I was so proud of my adopted country yesterday, so proud of what Obama's presidency represents. Years from now, when someone will ask what and where I was during this inauguration day, I will remember.
I was in my kitchen, cooking a mushroom risotto and tending to a sick child.
Such mundane activities for such a momentous occasion.
Yet, I will remember for years to come.
What were you doing? Where were you?
.JPG)
13 comments:
Was in Carroll Gardens watching tv. Listened to eloquent promises made with true hope. Cooked dinner and had nice wine, knowing that open hearts, thoughtful minds and focused actions are the only way to make our world a better place.
Was in my office in midtown. All work stopped as we all gathered in the Boardroom and watched the Inaugural on our 90" videoconference screen. Awesome.
With dear friends in upstate NY, who served the same lunch menu as at the White House luncheon. I am confident that ours was every bit as good as the one in DC, and we were seating and dining earlier.
Hilary
I was on a bus that was taking me from Terminal 1 to Terminal 5, at London's Heathrow Airport. My boss and I were the only ones on the bus, and we persuaded the driver to turn the sound up on his radio so that we could hear it. Sadly we went through a number of tunnels and the sound kept cutting out.
Back in New York now, and looking forward to listening to the speech in full...
Trying to get the speach through streaming video in the office! They said today 7.7M people follow it the same way... that's why the video quality was pretty bad!
I could have gone to City Hall. I decided to spend it with my son's third grade class. How often can you choose where you are going to be the moment that history is made?
http://whatyourdonotknowbecauseyouarenotme.blogspot.com/2009/01/daddy-can-i-bring-american-flag-to.html
I was at the Coffee Den, with my neighbors, my community, welcoming our new President with cheers and sighs.
lunch in wall street.. ironic isn`t?
Wall Street...hmmm. That is ironic but very fitting.
It is really cool to read all your reader comments.
Keep them coming.
I was at home thinking about how the first sentence of his speech mentioned his humility and how that contradicted his second sentence where he said that he, another human, could solve all our problems. I was also thinking of ways to inspire people to want to take care of their own lives instead of thinking a government, or even worse, one other human being can do it for you when that other human being doesn't even know who you are.
Watching the world change with my 1 yr old daughter.
Also milions of Europeans were in front of the tv screen, listening to Obama. That was my case, too. I was not very interested in his points about domestic politics, but absolutely about his international points of view.
Obama is hope; I hope he'll also be reality!
Greetings from overseas.
I went to the viewing party at BAM ... which was packed to capacity before they were even supposed to open the doors. But they let people into the lobby to watch anyway. Lots of cheers, tears and hugs. I've got video and pictures from the event here: http://invertedsoapbox.com/2009/01/20/obama-inauguration-at-the-bam/
It got loud in there. Quite loud.
Post a Comment