Preparations for the upcoming Swearing-In Ceremony are underway. Some spectators will be seated close in, others will stand far away. Nevertheless everyone braving the cold will be close to the blue walls.
I saw the first truckload of port-a-johns this morning, while driving along Independence Avenue near the Washington Monument. Then I noticed them everywhere. Rows and rows of port-a-johns. So during my lunch hour, I walked a few blocks into the shadow of the most notable dome in this city and marveled at how the terrain was re-framed by those other domes...capping the blue synthetic outhouses.(Click here, if you wish to preview the privies at your own pace.)
By the time I headed home, the sun was setting and I still glimpsed a few trucks delivering their cargo. These lavatories stacked intermittently from the Capitol to the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. Rows of blue headgear, lacking both context and content...at least for a few more days.
3 comments:
don't forget you can also 'go' in the potomac!!
The Coast Guard is patrolling this weekend and that may not work out so well.... ;)
We have tickets for the inauguration and will be on the grounds of the Capitol Tuesday morning. At least that is the plan (weather permitting).
Maybe I will see more of the blue huts than I will care to remember.
that is awesome!! take lots of pictures!!! i'll be looking for some good ones on your blog (no pressure)!!
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