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A Day at the (National) Mall
Sep. 24th, 2005 08:52 pmI'm so tired I can barely type, but if I don't get this down now, I'll forget a lot. Been a busy, busy, busy day; I've been through a pro-war rally, at an anti-war rally, and the National Book Festival.
I came up out of Metro at Nat'l Archives, ( which put me at ground zero for the counter-protest. ) This takes one across, among other things, Freedom Plaza. I stopped to read several of the sayings chiseled into the pavement. I'm particularly fond of the ones that talk about how Washington is all politics, all the time, because it's true. ( And then there was the start of the protest. )
( The Book Festival was fantastic. )
In addition to that, I sat in front of the C-Span van while it aired the McCullough phone-in interview live. (He had some interesting things to say vis-a-vis New Orleans in light of his book on the Johnstown flood.) I watched the Internet Bookmobile show people how to fold a page into a booklet, which I'm betting is much like that pocket assistant I keep seeing mentioned on the f-list.
I saw no more pro-war protesters, but there were a lot of anti-war ones walking to or from the rally through the festival. By the end of the day, it was pretty common to see someone holding an anti-war sign and a lime green C-Span Book Festival tote.
On the way home I dropped by Olssons and picked up a bunch of beads for their "Buck a Bead" program selling mardi gras beads to support hurricane charity. I also picked up dinner.
And now I'm home, with sore shoulders from the bookbags, sore feet from the standing and walking, and a faire-worthy case of dehydration. And I had a blast!
I came up out of Metro at Nat'l Archives, ( which put me at ground zero for the counter-protest. ) This takes one across, among other things, Freedom Plaza. I stopped to read several of the sayings chiseled into the pavement. I'm particularly fond of the ones that talk about how Washington is all politics, all the time, because it's true. ( And then there was the start of the protest. )
( The Book Festival was fantastic. )
In addition to that, I sat in front of the C-Span van while it aired the McCullough phone-in interview live. (He had some interesting things to say vis-a-vis New Orleans in light of his book on the Johnstown flood.) I watched the Internet Bookmobile show people how to fold a page into a booklet, which I'm betting is much like that pocket assistant I keep seeing mentioned on the f-list.
I saw no more pro-war protesters, but there were a lot of anti-war ones walking to or from the rally through the festival. By the end of the day, it was pretty common to see someone holding an anti-war sign and a lime green C-Span Book Festival tote.
On the way home I dropped by Olssons and picked up a bunch of beads for their "Buck a Bead" program selling mardi gras beads to support hurricane charity. I also picked up dinner.
And now I'm home, with sore shoulders from the bookbags, sore feet from the standing and walking, and a faire-worthy case of dehydration. And I had a blast!
