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  Photograph by TDLphoto, from the DC Inauguration 2009 Flickr Pool
  Anticipating the Crush Monday, Jan 19 at 6:42 pm
  If yesterday’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial is practice for the cops, National Guard soldiers, and volunteers in charge of handling the masses, I think we’re in good hands. Leaving the Lincoln was, notably, not that exciting. When I got to the checkpoint, the entire area between the WWII memorial and the Washington Monument was pretty Read More...
• Biden Not At Delaware Ball Just Yet Monday, Jan 19 at 8:54 pm
• Warning: Don’t Give Your Cell Number To Dude With Inauguration Tickets Monday, Jan 19 at 7:59 pm
• Can’t Get into Your Favorite Restaurant on Inauguration Night? Just Wait. Monday, Jan 19 at 6:54 pm
• Smithsonian Metro’s Independence Ave. Entrance Closed Monday, Jan 19 at 6:38 pm
• The African American Church Inaugural Ball, Fur Coat City! Monday, Jan 19 at 5:49 pm

No One Wanted Your Inauguration Sublet? You're Not Alone.
By Ruth Samuelson

Plus more at:

City Desk The Sexist Young & Hungry Housing Complex Black Plastic Bag

Twitty Desk

With a record ninety billion people converging on the city, twitter creates a great view into the crowd. Our writers will be tagging their twitter updates with #inauguration. The most popular tags to use and follow are #inauguration and #inaug09.

#Inauguration and #inaug09

spampy: Getting ready to go to netroots party at Clarendon ballroom #inaug09

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:41 pm

r0b: Color me cynical about Cheney's sudden need to be wheelchair-bound for #inaug09. Nothing is ever what it seems with this guy.

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:41 pm

edorr: Celebrating the end of the bush presidency with hot toddys, hot tub, beer and balderdash. Oh and homemade sourdough bread. #inaug09

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:41 pm

FamousDC: this could be a world record. most furs in one city - ever. PETA must be pissed #inaug09

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:40 pm

youlookthesame: Just met Brian Mitchell & impressed Charles Mann that Cardinal originally fr Chicago GEEKING OUT #inaug09

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:40 pm

anhhung: #inaug09 hasn't come yet and now it's already the top trending topic on Twitter, Hello Fail Whales

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:40 pm

unstresst: From my conglomerat You: 3rddeadline: http://twitpic.com/14wc9 ...More shots #inaug09 (via Tw.. http://twitpic.com/14wc9

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:40 pm

ms_genevieve: Text OBAMA to 56333 for instructions to send msgs/pics live to ABC broadcast. #inaug09

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:39 pm

aterkel: Good food at NYS ball -- corn dogs, pizza, sliders, and cracker jacks. #inaug09

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:39 pm

chmullig: Newsflash: parking situation looks bad near Dupont #inaug09

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:39 pm

simon_jester: Searched Twitter for #inaug09: http://tinyurl.com/9964mu

Monday, Jan 19 at 8:39 pm

Tweet Beats

Jason Cherkis is tracking down the hopeless, the angry, the disappointed day and night. Follow @jasoncherkis

Amanda Hess will be searching the parties for George Clooney. Wanna know when she finds him? Follow @TheSexist

Mike Riggs is cruising U Street, looking for uninhibited people with hilarious inaugural anecdotes. Follow @wordjockey11

Jule Banville, Adams Morgan correspondent, will be covering drunken foolishness, Bill Duggan, and more. Follow @julebanville

Sarah Godfrey will be updating constantly from the Mall on Inauguration Day. Follow @sarahgodfrey

Rend Smith is monitoring the Capitol Hill neighborhood for inaugural chaos and revelry. Follow @rendsmith

Andrew Beaujon will be watching the bridges for crazed Virginians, especially on Segways. Follow @abeaujon

Tim Carman is covering hungry mobs at the Mall and the surrounding restaurants. Follow @timcarman

DC Inauguration Flickr Pool

Enter our Inauguration Photo Contest by posting to our Flickr Pool. Your photos will be shown off here, and the best photo wins you a gift basket! Yes, you heard us right...a GIFT BASKET! HELL YEAH!

Feature Stories

Town & Country
How local politicos will make the scene come Jan. 20
By Mike DeBonis

Don't You Be My Neighbor
Stop asking Barack Obama to serve as ANC commissioner-in-chief.
By Michael Schaeffer

I Love a Parade
Will all those Washington Post reporters block our view?
By Erik Wemple

Guess We Can't
Whose inaugural dreams will fall the hardest?
By Amanda Hess

Doing the Hokey "Poke"y
Hawaii, Chicago, "44"—area restaurants are turning into Obama kitchens.
By Tim Carman

Rooms with a View
On Jan. 20, Pennsylvania Ave. residents live in the world's best real estate.
By Ruth Samuelson

3 to 5 Million Man March
Crowd estimates could lead to post-swearing-in swearing.
By Dave McKenna

Balls Out
Inaugural celebrations were lavish and formal affairs. Then the pagans got involved.
By M. Riggs and J. Cherkis

Before DC, there was Chicago

The Chicago Reader's Obama Issue is packed with in-depth feature stories profiling Obama's ascendancy to the national stage. Some highlights:

• What Makes Obama Run? Profile of the future president-elect when he was running for his first term as state senator.
• Being Obama You didn't have to drink the Kool-Aid to see that the country was transformed just by choosing him.
• His Guy Friday In 2002, Rahm Emanuel was vying for the congressional seat held by Rod Blagojevich, who was leaving it to run for governor.

...plus much more at chicagoreader.com

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