of [...]
An Elephant Named Barack?
He’s just twelve hours older than the presidency he’s named after, but the Ringling Brothers’ newest Elephant calf is named Barack. While the President might rather have a few donkeys named after him rather than the traditional mascot of the Republican Party, it’s nice to see another endangered species add some numbers to their [...]
More »Best Inauguration Picture Yet
‘Ready for history’
courtesy of ‘afagen’
Click through this link for the most amazing full-screen high resolution picture of the inauguration. It’s incredibly entertaining, plus you can play fun games like “find Beyonce” and “I didn’t know W had a side table!”. Plus, if you were lucky enough to have a seat up close, you’ll be able [...]
Inaugupocalypse: Being the Belle of the Ball
So the Balls have (mostly) come and gone, but I think it’s still worth sharing advice of what I did right, what I did wrong, and what I wouldn’t do again when it comes to Inaugural Balls.
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Obama Bazaar @ Union Station
‘Concert on the Mall’
courtesy of ‘Alex Barth’
Leaving work yesterday, I walked up Massachusetts to Union Station, and wound up pushing my way through a barrage of Obama swag, and screaming sellers. One seller was on his cell phone telling another person “come down here, there are tons more people here!”
I was offered a poster of [...]
Weekend Flashback: Inauguration 2009
‘look!’
courtesy of ‘erin m’
In case you were under a rock yesterday, we had us an Inauguration yesterday. Our 44th President was sworn in on the steps of the Capitol while an estimated two million people witnessed it and the following parade.
Our prolific area photographers were out in force yesterday; many of them you’ll recognize from [...]
The Scene at Union Station
With most of Union Station’s Grand Hall reserved for tonight’s inaugural ball, and the Metro station and rail concourse already packed to capacity, the crowd entering Union Station had to be divided into Metro, Amtrak, and MARC/VRE riders. Confusion reigned outside as the Columbus Circle road was closed off, forcing people to circle around sidewalks [...]
More »Metro On Pace to Crush Record
585,281 people had ridden Metro as of 1pm today, which means we’ll probably eclipse the record some time around 7pm today, if my math is right. I would bet we’ll clear 1.3M people by the time that Metro closes tonight.
Update: The 4pm graphs are out for the Metro, and they’re up to 806,000 riders [...]
Brand New Whitehouse.gov
There’s a Brand New WhiteHouse.gov this afternoon. The transition hit right as the clock struck noon, and the place is already pretty mobbed.
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A New Capital
Wordle on the text of the Inaugural
Congratulations, President Obama, and welcome to your new home. Today, it’s a new Capital, though all the streets are the same. The Wordle above is a representation of the prepared text of your First Inaugural Address, which I enjoyed deeply.
Here are the three paragraphs that we should [...]
Parking Rates Skyrocket
As a friend of our twittered this afternoon, he spent $80 on 5 hours worth of parking for a meeting in Northwest DC. While supply & demand are certainly market forces at work in our fair town this week, I can certainly see this being a bad case of usury. Ouch!
Any other sky-high [...]
Cellular Phone Networks Going Down
Photo by Wayan
While the major phone carriers are doing their best to support record cell phone traffic, I’ve already noticed that voice and data services are degrading by the minute.
Last night, AT&T’s data network for the iPhone was down, even up in Petworth. Some text messages were going out, but delayed by minutes to hours. [...]
Sunday in DC
Originally uploaded by erin m
I was sad this morning when I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to go to the show on the Mall this afternoon. I was deeply moved by the music selections, though, which I heard on the radio. Starting off with Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common [...]
Smiles Abound Pre-Concert
At mid day, I ventured downtown near the White House, and was surprised to experience a pleasant drive despite the 2pm We Are One concert. The streets were well manned with DC police officers and additional crowd support units. Even navigating Farragut Square, aka “The Vortex of Doom” was easy and delayless.
Another pleasantry was the [...]
