Inauguration 2009 - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:46:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Inauguration 2009 - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Virginia Authorities Recorded License Plates of Cars Headed to Obama’s Inauguration https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/08/21/virginia-authorities-recorded-license-plates-of-cars-headed-to-obamas-inauguration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=virginia-authorities-recorded-license-plates-of-cars-headed-to-obamas-inauguration https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/08/21/virginia-authorities-recorded-license-plates-of-cars-headed-to-obamas-inauguration/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:32:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inauguration-2009/virginia-authorities-recorded-license-plates-of-cars-headed-to-obamas-inauguration.php If you traveled to President Obama's first inauguration by way of Virginia and arrived by car, police took down your license plate and held onto it for a while. That's the subject of a report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch stating...

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Best and Worst of the Inauguration https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/02/24/best-and-worst-of-the-inauguration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-and-worst-of-the-inauguration https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/02/24/best-and-worst-of-the-inauguration/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:03:30 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inauguration-2009/best-and-worst-of-the-inauguration.php Warwick didn’t win friends by showing up at the Purple Ball. Photograph by Kate Nerenberg »128: Number of balls, galas, and receptions that The Washingtonian tracked during inaugural weekend. »Worst consolation gift: For the thousands of inaugural ticket holders...

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What Really Happened at the Youth Ball? https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/28/what-really-happened-at-the-youth-ball/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-really-happened-at-the-youth-ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/28/what-really-happened-at-the-youth-ball/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:38:16 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inaugural-balls/what-really-happened-at-the-youth-ball.php January 20 was a memorable night for the 3,500 campaign volunteers and supporters who made it inside the Hilton Washington’s ballroom for the official Youth Inaugural Ball. They were mere feet away from the newly inaugurated President of the United...

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Guests Enjoy Lincoln-Themed “Prom for Grownups” https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/23/guests-enjoy-lincoln-themed-prom-for-grownups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guests-enjoy-lincoln-themed-prom-for-grownups https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/23/guests-enjoy-lincoln-themed-prom-for-grownups/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:19:35 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inaugural-balls/guests-enjoy-lincoln-themed-prom-for-grownups.php Throughout much of the year, black tie in Washington is a burden—generally some sort of work event you have to attend at the end of a long weekday to hobnob with clients, sources, or vendors in uncomfortable formalwear that they...

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Mellon Auditorium Hosts Odd Mix of Inaugural Guests for Google Ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/23/mellon-auditorium-hosts-odd-mix-of-inaugural-guests-for-google-ball/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mellon-auditorium-hosts-odd-mix-of-inaugural-guests-for-google-ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/23/mellon-auditorium-hosts-odd-mix-of-inaugural-guests-for-google-ball/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:03:32 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inaugural-balls/mellon-auditorium-hosts-odd-mix-of-inaugural-guests-for-google-ball.php What happens when you mix Hollywood, Washington, and Silicon Valley? You end up with something approximating the incredibly strange scenes at Tuesday night’s Google inaugural ball. It included scenes such as Google CEO Eric Schmidt jostling for space in the...

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Icon Obama: Shephard Fairey’s Obama Image Installed at the National Portrait Gallery https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/22/icon-obama-shephard-faireys-obama-image-installed-at-the-national-portrait-gallery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=icon-obama-shephard-faireys-obama-image-installed-at-the-national-portrait-gallery https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/22/icon-obama-shephard-faireys-obama-image-installed-at-the-national-portrait-gallery/#respond Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:01:34 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inaugural-balls/icon-obama-shephard-faireys-obama-image-installed-at-the-national-portrait-gallery.php Long before there was President Obama, there was Icon Obama. There has never been a president or presidential candidate who has inspired art in the way that Obama has since his candidacy began.Saturday morning, at the beginning of the four-day...

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A Night Out: The Mid-Atlantic Ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/21/a-night-out-the-mid-atlantic-ball/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-night-out-the-mid-atlantic-ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/21/a-night-out-the-mid-atlantic-ball/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:40:41 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inaugural-balls/a-night-out-the-mid-atlantic-ball.php What: The Mid-Atlantic Ball, one of the ten official inaugural balls the Obamas and Bidens attended.Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Hall A.When: January 20, 8 to midnight.Ticket price: $150, but it crept up to $1,000 on Stubhub.Who: Well, Barack...

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A Night Out: Inaugural Youth Ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/21/a-night-out-inaugural-youth-ball/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-night-out-inaugural-youth-ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/21/a-night-out-inaugural-youth-ball/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:33:17 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inaugural-balls/a-night-out-inaugural-youth-ball.php What: 2009 Youth Ball.Where: Hilton Washington.When: January 20, 2009.Who: Kid Rock, Kanye West, and Fall Out Boy each played sets at the ball, but the real stars were the newly inaugurated President and First Lady, Barack and Michelle Obama. They...

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A Night Out: 2009 Green Inaugural Ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/21/a-night-out-2009-green-inaugural-ball/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-night-out-2009-green-inaugural-ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/21/a-night-out-2009-green-inaugural-ball/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:04:37 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inaugural-balls/a-night-out-2009-green-inaugural-ball.php What: 2009 Green Inaugural Ball.Where: National Portrait Gallery.When: January 19, 7 PM to midnight.Who: Former vice president Al Gore served as the event’s honorary chair and was joined by more than 75 environmental, conservation, labor, civil-justice, youth, and business groups....

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A Night Out: Hawaii State Society Ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/21/a-night-out-hawaii-state-society-ball/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-night-out-hawaii-state-society-ball https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/01/21/a-night-out-hawaii-state-society-ball/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:45:01 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/inaugural-balls/a-night-out-hawaii-state-society-ball.php What: The Hawaii State Society Inaugural Ball.Where: The Mandarin Oriental Hotel.When: Tuesday, January 20, 7 PM to 1 AM.Ticket price: $200.Who: Folks from the lovely state of Hawaii (including several of President Obama’s former high school classmates) and just about...

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