Feb 2nd 2009
Everyone knows that the tourist that come to DC love to buy stuff from the street vendors. Street vendors are popping up everywhere throughout DC from Independence Ave to the streets around the Eclipse, to Constitution Ave and now on Capitol Hill (Pennsylvania Ave). They sell anything from hats and ...
Jan 30th 2009
If you missed the inauguration because you were stuck in the 395 tunnel then you are eligible for a PRIZE! Congress will send you commemorative items since you had a ticket and didn't get let into the ticketed area. All you have to do is email feedback@jccic.senate.gov and ...
Jan 27th 2009
If you are wondering why there are all those emergency no parking signs are still on poles and street signs around DC it's because d. is still trying to get to them. Signs were put up for the inauguration and since have expired. If you see expired signs ...
Jan 23rd 2009
YouTube has lots of videos about the Purple gate problems at the inauguration. Many purple ticket holders were turned away and now there is a Federal investigation into why. Secret Service, Capitol Police and MPD are all involved in the investigation. Many tickets holders did not get ...
Jan 22nd 2009
Looks like the inauguration crowd estimates are now set at 1.8 million but not without controversy. That's a lot of people! There are however, still around 6 people missing that got lost in the crowd most which are elderly or disabled.
Jan 21st 2009
The crowds where crazy yesterday! Still doesn't look like there is a true official number but it looks like it could be anywhere from 1.2 - 1.7 million. Hopefully Metro and streets are back to normal and road closures for the most part have been lifted. At ...
Jan 18th 2009
They do this for the World Bank meetings and other big events around town but this is the most newspaper boxes taken of the street that I have seen. They have been bringing them in from around downtown and inauguration ceremony areas for the past two days. ...
Jan 17th 2009
Jen brought home some inauguration tickets on Friday. Pretty Exciting!
Front of Ticket
Back of Ticket
Jan 16th 2009
The city has extended bus registrations for the inauguration till Sunday January 18th. The dead line was Thursday January 15th at 11:59.59pm but on Tuesday WJLA reported that only 2,000 buses had been registered. Is this an incite on what the crowds will be like? Will we ...
Jan 15th 2009
If you are looking to go to an official inaugural ball then you are out of luck. All those tickets have been spoken for! However, WUSA9.com has found that there are still tickets available for unofficial inaugural balls such as the "Green Inaugural Ball" ($500 a ticket) ...