Posted by Lauren on January 19th, 2009 | Categorized as Monday | Tagged as Barack Obama, Delta, Entenman's, Hotel Rouge, Klein, mall, Martin Luther King Jr., New Hampshire State Society, Palm Beach County, St. Ann Place, Washington, Wasserman-Schulz, Wexler, Willard Hotel
First, I must plug our hotel, the Hotel Rouge. It is funky and fun and oh so considerate! Katharine says it’s the best hotel she’s ever stayed in and I agree.
The service is amazing. After Delta lost our luggage, they really looked out for it and got it to us as soon [...]
Posted by Lauren on January 18th, 2009 | Categorized as Sunday | Tagged as Bono, concert, Denzel Washington, Garth Brooks, Inauguration Day, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr., Obama, Tuesday, Washington, Washington Monument
The concert was great. Definitely try and watch it if you can.
Highlights were Garth Brooks ( I don’t want to give away what he sang, but suffice to say that the whole crowd was singing along and it was AMAZING!), Denzel Washington, and of course, U2. It wasn’t just Bono, but the whole band and [...]
Posted by Maia on January 18th, 2009 | Categorized as Arriving in D.C. | Tagged as 1776, America, American, American Revolution, Asian, Baltimore, Barack, Barack Obama, changes, country, Democrats, disabled, gay, government, healthcare, history, hopeful, Independents, jobs, Latino, McHenry, Native American, Obama, Philadelphia, Republicans, schools, speech, Star-Spangled Banner, straight, Washington, White House
We began this train trip in Philadelphia earlier today. It is fitting that we did so - because it was there that our American journey began. It was there that a group of farmers and lawyers, merchants and soldiers, gathered to declare their independence and lay claim to a destiny that they were being denied.
It [...]
Posted by Lauren on January 17th, 2009 | Categorized as Arriving in D.C. | Tagged as African American, capitol, D.C., Delta, Embassy Row, historic, Inauguration Day, LaGuardia, luggage, monument, Obama, president, Washington, White House
Our luggage did NOT.
So we are fighting with Delta, who checked our bags all the way to LaGuardia even though they knew we were going to WASHINGTON DC. So we’re in the very cool Hotel Rouge, awaiting our luggage. It’s not as bad as it sounds . . . we have a great room in [...]