Day 4

Today was the Martin Luther King's Jr. birthday, and President Obama asked the people to have a day of service. My group went to Marvin Gaye Park and cleaned up the park and bagged up the leaves. We worked for about an hour then we went of to get some lunch. We came back to the hotel early we could rest. My god-mother and god-sister picked me up. We took the metro out to a town called "Alexandria" and stayed at a friend's house. I got to sleep in my own bed and take a nice long shower. But I had to get to sleep early so I could get up early for the inauguration.

Day 2

Today was a slower day than usual. We started off with posting our blogs at Starbucks and prepared for the day with my regular vanilla late. With a good start to the day and bellies full of coffee we ran to the metro. We came to the oldest restrant in D.C. Old Ebbitts Grill started in the late 1860's and is still running today. A lot of celeberties go there. Brad Pitt and Leanardo Di Caprio rented out the whole place for a private party. We went to the White House gates and interviewed someone from Nigeria. We ended the day by eating at Marvin's tavern. 

Day 3

Today was a day for celebration and rock n' roll. Myself and 5 other reporters headed out to the reflecting pool on the Washington Mall. We gathered together and waited for 5 hours in the freezing cold, just waiting for the performance to start. In the mean time, Brian, Logan, Christian, and I walked around the WWII memorial. It was very inspiring to see how many people gave up their lives for me to be where I am today. We played around the memorial for a while and then found our way back to where we were sitting. 10 minutes before the consort, they raised the gates and the crowd unexpectedly rushed. In the stampede we ran for the front but were unable to make it. This was the start of 2 hour of standing. But the crowd rejoiced when the speakers began to speak and the performance had started. There were many great musicians out there like; Beyonce, U2, Will I Am, Bon Jovi Mary J. Blige, Shakria, James Taylor, Sheral Crow, Stevie Ray Vaghn, John Legend, and much more. Also there were celebrity speakers like; Jack Black, Steve Carell, and Samuel Jackson. But of course President Obama spoke and the crowd went wild. We came to the hotel room and relaxed after a long days work.

Day 1 In D.C.

Beginnings are important. You bet they are! Today was a great day, but not a warm one. This morning it was 13 degrees outside and it was brutal. I was geared up and what I thought was ready to go, but I was blown away by how cold it was. Anyway, we made our way to the metro and got on the subway. We were headed to Union Square where we were greeted by the special event planners. They were very nice people and we were grateful for their stories. They showed us some of the most beautiful architecture I've ever seen in the Union Square plaza, and told us about the planning for the New England Ball. Afterwords, we grabbed some lunch downstairs at Union Square, and beat it down to the Capitol. We had a cool tour at the Capitol. Our guide talked about some interesting things about the Capitol and she also told us about U.S. history. Did you know that there is a spot in the original senate chamber where you can hear everything in the room even when you whisper. Once we finished there we were off to one of the most famous, delicious, and extravagant food joints in town... Ben's Chilly Bowl. It was great! We had chili dogs, chili fries, chili burgers, and plain old chili. Anything that had to do with chili, they had it. Though, we came back to the church with peaceful minds, cold faces, and bellies full of chili., and we came back with smiles, stories, and anticipation for tomorrow.

Preparing for DC

Just one more day. The wait is killing me. Harrison can't make his blog, and Logan is already customizing his, and I'm right in between. Man, I haven't even started packing. Wait, was I suppose to say that... whatever! Though, its really exciting to witness history, actually to be apart of it. Barack Obama is a great inspiration to all of us, and I hope that we could meet him. But, anyway this will be a great adventure. Salute to the fam.  

Charlie