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So you want to see history being made - yes? No? Maybe? I will give you my best advice as a DC resident on how to cope with the Inauguration madness on January 20, 2009 and the preceding week. First, some facts. 1) The Washington Metrorail averages about 600-700,000 daily passengers. Current estimates are for as many as 4 million people to be on the Mall and along Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day. Most of those attending will be from out of town. Some will walk to their hotel, some will try to get a cab, a few will take buses running on a reduced (?!) schedule but most will probably crowd into the Metro along with many of the folks who actually work for a living in DC. Most white collar workers will have the day off but blue collar service workers selling food and booze will mostly work the mother of all overtime shifts. In short, it will be amazingly tight on the Metro, both on the trains and on the platforms. Metro is running the trains on a rush-hour level schedule from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m straight and will certainly set a new daily passenger volume record. 2) Washington is not Montreal but late January is not much fun for a lot of people here. It's fairly cold and damp with wind; at Dulles Airport, the temperature stays on average just barely below freezing, with daily highs and lows below and above. Recall the massive crowds and how thick it will be along all of the routes; finding a warm shelter to take a break may well constitute giving up on viewing the events. 3) Lodging is at a severe premium. Lots of Washingtonians are charging outrageous daily rates for lodging, in excess of 20 times normal rent. I have seen listings for nice but not devastatingly impressive townhouses for $3,000 a night, and apartments on Dupont Circle that lease for maybe $2500/month charging $2000 a day. If you don't believe this, do a search for "inauguration" for sublets on Craigslist or just look at these DAILY rates. Large landlords are issuing warning notices to tenants not to sublet without authorization but I suspect that "cheating" is already massive. I was tempted myself but I don't want to cheat, and don't want to get sued AND evicted for what random out-of-town visitors might do to my place. BOTTOM LINE: If you don't have lodging, you need to call in favors, bunk with family or old friends or start looking up to 50 miles away; Baltimore's hotels 40 miles away are already filling and may be filled to capacity. 4) Odds are you will be able to see the events better on TV than you will even with an excellent viewing spot. Tickets for the Inauguration itself are already going going gone from Congressional offices and into the "scalper" market, though if you live in the West or in a small population state, your Congressional and especially Senatorial delegation may be less deluged marginally. Some offices are distributing them first-come, first-serve; others are running a random pool. If you don't get a ticket, you are a pedestrian looking for a TV. This website of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (aka "the Joint Committee") may provide additional guidance on the swearing-in itself at the Capitol. After the Inauguration itself, there are the parade and a number of "official" Inaugural Balls sponsored by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, and other unofficial events sponsored by many other organizations for fun, frolic and undoubtedly alcoholic excess. Well, if I haven't scared you away, here's what I would encourage you to consider to get the most out of your visit here. a) If you take the Metro, respect the Metro. Do not eat, drink or dear G-d smoke on the Metro. They arrest 10 year-old girls here for eating out of their lunch bags and Metro police will have absolutely no sense of humor or respect for your off-beat personality that you developed in your years in the brown cafes in Amsterdam. Arresting you will bring a cheer from locals if you blatantly leave roachbait crumbs on the trains and platforms or poison the air for the next 100 passengers. Even Libertarian Party members who live here will have no sympathy for you. If you plan to bring a unauthorized weapon onto the Metro on Inauguration Day, seek professional help. The Washington Metro is rather safe but this safety brochure is still wise. b) Buy Metro fare early. I recommend a day pass or even a week pass if you are staying the whole week, but if you are riding a la carte, drop a $20 into the machine and give the card's balance to a local friend as a gift. Don't be standing in line on Inauguration Day buying $1.35 fares to go three stops to Dupont Circle. If you are taking a bus, go ahead and buy an all day bus pass on your first boarding. There's a time and place to pay extra and not sweat it. c) How to board and ride the Metro. Study this map to help you familiarize yourself with the system. If you are on a Metro escalator, you STAND on the right and you WALK BRISKLY on the left. Ignoring this means that you will be cursed to your face, possibly by one of the nuns of the Poor Clares convent boarding at Catholic University. It may not be possible to do this due to the crowds, but do it if you can. When you hear the chime and the announcement to "step back: doors closing", do it, unless you want to lose a bag or a finger. There will be rush-hour level service all day; you can afford to miss one train and catch the next one. On the Metro, no gentleman or lady sits when a pregnant woman, a senior citizen or a disabled citizen stands. d) Where to go on the Metro to get to the events. Subject to change and further notice. For the Pennsylvania Avenue parade route, the stations that you will want are Judiciary Square, Metro Center, Gallery Place, Federal Triangle and Smithsonian and you should prepare to do a little (a lot of) walking. All of them are likely to be "zoos" and I am surprised that Federal Triangle will even be kept open due to the crowd pressure right on site. Expect Pennsylvania Avenue to be extremely difficult to cross until well after the parade is over; I recommend considering the Metro Blue/Orange Line to cross Pennsylvania Avenue and then walking back up the several blocks to Pennsylvania Avenue from the south side at L'Enfant or Smithsonian. These are long walks in the cold through the masses on the Mall, but the tensest U.S. non-military security zone on Inauguration Day may well be about 1.4 miles long, 60 yards wide and paved. To get to the Mall, take the Metro to Smithsonian or perhaps L'Enfant Plaza, and again get ready to walk. If you are one of the elite few to get tickets to the actual Inauguration, I suggest Union Station and either a cab or a walk to the Capitol; Capitol South is also a good choice but Union Station will probably be a shorter Metro ride for many. e) Best place to go to in DC for enjoyment afterwards? I recommend Busboys and Poets though their main location on 14th Street will likely be mobbed. The location near Mount Vernon Square is very new, less well-known and you may find it easier to get seated there late in the evening. Busboys and Poets is a very liberal bookstore/restaurant/bar with liberal and radical titles on the shelves and rather good food and drink at moderate prices. Then again, I am a liberal and an Obama supporter, so its "vibe" suits me fine. But Georgetown and Adams-Morgan (both accessible by bus or by Metro and a long walk) will be brimming with parties and festivities to enjoy generally. If you come to DC, please enjoy your visit and all the best! |
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