Inauguration Preparation

With inauguration quickly closing in, we're right in the thick of it here at NDN. Just eight blocks from the National Mall, one block from the White House, and half a block from the parade route, the preparations are going on all around us. For those readers wise enough to steer clear of this city throughout the festivities, here's a glimpse of some of the changes going on around DC:

The presidential viewing platform, being erected just in front of the White House. As the parade parades by, Barack will sit there behind bulletproof glass, and smilingly observe.

This city is mad for bunting-- mad for it, I tell you.

The Presidential Inaugural Committee takes the bodily functions of inaugural spectators very seriously, as you can see.

Rachel Maddow made off with the other three letters, and she won't give them back.

Here's the block of Pennsylvania Avenue that passes in front of the White House, just half a block from the NDN offices! The stands are built, the trees are boxed.

Our hallowed Capitol, from where Obama will address the nation on Tuesday morning.

The PEBO's motorcade, screeching around the corner just outside the NDN offices.