January 22, 2009 · filed under dc, politics
inauguration photos to tide you over
Just a few photos for now. I’m still processing and writing up my account of an amazing and adventurous and arduous week…
Unfortunately, the weekend began with an all-nighter at the office. The sun rose over the Capitol Building during my taxi ride home.
My boss treated the ladies in the office to updos and professional makeup before the inaugural ball. Good idea in theory, but the way it all went down ended up being completely ridiculous. A story for later, definitely.
This was the first time I’d ever seen my husband in a tuxedo, and I thought he looked pretty darn cute. I was wearing hot pink tights under my dress. It was FREEZING outside!
We went to the Biden Home States Ball, held in the ballroom of the Washington Convention Center. My husband is from Delaware and his first political job was working for Joe Biden, so he was especially excited. Jill looked stunning in her red dress.
The highlight of the evening came when the new President and First Lady took the stage to dance. It is so clear from their body language that they absolutely adore and love each other. It’s amazing. Michelle’s dress was fabulous, and I would pay a million dollars to have her toned arms.
There’s so much more to tell, like how we were in the doomed Purple Line and never made it into the swearing in ceremony, despite leaving the house at sunrise to walk to the Capitol and standing in “line” for four hours with hard-to-score tickets. And the crazy work hours my coworkers and I logged in planning and executing two client events per day on top of all of the official inaugural events and hospitality duties. It was a sprint and a marathon all at once, and it took some determination to enjoy the privilege in the face of stress and exhaustion. But, and I can now honestly say this following a rejuvenating five hour nap, it was all worth it to be a small part of history.
22 Comments
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miller everett
Princess extraordinaire
January 22, 2009 2:51 am
I love the pics! How exciting to be a part of history!
Lele
January 22, 2009 3:41 am
!!! So cool!!!
And, you did a wonderful job of poshing out for the event. You look beautiful!
Alyssa
January 22, 2009 9:20 am
Janet – great pics!! you and your hubby look awesome although i would love to see a pic of those hot pink tights! LOL
you guys are so lucky to have been a part of this – you will be telling your kids these stories someday – it’s amazing!
Alyssa
Brie
January 22, 2009 9:32 am
Love the dress! Can’t wait to hear more about your night!!
RA
January 22, 2009 9:56 am
Nice job on the dress! I love your hair half up like that.
Liz
January 22, 2009 10:14 am
Love the dress! Love that you got to experience all of this so close while folks like me had to watch from afar and WISH we could be that close to history.
Janssen
January 22, 2009 10:22 am
What a dream to be there! Can’t wait to hear more!
Katie Fox
January 22, 2009 10:30 am
Oh my gosh how neat…I watched everything on television and wished I could be there. I can’t wait to hear more…
Tanya L.
January 22, 2009 1:09 pm
AMAZING photos! Thank you so very much for sharing this special event with us as we view with eyes wide open!
Lauren
January 22, 2009 1:12 pm
Your dress is gorgeous! Sounds like it was quite a week.
Celia
January 22, 2009 1:45 pm
Congratulations for making it through a crazy work week and still looking awesome for the President!
Kim
January 22, 2009 1:58 pm
Dress = love!
Men in tuxes = love!
A boss who treats for hair and makeup = double love!
Sooo jealous but so happy that you were there!
Jimmy the Overly Touchy Orderly
January 22, 2009 2:08 pm
AWESOME JOB! Congratulations. You too look PIMP (read “dashing” in Long Island lingo). The pictures are great (I especially love the thousands of digital camera screens in some of them…they are becoming the lighters of historical events). I am so happy for you both that you were able to take part in such an incredible event. Well done. -CB
katelin
January 22, 2009 2:40 pm
aw great pictures! and love your dress! sounds like quite the day, can’t wait for more stories.
Korinna
January 22, 2009 4:00 pm
You both look tres snazzy.
Not to be too much of a stalker, but your Tweets looked bleak on the sleeping front. Sounds like you’re trying to catch up…
the ambitious mrs
January 22, 2009 4:20 pm
These are legends you can tell for the rest of your life, so cool! I can’t believe you had to pull and all-nighter for work, that stinks! Hope to hear more about it soon.
Julie
January 22, 2009 5:20 pm
You both look awesome!
I can’t wait to hear more about your experience!
Susan
January 22, 2009 8:55 pm
Thank you for sharing. Although you don’t know me, I was thinking about you the entire time I was watching the coverage of the balls…thinking WOW, she got to go to one of these and experience this! Congrats on that, and thank you for all your hard work…whatever you do you do it with passion and I truly think that is something you should be proud of. ….. Susan
Zandria
January 23, 2009 6:44 pm
I really love that you wore hot-pink tights under your dress, and that you remembered to tell us.
Larissa
January 23, 2009 7:13 pm
You both look glamorous for the big night!
What an amazing night to be a part of!
Kate
January 25, 2009 12:08 am
Love your photos! Wish I’d had a ball to go to… instead, I came home after spending all morning on the Mall and crashed hard while watching the parade on TV.
Laurel
January 25, 2009 2:00 pm
Is it just me, or are Michelle and Jill the hottest 1st and 2nd lady pair we’ve ever had? Rawr. Looks like you fit right in, sexy lady!