This town has gone nuts with the impending Inauguration events. For months leading up to this weekend, we've read articles about people renting their homes for thousands of dollars. They're anticipating a crazy insane amount of people in the city for Monday and Tuesday that will pretty much shut everything down - roads, bridges and businesses.
And we'll be watching it all on TV. Even if it was May, warm and sunny, there's just nothing fun about sitting in hours upon hours of traffic, dealing with enormous crowds and just waiting for the wrong one person to lose their mind. I remember going down to the Mall when Clinton was inaugurated and seeing Toad the Wet Sprocket play. I remember how crowded it was, but I was hmmmm, 17?, kid-free and we had the day off of school. Road trip. The Inaugural concert this Sunday looks amazing, with Bono, Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen, among others performing a free celebration concert Sunday afternoon, its oh-so-tempting to risk freezing our ta-tas off to experience it all in person. The temperature right now is a lovely 16 F, and Sunday won't be much better. And then there's the crazy insane crowd factor, and the oh-so-scary thought of nativigating it all with two small children who have no business being there. I wouldn't be them in that situation, its just not for kids (my opinion). The concert is airing for free to all viewers on HBO at 7 pm Sunday, we'll be watching and staying as far away from DC as possible.
Its been so exciting reading the millions of Washington Post articles as the Obama's have arrived and starting settling in. They've been sightseeing, dining out at some local spots , and I even read Obama has been dropping into a local gym unannounced in Adams Morgan to play basketball. And as much as I love to read about what they're doing in the paper everyday, I hope the media can calm down a little once things settle in and just let them try to live as normal a life as possible.
I think good things are going to happen, and we're very optimistic about the changes to come.
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