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Bring Back The Mailboxes
‘X’ marks the spot of the missing mailboxes Dear Postmaster General, I am writing to you today because I’d like my favorite mailboxes back. You know which ones I’m talking about – the two that stood sentry for the lightpole on the northeast corner of 7th and D Streets NW in front of Oyamel’s window [...]
Every Day Is Inauguration Day In Downtown DC
If your goal is to catch a glimpse of President Obama, there is no need to wake up early and stand in lines for hours in the cold, like many did for Tuesday’s Inauguration. Yesterday, while most Washington DC visitors were leaving the city and waiting in more lines at area airports, DC artists Dana [...]
Fighting The Crowds Worth It At Midwestern Ball
We were lucky enough to land tickets to one of the official inaugural balls. At the convention center we attended the Midwestern Regional ball. We’re still exhausted from the experience so this update will mostly be via photos, but we do want to mention it wasn’t miserable at all (as the conventional wisdom would have us [...]
Inauguration Parade: Obama Walks Pennsylvania Avenue
Some said he’d do it. Some said he wouldn’t. I don’t know if Vegas was taking odds but I was going with he’d get out of the limo and walk Pennsylvania Avenue NW. And he did. Twice. He didn’t wait until after the turn onto 15th Street. He got out right in front of Market [...]
Inauguration Ceremony: The Perils Of Being Purple
Purple. That was the color of our reserved standing area tickets for the Inauguration Ceremony. Despite reading all the official instructions in the newspaper and in our ticket packets, the process of getting us onto the inaugural grounds fell into chaos. My little group made it inside while Joe Biden was being sworn in and [...]
Swearing-In Ceremony Over, Parade Up Next
We were fortunate enough to snap this pic of Executive One as it flew over the city on its way to Andrew’s AFB. Next up is the Inaugural Parade which is scheduled to start at 2:30pm on Penn Ave, but we think things are running a bit behind schedule.
Parade Goers Gain Entry
Thanks to the PQ Living readers who sent in the following shots this morning from the E Street NW area between 8 am and 9 am. As you can see, parade goers are now gaining access to the route. Check after the break for more photos…
Crowds Await Entry Into Obama Inauguration Parade Route *updated*
With 40 minutes to go before officially allowing parade route entry, this is what the crowd looks like at 7th and D Streets NW. 6:50 am – Breaking out into occasional chants of “O-B-A-M-A” and “open the gate”, with 10 minutes to go to 7 am, 7th Street NW is fully packed past E Street [...]
A Sunday Inaugural Excursion In DC
Yesterday I discovered that participating in inauguration events is time consuming and difficult, but worthwhile. Both the afternoon We Are One opening concert on the west steps of the Lincoln Memorial and the evening Latino Inaugural Gala at Union Station needed to be punched on my ticket for the day. And it went like this.
Rooting For Gridlock: 7th & H St NW
For those of you who are signed up for DC’s Alert DC text alerts, you may have noticed an alert (45 minutes ago) about avoiding the 7th & H St NW intersection due to traffic gridlock. We at PQLiving have been, ahem, monitoring the situation. And, while we have come very close to achieving gridlock at 7th [...]
