The Beehive

Beehive - that is the only word I can think of to describe the activity in Washington DC at the moment. Everything is buzzing. Buzzing drills and saws, buzzing cranes and engines, buzzing cell phones and cameras, and tourists buzzing with excitement. At the US Capitol, the chairs are all out, the stand is ready, the flags are hung. I will not be able to get this close on inauguration day, so, better get my pictures now! Many other locals and visitors were standing by the Capitol, posing for pictures, of pausing in awe and the immensity of the inaugural stand.

By the way - concerning yesterday's post on the port-a-potties. On the news last night, they said that there are 5000 toilets on the National Mall, and experts are predicting it will not be enough. All of DC is flabbergasted at the number of port-a-potties... that seems to be all everyone talks about.

Remember a few posts ago I poked fun at all the Obama products out there, well, I found the jack-pot! It is called the "Inauguration Superstore", and they are not exaggerating! A wide storage space, with white walls and buzzing fluorescent lights, 10 cash registers, and filled to the gills with Obama merchandise: www.inaugurationsuperstore.com . They sell, of course, the regular Obama T-shirts, but also Obama hats, teddy-bears, cups, towels, scarves, key-chains, etc. etc. I particularly like the Democratic-Donkey-with-an-afro shirt. The T-shirt with Barack Obama in the Matrix is quite clever, I thought. Anyway, with all of the people coming to DC this week, souvenir shops stand to make a nice profit! - Gaston