Obama-mania

Happy Inaguration Day! Luke and I had a great day (he got the day off because they closed every possible route between our house and Luke's work). Here was the scedule

10:30 am- Started watching the inaguration. I thought Michelle Obama's gift to Laura Bush was a great idea (no- this is not a long standing tradition, Michelle thought it up all by herself).

12:00- The inaguration actually starts. I really liked Obama's speech- it was very inspiring without just being a conglomeration of feel good sound bytes.

12:45- Head down to lunch at Ben's Chilli Bowl. I decided that this was what I wanted to do to celebrate the inaguration. Ben's is a DC institution, and Obama famously ate there a few weeks ago with our Mayor. We waited about 30 min to eat (pretty good, the wait is over 2 hours now), and it was totally worth it. Best Chili Dog Ever.

1:45- Took our picture in front of a red, white and blue "OBAMA" ice sculpture.

1:50-3:00- We decided to keep walking around and see what else was going on- so we walked to our bank in Dupont Circle, and then back home. Highlights were the street vendors selling huge amounts of Obama stuff. My personal favorite was a T-shirt with Obama's face plastered onto the body of a boxer and some slogan about him being the champian. There was a cummunity board covered with messages to Obama- many congratulations and my personal favorite: "Don't pardon Bush!"