With out question DC is the place to be for the next couple of days. I’m trying very hard to take the amazing circumstances that are bringing everyone here into account, but I still hate tourists. I was at home all day yesterday and from my apartment window looking out onto 16th street NW, I watched countless tour buses roll toward the downtown area. If everyone can remembers a few simple points we will be cool.
1. When using the Metro escalators, stand to the right and walk to the left.
2. Those extra two letters in all caps after the street address are very important as the city is broken up into four quadrants radiating out from the Capitol building.
3. Numbered streets increase as you get farther away from the Capitol in both directions East and West.
4. Letter streets go higher in the alphabet as you get farther away from the Capitol in both directions North and South.
4. State named streets run diagonally.
5. You can go to the top of the Washington Monument , yes I have gone up there.
6. I have not met Marian Berry and no, I did not vote for him as I was a child in another city when he was in office.
7. It is true that DC citizens pay taxes and do not have representation in the Senate or Congress, yes we know that’s fucked up.
8. Those people playing the trash cans a buckets are playing Go Go beats. See here.
9. There is more to DC than the Mall and Georgetown, but for the next couple of days please stay in one of those two areas.
10. People who live in Northern VA & the areas of MD outside the DC city limits do not live in DC.
Thanks kids. Everyone play nice.
Kellee and I are going to try to get down to see the big show at the Lincoln Memorial later today. It’s going to be ridiculously awesome, or maybe just ridiculous. I’m just hoping to catch the Boss. Through a co-worker, I was almost able to get tickets for us to go to the Youth Ball, but they sold out and closed the site you could order tickets from. I’m planning on being downtown all day on Tuesday taking pictures. I’ll be posting them here or on my site so check back.