T Thoughts

Three of us hopped on the Van Dorn metro a little after 11am – smooth sailing to Farragut West metro. I got a small white chocolate mocha at Caribou Coffee.  We took pics of the stands outside the White House and the snipers on top of the Old Executive Building.  Lunch at Pot Belly’s.  (Limited menu – no pizza sub). They gave out free pins – “I witnessed history”.  We stopped by the FRB for a bathroom break and to get a view from the terrace.

A concert perimeter was set up from the Lincoln Memorial to the WWII Memorial.  We walked to Constitution and 19th – they just closed the security checkpoints minutes before we arrived.  We were kicking ourselves.  We walked around WWII memorial to Independence Avenue – but no way in.  We ended up on 17th street on the Washington Monument side by the trees watching the concert on the jumbotrons.

To avoid the mad rush to the metro after the concert was over, we walked to the Loews Georgetown theatre and watched Paul Blart Mall Cop.

Picture caption: Inauguration Concert at the Lincoln Memorial, zoomed in from WWII Memorial.

Three of us hopped on the Van Dorn metro a little after 11am – smooth sailing to Farragut West metro. I got a small white chocolate mocha at Caribou Coffee. We took pics of the stands outside the White House and the snipers on top of the Old Executive Building. Lunch at Pot Belly’s. (Limited menu – no pizza sub). They gave out free pins – “I witnessed history”. We stopped by the FRB for a bathroom break and to get a view from the terrace.

A concert perimeter was set up from the Lincoln Memorial to the WWII Memorial. We walked to Constitution and 19th – they just closed the security checkpoints minutes before we arrived. We were kicking ourselves. We walked around WWII memorial to Independence Avenue – but no way in. We ended up on 17th street on the Washington Monument side by the trees watching the concert on the jumbotrons.

To avoid the mad rush to the metro after the concert was over, we walked to the Loews Georgetown theatre and watched Paul Blart Mall Cop.

Picture caption: Inauguration Concert at the Lincoln Memorial, zoomed in from WWII Memorial.