Inaugural Adventure

January 20th, 2010 | 16 comments


This post was written a year ago during Obama’s Inauguration.

The White House
We stocked up on food and energy drinks before heading to DC on Monday. Once we arrived, we drove straight to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, parked the car and took the Metro to the Mall to scope and strategize “the spot” for Tuesday’s inauguration. After we concocted our plan we had an Indian restaurant in Chinatown and swam through a sea of hawkers to see Gran Torino. Except the hawkers weren’t Chinese, they were black.

They were selling everything underneath the sun with Obama’s name and face, including condoms. This inauguration showed DC at its most capitalistic. Hotel tripled, some even quadrupled, their rates. Everything hiked in prices including Metro fare cards and restaurant menus. Even tickets for Jay-Z’s concert ranged from $300-$1,000. What inner city kid who listens to rap can afford that? Jay-Z was obviously milking out white wallets.

We made it back to the Ronald Reagan Airport where we parked our car around 12:30AM, Tuesday. I prepared ham sandwiches in the car while JC made room for blankets and pillows. We slept in the frigid car at the airport and woke up at an ungodly hour, 3:45AM. We motivated to get ready and took the Metro to L’Enfant Plaza to be herded like the masses who were also headed to the Inauguration.

We stood at the Mall for over 7 hours waiting for Obama to make his inaugural speech. I was not a pleasant person. By 4AM I lost all feeling from my knees down and with less than 2 hours of sleep I was running at 50% mental capacity.

It was a long, cruel tease until Obama finally appeared to be sworn in. After being semi-frozen for last 5 hours, I couldn’t care less about all the people they announced whose name wasn’t Barack Obama. All I was thinking was, “Let’s get this shit over with already!” As soon as Obama finished is inaugural speech, the people swarmed out like bees to the nearest Smithsonian Museum to defrost. Everyone sprawled out on the museum floors like dead logs.

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  • http://www.travelcloseup.com/ Arlene

    Having lived in the DC area for a long time before heading South,I can appreciate how cold it was in January. 5 hours, huh? I am getting goosebumps thinking about that. But you had a front row seat to history being made. Well, I did too – on TV.:) The cold and inflated prices aside, the things I remember and liked the best about DC was how really pretty it is in our capital. All the free museums and the restaurants, plentiful and varied, were fabulous.

  • http://www.travelcloseup.com Arlene

    Having lived in the DC area for a long time before heading South,I can appreciate how cold it was in January. 5 hours, huh? I am getting goosebumps thinking about that. But you had a front row seat to history being made. Well, I did too – on TV.:) The cold and inflated prices aside, the things I remember and liked the best about DC was how really pretty it is in our capital. All the free museums and the restaurants, plentiful and varied, were fabulous.

  • http://www.worldaccording2lisa.blogspot.com/ LisaB (LadyWanderlust)

    Now that is dedication and you will be able to your children and their children, “I was there when Obama was sworn in. I saw the first “person of color” become President. I was witness to a miracle. I was apart of change!”

    WOW! Glad you warmed up.

    Hugs, Lisa

    P.S. Now we just got to get a woman in office to straighten things out. LOL

  • http://www.worldaccording2lisa.blogspot.com LisaB (LadyWanderlust)

    Now that is dedication and you will be able to your children and their children, “I was there when Obama was sworn in. I saw the first “person of color” become President. I was witness to a miracle. I was apart of change!”

    WOW! Glad you warmed up.

    Hugs, Lisa

    P.S. Now we just got to get a woman in office to straighten things out. LOL

  • GotPassport

    wow talk about tenacity! Quite amazing that you were right there part of History! A friend of ours went and he wore diapers.. I kid you not! :-)

    I agree with Lisa.. let’ts get a Woman in there next!

  • GotPassport

    wow talk about tenacity! Quite amazing that you were right there part of History! A friend of ours went and he wore diapers.. I kid you not! :-)

    I agree with Lisa.. let’ts get a Woman in there next!

  • http://www.restaurantcityguide.net/ catherine lowe

    Great post!

    I’m impressed with those people who could stand for hours in the cold weather. But, hey, I think they all are witnesses to one of greatest histories of United States, so maybe it worth it.

  • http://www.restaurantcityguide.net catherine lowe

    Great post!

    I’m impressed with those people who could stand for hours in the cold weather. But, hey, I think they all are witnesses to one of greatest histories of United States, so maybe it worth it.

  • http://apairofpantiesandboxers.wordpress.com/ Monica

    At that time, watching the inauguration on TV seemed like a better idea. Especially when I lost feeling from my knee down. Lol. DC is a really beautiful city and I love the Smithsonian. I could wander in and out all day. When I visit, I usually stay at the Green Tree hotel. They give warm cookies upon arrival. Haha! :)

  • http://apairofpantiesandboxers.wordpress.com/ Monica

    At that time, watching the inauguration on TV seemed like a better idea. Especially when I lost feeling from my knee down. Lol. DC is a really beautiful city and I love the Smithsonian. I could wander in and out all day. When I visit, I usually stay at the Green Tree hotel. They give warm cookies upon arrival. Haha! :)

  • http://apairofpantiesandboxers.wordpress.com/ Monica

    I agree! We do need a woman in there. Maybe she’ll have a little bit more balls. Lol.

  • http://apairofpantiesandboxers.wordpress.com/ Monica

    I agree! We do need a woman in there. Maybe she’ll have a little bit more balls. Lol.

  • http://apairofpantiesandboxers.wordpress.com/ Monica

    OMG! How old was your friend?! I hope he knew there were porter potties there. I have to admit, the lines to the bathrooms were pretty long. It was too cold for me to fathom taking my pants off though, even if I had to pee. Lol

  • http://apairofpantiesandboxers.wordpress.com/ Monica

    OMG! How old was your friend?! I hope he knew there were porter potties there. I have to admit, the lines to the bathrooms were pretty long. It was too cold for me to fathom taking my pants off though, even if I had to pee. Lol

  • http://apairofpantiesandboxers.wordpress.com/ Monica

    When I look back upon it, I’d definitely say that it was worth it. But while I was going through it, I was kicking myself in the ass for going out there when I could watched it on TV with a cup of hot coco and warm blanket.

  • http://apairofpantiesandboxers.wordpress.com/ Monica

    When I look back upon it, I’d definitely say that it was worth it. But while I was going through it, I was kicking myself in the ass for going out there when I could watched it on TV with a cup of hot coco and warm blanket.

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