The situation now brewing this very moment at the John A. Wilson Building isn't making tons of sense. Standing in front of a throng of about 200 people are three burly-looking dudes with credentials. They are keeping the crowd from entering the 51st State Inaugural Ball, that must-go-to event featuring precious ball commodities like Vincent [...]

The following item is part of a series in which we corner people at the 2009 Hawaii State Society Inaugural Ball and ask them, "So, what's your connection with the president?"
The millions who washed up on the National Mall today to cheer on a new and dynamic and inspiring leader might be a bit disappointed [...]

Though I'm no inaugural historian, I'm just going to bet that the following scenario has never played out before in the history of Jan. 20ths:
Some people who live in an apartment building finish the holiday season with some extra wine that they never cracked. They look at the calendar, see that the inauguration is coming [...]

The following item is part of a series in which we corner people at the 2009 Hawaii State Society Inaugural Ball and ask them, "So, what's your connection with the president?"
Ronald Loui went to school with Obama, plenty-enough connection to power to merit his own installment in this to-be-award-winning series. But again on this magic [...]

Malia and Sasha were not the only kids having fun at the inauguration today—plenty of kids in the crowd as well. Here are just a few that were hoisted on their parents' shoulders to see the action.

The following item is part of a series in which we corner people at the 2009 Hawaii State Society Inaugural Ball and ask them, "So, what's your connection with the president?"
Brook Lee is a native Hawaiian with the distinction of winning the title of Miss Universe in 1997. She went to Obama's school, Punahou School, [...]

The following item is part of a series in which we corner people at the 2009 Hawaii State Society Inaugural Ball and ask them, "So, what's your connection with the president?"
Richard Turbin is a proud Hawaiian. He served in 2005 as the president of the Hawaii State Bar Association, which makes him a lawyer.
But [...]

Yeah, the line is still stretching down the alley outside of Ben's Chili Bowl, but some people are getting wise to this whole operation. Gayla Dodson is a 46-year-old woman who drove here from Atlanta. She made the pilgrimage to Ben's. She stood outside in her leopard-print hat and got her picture snapped in front [...]

Among the many charter buses on U Street tonight—many getting ready to get the hell out of town—one is full of locals. About 60 first responders piled out of a bus at the Reeves Center, where they were picked up this morning at 4 a.m. They did not have time to watch the ceremony or [...]

This is huge. American Music Ball(s) have been canceled due to lack of interest. The Post reports:
"The American Music Ball has been cancelled, according to a rep for the Marriott Wardman Park hotel where it was to have been hosted.
However, some of its big-name entertainers will find a home at another struggling inaugural fete — [...]

Once I find a door that actually opens at Safari DC, I walk in and ask for owner, William Mukabane. The older man who greets me says the owner's here but is not feeling too well. So he directs me to Mukabane's wife, Alice, a gracious woman who, despite a crowded bar and dining room, tries to [...]

Since Amy Argetsinger works as one-half of the Washington Post's "Reliable Source" team, people tend to think she's been to every party in town. Impossible.
Take last night, for example. Argetsinger hit a "Hollywood-tinged" event over in Georgetown. That was fine, but then it was time to head over to the Illinois gala at the [...]

Looks like I'm going to an inaugural ball tonight.
A friend offered me tickets on Saturday.
I told him I don't own a tux — ostensibly, it's a black tie affair — and it was too late to rent one.
But my friend said that, given the state of the economy, tuxes aren't the only acceptable garb this [...]

T-shirts are as common a sight as cops. Hats, too.
But two women from Brooklyn are claiming a corner on the Obama commemorative water supply. "I haven’t seen anyone with water like this,” says 23-year-old Julie Harris, one of the Brooklynites. “It’s not really for public use. You supposed to keep it, not drink it. But [...]