I’ll pass on the rhum! The boeuf bourginon with Shiraz and salad for lunch has done me in. And I must still dress for the Ball! Btter move it, eh? :lol:
There are times that i really wish i had the skill of some of our live tweeters…to be able to capture the last words of REV Al….they were truly powerful…
while there are folks like Michael Steele and Colin Powell who talk about how radical the GOP has become….. that there is a need for self reflection and change…look at the agenda State Houses controlled by GOP….anti worker…anti women….Voter Supression..
it is like a bait and switch game….they bait us with this supposedly talk of change on one hand while bashing us with the other hand…
They are not going quietly in the night….
the time for organinzing and being involved is now..i eagerly put on my boots….
I certainly don’t believe that Micheal Steele. I believe if he were on FAKE NEWS he’d be sucking up to his buddy Hannity whereas General Colin Powell wouldn’t
Chips, these are of such beauty to behold. I want to say to you our dear Chips, “Thank you, Thank you.” I told you when I first came to this beautiful haven that you are brilliant, loving, firm in your creative spirit, and so very special in your spirit. I still believe that within my heart. I love you, ‘my special angel.'()HZ
Just got through making the lasagna to stick into the oven….My timing was impeccable, if I don’t mind saying so myself:) What time do the balls start? Today seemed so surreal…like a dream. What a perfect day. Thank you, Chips for all your hard work and many threads for this perfect day…YOU helped make it perfect for me, so thank you:)
It seems to be quite stable. I don’t have any access to cable/tv so all I watch are various live streams, online. Hope you’re able to connect one way or another, df.
Wasn’t it just?! I believe this is the first MKL Jr Day I haven’t had to work in like 10+ years. Tho in ’09, after a short shift, spent 7 hours in the ER. Never want to do that again…. But at least I got to watch the entire day of inauguration then, but today was more magical in some ways… I will be pondering it for a while! I’m late, I’m late…..
Hellloooooo! There have been so many posts today, you couldn’t possibly keep up! But, when you have a chance, I’ve created an Inauguration 2013 category, so click when you have time and you’ll see them all:
Just a tad of important news (and likely one reason our President was texting during the parade ;) ):
French troops stop al-Qaeda group in its tracks in Mali
Al-Qaeda’s long march across Mali and much of the Sahara was finally halted on Monday when French forces wrested back a key town after inflicting a series of pinpoint airstrikes.
Katy Perry is apparently seeing John Mayer. Inside Edition just showed them on the inaug platform with Katy taking a picture of him holding up a miniature of Aretha’s hat on a stick.
Inside Edition says Malia’s coat is from J Crew, but she put her own personal touch on it by changing the buttons.
Sasha’s coat and striped dress are by Kate Spade.
Hello df - just listened to Beyonce - with the cameras showing the President and the service people saluting - as my daughter would say - just awesome - 4 years later it is still amazing to know that this wonderful man is President of the USA
CHIPS: if you get a chance, and I will look for it online as well, but ACCESS Hollywood & ET interviews with FLOTUS & Dr. BIDEN are really cute. They really work well together.
In years to come, my youngest nephew PJ will ask me, “Uncle LL, what did you do the day President Obama was inaugurated for the second time and Twitter crashed?” And I’ll reply, “I spent it with some of the finest people on the planet.” Cheers!
yeah, I’d seen on my TL that people were slagging him, so I googled and there he was, threatening to leave CA because we raised taxes on his ilk. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass, “Lefty”. You’ll never come close to Tiger.
This it’s I’m officially certifiable as an Inauguration Wacko. I’ve gone over the deep end…
I’m sitting here with:
- CNN on my TV,
- CBS stream to the Commander In Chief Ball in one window on my laptop
- CNN stream to the Inaugural Ball on another window on my laptop
- and I’m and posting here on TOD
Yes, Cray-cray! Right over here! Go ahead bring the straight jack. Just make sure there’s cable and wifi in my padded cell! I’m coocoo for PBO!!
A day of wonder and absolute delight. It just can’t get any better and will never be repeated again in my lifetime. I mean there will never b another first Black President with a wife as delightful as Michelle and aspirations and vision for the future that are so transformative. I am grateful to have seen it.
I’m watching this show about President Obama; kind of a retrospective of his time in the Illinois Senate up through his first campaign. Good so far!. I had not heard this before:
I love this one. For all those who ran for president or voted for their candidate based on a ‘sign’, consider this. The first black president reelected - and so confirmed that his election was not a fluke, inaugurated on Martin Luther King, Jr. day, on the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the I Have a Dream speech.
Michelle looks gorgeous in her red gown and the halter top goes perfectly with the new hair. And, of course, the first dance is “Let’s Stay Together.” Jenifer Hudson is beautiful; sounds good, too. Two of the sweetest young male/female military come on to change partners.
White House.gov
Parade was awesome
Congrats sp!! Great day for it!!
Thanks for the wonderful coverage, Chips.
This was some awesome day. Thank you Chips for all the pictures.
http://www.democraticstuff.com/OurJourneyPoster-PO58351
Chipsticks - I don’t know what I would do without you!
Me either. :-)
Me three
WOW Chips - these are some gorgeous photos! What would I do without TOD? Thank you so much. :)
Thanks for the great coverage. Now on to the balls!
Brilliant, brilliant beginning…. Thank you everyone, and especially our Chipsticks! Cup of tea, anyone? :)
How about a tot of rhum instead, eh!
I’ll pass on the rhum! The boeuf bourginon with Shiraz and salad for lunch has done me in. And I must still dress for the Ball! Btter move it, eh? :lol:
Shake a leg!
Gettin jiggy with it! :lol:
Oh puhleeze. We don’t have to leave the room, do we? :-D
I want their flat stomachs.
Gee ChipsChica, gotta laugh at ‘part 12′ You have been a serious energizer bunny today. Have a scotch on me. I insist.
:lol: LunarSea, I reckon it’ll be Part 976 by the time we’re done tonight!
There are times that i really wish i had the skill of some of our live tweeters…to be able to capture the last words of REV Al….they were truly powerful…
Ok, so I have watched that video four times now….did you go notice Michelle jump after she finally got the picture. She is so cute.
Pete Souza must have gotten some amazing pictures of this occasion.
Best. Day. Ever! THANKS Ms Chips, fabulous coverage!
Truly!
Goosh these pics are so vivid
Last picture — AWESOME SAUCE!!! Yeeeaaaahhhh!!
I LOVED that last picture too! :D
Chips what were they watching when when that one came up? Looooove it!!
Congrats sweet peg. I must be so far behind…
FWI…Access hollywood will be discussing the First Family Fashion after the break.
Her fashion was just fine with me, and so was the girls.
No, they didnt say anything bad. Just same info about the designers, makers etc.
ET is doing the same thing as well.
while there are folks like Michael Steele and Colin Powell who talk about how radical the GOP has become….. that there is a need for self reflection and change…look at the agenda State Houses controlled by GOP….anti worker…anti women….Voter Supression..
it is like a bait and switch game….they bait us with this supposedly talk of change on one hand while bashing us with the other hand…
They are not going quietly in the night….
the time for organinzing and being involved is now..i eagerly put on my boots….
still…Firedddddd UP and REady to GOOO!!
Organizing For Action!!!!!
I certainly don’t believe that Micheal Steele. I believe if he were on FAKE NEWS he’d be sucking up to his buddy Hannity whereas General Colin Powell wouldn’t
Chips, these are of such beauty to behold. I want to say to you our dear Chips, “Thank you, Thank you.” I told you when I first came to this beautiful haven that you are brilliant, loving, firm in your creative spirit, and so very special in your spirit. I still believe that within my heart. I love you, ‘my special angel.'()HZ
Thank you Chips for all you do to bring these photos to us. What are you wearing to the ball?
Chips thank you so much for the wall to wall coverage. I love you to pieces. #FORWARD
Chips, you are doing such a spectacular job!!!! Thank you.
Apparently, Twitter is still hosed ….
#FORWARD
WTG PBO! He has done it again! So very proud! :)
Twitter is TOAST!!
Just got through making the lasagna to stick into the oven….My timing was impeccable, if I don’t mind saying so myself:) What time do the balls start? Today seemed so surreal…like a dream. What a perfect day. Thank you, Chips for all your hard work and many threads for this perfect day…YOU helped make it perfect for me, so thank you:)
CNN Live is streaming the C&C Ball now, df ….
http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=4
THANK YOU, Bob! I can never get that stream on my computer. Have no idea why…is on it regular CNN?? I can check!
It seems to be quite stable. I don’t have any access to cable/tv so all I watch are various live streams, online. Hope you’re able to connect one way or another, df.
POTUS & FLOTUS aren’t scheduled for a visit until 8:45PM. But who knows?
Wasn’t it just?! I believe this is the first MKL Jr Day I haven’t had to work in like 10+ years. Tho in ’09, after a short shift, spent 7 hours in the ER. Never want to do that again…. But at least I got to watch the entire day of inauguration then, but today was more magical in some ways… I will be pondering it for a while! I’m late, I’m late…..
I haven’t been able to get on twitter for a long time.
These pictures are great. Thanks Chips.
And they did this on a holiday too.
Miche and Jill interviewed on CBS!,, right now!
Dang missed it!
That delightful kiss video - even caught the lovely SS man smiling - that is a rarity
Watching the VP oath on CSpan - and now James Taylor
Thank you CHIPS for these lovely pictures. I deeply appreciate your hard work.
Thank you so much Hope, what a glorious day!
A very glorious day indeed. A gift to mankind.
Me too.
Commander in Chief Ball live stream open by CBS
http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Brad Paisley performing now
Hellloooooo! There have been so many posts today, you couldn’t possibly keep up! But, when you have a chance, I’ve created an Inauguration 2013 category, so click when you have time and you’ll see them all:
http://theobamadiary.com/category/inauguration-2013/
I bow to you, my Chipsticks! Please tell us you are taking ALL of tomorrow OFF!?
Absolutely not!!!! It’ll be newspaper front pages time!!:-)
lol.
A delight - thank you so much - I am just listening to the President’s speech on C-Span - and the crowd! - they love him so - enthusiasm +++
Thank Chips , you are simply awesome, generous, warm, friendly and a tough act to follow!!!!!!!
Ah now, stop you :-) Thank you OMF!
X2!
Thank you Chips. You are simply the BEST of the best.
Thanks for makin’ it easy for us, Ms. Chips.
Just a tad of important news (and likely one reason our President was texting during the parade ;) ):
French troops stop al-Qaeda group in its tracks in Mali
Al-Qaeda’s long march across Mali and much of the Sahara was finally halted on Monday when French forces wrested back a key town after inflicting a series of pinpoint airstrikes.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9816356/French-troops-stop-al-Qaeda-group-in-its-tracks-in-Mali.html#sections
Bob, did you see the outright thievery going on in VA?
Katy Perry is apparently seeing John Mayer. Inside Edition just showed them on the inaug platform with Katy taking a picture of him holding up a miniature of Aretha’s hat on a stick.
Mmmmm…I am guessing Mark Anthony will serenade our wonderful First Couple tonight :-). Your thoughts? :-)
For SURE.
Sweet! Didn’t know this! :-)
Hmmmm…….. I was hoping for a Beyonce repeat. :(
Inside Edition says Malia’s coat is from J Crew, but she put her own personal touch on it by changing the buttons.
Sasha’s coat and striped dress are by Kate Spade.
What a wonderful day so far. My heart has beam with pride all day long.
Brad Paisley seems like such a sweetheart. And it’s nice to see his wife back on TV.
I click you link to the inaugural post list above and got a 404 error :oops:
CNN is airing the Commander-In-Chief’s Ball.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=4
thanks, UT. I got it now:)
Thanks ut. You can also watch it live here.
http://www.2013pic.org/live
Twitter is so messed up tonight.
I had to step off. It’s totally screwed up! It’s driving me crazy.
A miserable show by the Twitter powers-that-be today, you’d imagine they’d have learnt to deal with monster-busy days by now :roll:
So do you think today had more traffic than the various points during the election? Must have.
Actually, I think the whole internet is broken right now. Sigh.
Yes. Obama always has that effect on Twitter.
10 min into the parade and the thing did a total meltdown!!!
You can just imagine how many thousands of people were tweeting images from their mobile devices :D :D :D probably just crushed Twitter’s servers.
More great photos from today
http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-130121-obama-inauguration-parade-2013-pictures/
Thanks dotster! These are really awesome pics.
WOW - I just listened to the speech (bit late in my world). I pray that there are enough sane in the congress to put these plans into reality.
welcome, 99 :) Was quite the amazing day!!!
Hello df - just listened to Beyonce - with the cameras showing the President and the service people saluting - as my daughter would say - just awesome - 4 years later it is still amazing to know that this wonderful man is President of the USA
CHIPS! It’s like “The 12 Days of Christmas” Thank you for an absolute SPECTACULAR job!!!!! :D
Yes. Chips. Each new diary is like a present. Thank you!
:lol: Happy Christmas Alice, what a splendiferous day!!!!
Happy Christmas Indeed! We got what we wanted!! :-)
Twitter done dead. Oh well, I have you guys, and a good glass of tempranillo.
So, drum roll please! Tonight’s menu:
Roasted pork chops with glazed apples
Steamed rainbow potatoes
Steamed carrots with honey
Mmmmmmm.
I just opened a magnificent Victorino Toro.
What a wonderful day.
And my day was pretty damn perfect til this …. reaching for sausage sandwich.
I’m home! My inbox is FULL of Obama Diary notifications! I’ll never catch up!!! whhooooo hoooo! Off to try!!! :)
what happened to twitter, anyone know?
CHIPS: if you get a chance, and I will look for it online as well, but ACCESS Hollywood & ET interviews with FLOTUS & Dr. BIDEN are really cute. They really work well together.
CNN is airing the Inaugural Ball. Alicia Keys is performing.
LOL Your post wasn’t up when I posting the same thing
Alicia Keyes on CNN right now!
man, look at all the stripes on those chief NCO’s!
CNN has the inauguration ball on. Alicia Keys is performing
CNN Live just started streaming the Presidential Ball as well as the C&C ….
http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=4
Soldiers giving speeches at Commander in Chief ball
In years to come, my youngest nephew PJ will ask me, “Uncle LL, what did you do the day President Obama was inaugurated for the second time and Twitter crashed?” And I’ll reply, “I spent it with some of the finest people on the planet.” Cheers!
clink
Cheers, LL!!!!
right back at yez
And you also made a meal we are still salivating over!
Awwwwwwww!!
Obama’s On Fire!! Alicia Keys changed the words and is dedicating it to PBO!!
Loving it! :-)
Yep. Very cool of her!!!!
She was great!
Obama’s on Fiiiyyyyaaaa -Alicia Keys
Ask FLOTUS, I think she would agree.
The same could be said for twitter too. :-D
The music:
Brooklyn Tabernacle ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’
The music:
James Taylor sings ‘America The Beautiful’
The music:
Beyonce’ sings The Star Spangled Banner
The music:
Kelly Clarkson Sings ‘My Country, ‘Tis of Thee’
Kelly Clarkson did a great job today.
C-SPAN has coverage of VP Biden at another Inaugural Ball.
http://www.c-span.org/Events/Inaugural-Ball-Coverage/10737437440-2/
Okay I think I love Alicia Keys as much as I love Katy Perry.
Is that even possible?
Adore Alicia, but Katy is just HAWT.
Calm down, you.
that’s the great thing about me and wifey: we’re allowed to admire beauty. Her future husband is Shemar Moore.
So I see Lefty Phil Mickelson is whining about taxes. I hear Putin is giving out passports.
Really LL?? By all acccounts, an unpleasant chap. Remember his colleagues (who are no better) dubbed him FIGJAM - “F**k I’m great, just ask me.”
yeah, I’d seen on my TL that people were slagging him, so I googled and there he was, threatening to leave CA because we raised taxes on his ilk. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass, “Lefty”. You’ll never come close to Tiger.
I agree with this…http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2013/01/pity-poor-phil-mickelson.html#more What a jerk
Thanks, Phil just lost a long time fan.
Did anyone see Alicia Keys singing on CNN afew minutes ago.? Wow.
Okay after a day of no pundits on CSPAN I really can’t take CNN and their mindless chatter. Any chatter free resources for the ball people?
Okay doesn’t look like there are any such sources on TV so I’m watching the darkened view via SCPAN online live feed.
Stevie Wonder being interviewed by Piers Morgan at the Ball
What time are The Obamas due at the balls?
8:45 p.m.
thanks
8:45PM
cool thanks
I believe they start with the Commander in Chief ball at that time.
Ok, taking me literally 10 minutes to post a tweet. Lame. Can we move to quantum computing now?
I gave up on Twitter. It’s painful.
Tweetdeck is moving, it seems.
Another live streaming link:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=4
This it’s I’m officially certifiable as an Inauguration Wacko. I’ve gone over the deep end…
I’m sitting here with:
- CNN on my TV,
- CBS stream to the Commander In Chief Ball in one window on my laptop
- CNN stream to the Inaugural Ball on another window on my laptop
- and I’m and posting here on TOD
Yes, Cray-cray! Right over here! Go ahead bring the straight jack. Just make sure there’s cable and wifi in my padded cell! I’m coocoo for PBO!!
Cuckoo! Whatever! :-D
And you think the rest of us aren’t doing the same. ;) I have the tv on, my laptop on another and my kindle on yet another. Sick I tell ya!
Hey, I charged up my Google Nexus last night. Thanks I could have another device running!!! :-)
Oh yeh and the iPhone! :-)
I think I have an iPod Touch somewhere in a drawer! Woot!
I”m a lurker, but stop copying my style -:)
Will I. Am is speaking with Pierce Morgan on CNN after an informative interview with Stevie Wonder.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what a day!!!!!!!!!…
MsChipssssssssss…..Spectacular JOB…Awsomeeeee….Awsomeeeeee…. standing Ovation
You lovely person, thank you SOOOOoooOOOOOoooOOO much Prettyfoot!
New post!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/01/21/inauguration-day-part-13/
Is the ball in the White House?
It is in the Washington Convention Center.
A day of wonder and absolute delight. It just can’t get any better and will never be repeated again in my lifetime. I mean there will never b another first Black President with a wife as delightful as Michelle and aspirations and vision for the future that are so transformative. I am grateful to have seen it.
Command In Chief Ball DJ is rockin’ it old school R&B
Rene & Angela ~ I love you more [Nice!]
I’m watching this show about President Obama; kind of a retrospective of his time in the Illinois Senate up through his first campaign. Good so far!. I had not heard this before:
I love this one. For all those who ran for president or voted for their candidate based on a ‘sign’, consider this. The first black president reelected - and so confirmed that his election was not a fluke, inaugurated on Martin Luther King, Jr. day, on the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the I Have a Dream speech.
Okay, I’m watching C-span now and Mr. Biden just finished giving a speech. Have the President and First Lady made an appearance yet?
Michelle looks gorgeous in her red gown and the halter top goes perfectly with the new hair. And, of course, the first dance is “Let’s Stay Together.” Jenifer Hudson is beautiful; sounds good, too. Two of the sweetest young male/female military come on to change partners.
Ok, in and out of ALL the coverage ALL day, between family stuff: WHAT was happening in that last photo of POTUS AND FLOTUS doing RIGHT ON!!?