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The Metro is pretty laden with ads from a company that co-opted the prevailing message(s):
We walked to the Rayburn:
and got in and through security pretty quickly. Then we managed to get on a Members Only elevator:
but there were no Members around, just long, austere, empty hallways. And a custodian:
We found the office:
and got the tickets:
Then we wandered toward the Capitol:
where we think we found where we'll be standing tomorrow, according to our tickets and the map:
Then we wandered toward the concert, and stopped by MSNBC's booth to wave and get on tv:
While we were there, we learned that the entries to the concert were closed, so we watched on the Mall:
and sang "This Land is Your Land" and "America the Beautiful" with a million people, including this kind and enthusiastic couple near us:
When it was all said and done, we went to the Natural History Museum and had some much-needed food and warm beverages in their cafeteria. We met a nice woman in town from Chicago while we warmed up, rested our feet and got the energy to head back to U Street for cake:
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That's all the energy I can scrounge up, really.
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I'll be watching the swearing in with some folks on campus and will pr'bly have the live CNN feed playing in the background the rest of the day in my office. Have a great time!
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