Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Snippets from Inauguration Day

Souvenir from my brother, who left New York City on a bus at 5:00am, made it to the Washington Monument to see the ceremony on one of the big-screen TVs, spent hours trying to get himself out of the city (along with 1-2 million other people...we had other friends who had an equally difficult time getting back), and finally made it out to stay with us last night:


Mädchen, who somehow fell asleep in Gretchen's lap (which NEVER happens)--and stayed sleeping--right as the oath of office was being administered, which allowed us to watch Obama's speech uninterrupted:


And, just for the heck of it, Jon Stewart reporting on the festivities: