Inauguration in Chicago

 

January 20^th a date that won’t soon be forgotten.

The President was inaugurated and there

were celebrations all over the United States

and around the world.

 

I did my share of celebrating. I watched the

inauguration with a group who were

celebrating at Dine in Chicago. We had the

Obama-centric buffet lunch, Musubi- the

Hawaiian sushi delicacy made with spam,

macaroni salad, spam fried rice, fried chicken

and the Obama family recipe chili. The dessert

was cheese cake with raspberry sauce. Most

enjoyed the buffet and dared to try the spam

sushi, which wasn’t bad.

 

It was something to watch all the pomp and

circumstance that was part of the inauguration.

Seeing Anthony McGill a Chicagoan perform

with the masters Issak Pearlman and Yoyo Ma

was an exciting musical experience as well as

hearing Aretha do her version of My County

Tis of Thee.

 

Of course what Mrs. Obama was wearing

was a topic of conversation, she will now

set the fashion barometer for most of the

women in the United States. She was quite

stylish in her satin wool lace ensemble by

Cuban born designer Isabel Toledo.

 

Between the celebrities and the politicians,

it was a packed observation area for the

oath. History was being made and everyone

who is anyone wanted to be there to witness

the event. There were 1.4 million in DC

on the mall for Obama’s inauguration, up

one million from the inauguration of 2005.

People as far as the eye could see from all

walks of life.

 

We all cheered and clapped in the restaurant

when the tv crowd went wild. People were

wearing their Obama shirts and buttons showing

their pride and letting their support be known.

 

I arrived home in time to see the President and

Mrs.O leave the motorcade and begin walking

down the receiving route on Pennsylvania Avenue.

They began walking a bit before their

scheduled time and were excitedly

received by the crowd.

 

I’m glad I was able to be part of a group

high in spirit to celebrate this event. Everyone

sharing their Obama stories and their delight

with the new president. Most were going to

continue the celebration into the evening. I

was continuing my celebration at home and

was happy I was able to be out for the Obama

-centric lunch. Looking for better times ahead,

all that were on the mall in DC and having

lunch at Dine are looking forward to the

change Obama hopes to accomplish with

our help.

 

I’ll just go out on that limb now and say

happy days are almost here again….