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crowded metrothe only protesters of the daytouristsa sea of flagsa volunteer parade worker helping to give directions while we were barricaded at 14th streetthere were people everywhereafter we found out that another metro station was closed, we came upon a crowd gathering around a bus asking the driver how to get out of the mess that was DClook at all this trash in front of the National Museum of the American Indians...actually, there was trash everywhere395 heading in/out of the cityahhh! zombies!!!we had to take the 3rd street tunnel to get out of the mall. luckily, on foot, no one could exceed the speed limit on foot. the light at the end of the tunnel...it actually looks like a fire at the end of the tunneli would have never been able to stand in the middle of a busy tunnel on any regular dayenough saiddid i tell you i did get to meet the President and Madame Secretary
we hear Lucky Strike

Hooray!

well folks, looks like the Lovebirds sent to Meet Me at Mike's finally made it! i was reading through my usual list of blogs and there they were! in the picture, sitting on a park bench with other softies!...just to let you know, most of the softies made for the Softies for Mirabel cause will be auctioned off on the 27th of July on EBay. that means go bid for something! i know i will!

another exciting news (well, for some)...Hillary Clinton came to She-town today! (and ended up being almost an hour late for her own speech!) it seemed like everyone was out and about: several store owners closed their shops to attend the event, students and teachers from the local elementary school came, college kids, infants, dogs, and even a parrot (yes, the one i photographed in March). i took little C with me to the political hoopla and he totally got into it, well, the part where he got to see dogs and other kids. i was able to take some photographs, but couldn't get close enough because the stroller was too big to maneuver through the maze of bodies...sorry.

his parents are for Obama

the lonely Ron Paul supporter

i think it's safe to say that maybe the number of people who supported Obama outnumbered the ones who were there for Clinton

you can see more pictures that i took here. i do have to apologize again for not having better shots. being short wasn't my choice...all i could see was Clinton's forehead and up when the signs weren't blocking it!

anyway, because of all the excitement, little C didn't take his nap until four in the afternoon (his regular napping time is at 12:30!), and i had to work at the restaurant tonight...needless to say i'm feeling pretty exhausted. if it doesn't rain tomorrow we'll be going to Alexandria. i was commissioned to take some pictures of the trails and the historical bits of the town, so i'm really stoked. (how about that?!?) i'm crossing my fingers that the meteorologists predicted wrong. lets hope!

Ollie, Ollie, options, please?

armed with a nice big cup of hot tea, it's time for me to park it on my side of the couch and report to duty...big things happened today...

enjoying the nice weather downtown, we stopped to have lunch at Bentley's New York Style Bagels. this was our very first time and we both ended up getting a chicken salad sandwich, J's on sourdough and mine on a sesame seed bagel and all i can say is YUMMY! i'm definitely going back again...soon.

chicken salad goodness. yum!

i love being able to just walk around and discovering new places and trying new things. living in the city is not too shabby. i even went into a comic store for the first time! i know, i know, big whoop, right?anyway, we stopped at an art gallery on our way to Skyline and i adopted one of these little cuties.

this is a Keighty Crochet Eskimo.

how cute is this? i love the smiles on their faces and how well it was made. i also love all of the mediums she combined to put it all together. you could probably find more of her stuff on Etsy once it's up and running again. (i'll keep you updated on that)...i think i'm gonna start a collection of handmade plushes by purchasing or trading. (that means i'll have to be more productive!) so if you have something you want to trade, let me know and we'll work something out. (was this totally shameless?)

after purchasing the little Eskimo (i had to carry it around like little children do with their dollies) we walked over to Skyline. feeling risky, i tried two need things: a Goo ball and a strawberry smoothie.

it was a no bake with jelly, peanut butter, cereal, and chocolate.

Ashley said she came up with it while she was bored and used all the ingredients that were lying around...well, it seemed like it was very well thought out cause it was really good, so don't let the name fool you folks...although we would have loved to stay there for the rest of the evening, we had to get back on the road cause i had to go to work...boo...

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holding out their signs and mouthing inaudible jingles, supporters of Obama were out at the square in She-town today.

just hanging out.

i couldn't tell you if they were out today to promote Obama for the West Virginia primaries or not cause i don't even know when that is! maybe i should follow more closely. i don't know, i just feel so burned out from all the talk and the press. everywhere you go, you see something that has to do with the 08 election. i know this will be the "most important election in my lifetime," but i just don't think it's necessary to have started so early...i'm stopping here, not going to dive any deeper...sigh

well, Conan is about to end, you know what that means, it's my time to sign off for the night. i hope everyone enjoyed their day today. hopefully tomorrow will be as nice if not better. goodnight world.