Inaugural Survival Kit

Four hundred plus person event...check

Four inch heels...check

Rockin dress to show off the rockin body...check

Glass of Champagne glued to hand...check

Okay so not really a survival kit, but its the way I survived yesterday. The day was great millions of people lined up for miles in the freezing cold, waiving flags and witnessing history. After questioning our cities ability to keep up with all these people I am happy to say that we were more than ready. The snag of the day would have to be the metro, and that was really to be expected. I think it's nice that everyone took the metro, but am also happy that it's not like that all the time.

The week has been filled with endless parties and a constant parade of endless celebrities ::quite the show:: Catching up with local friends, I ask how everyone fared through Inauguration. Most common response, Glad the city is back.

Yes, our city is back...but never the same.

-n

Count Down to Obamanation

This will always be Martin Luther King, Jr Day and no matter what is going on it will always keep it's importance and place in my heart. Here in this city today as we take a moment to thank our lucky stars for what's been done for us and what we'll be able to do to make it even better for our kids there is a collective breath being held. All over town I hear the same comment from residents and visitors alike.

The city has never had this kind of buzz about it, feels like we're in New York.

Boy, is that the case! Tomorrow we are expecting 2 million plus people to pack on the very same grass we play kickball on. Even though this is the only story the news has covered for the last year, the vastness of what we get to witness first hand is amazing. We got a sneak peek yesterday as a Star-studded concert was preformed for a 500k plus audience and yes all survived. While I look forward to the festivities of tomorrow, I would be lying if I said I wasn't waiting for it all to be over with.

This political power house of a city has all but shut down, if you make it in by deadline today good luck getting to the ceremony. Don't make it in today? You've got until about 5am tomorrow, but if a bridge is your plan, turn around and go home because they are all shut down the list of walkable bridges is very slim to top that off. As I said the city and people are buzzing, with excitement, concern, dis-belief, hope, pride and happiness for many. People from the A-list to the Z-list role in fill every last hotel room all to freeze their keesters off and witness.

As I drive through the city hearing sirens in every directions, see police on every facet of transportation, and read license plates from all over the country I can't help but wonder. Is our great city ready for all this? Tomorrow and after we'll be changing not just us but the whole country and letting out that big breath we've all been holding since election day. I am comforted as I drive past a bus stop that has been plastered with stickers all saying the same thing

Yes we can.-n

Photo taken at the Lincoln Memorial