Monday, January 19, 2009

Watch this girl

The Herald's Julie Reynolds at the inauguration: Best Obamabilia sighting of the day: Displayed in a store window at the Farragut North subway station — rows of pint-sized plastic bottles of Obama Water. Yep. Plain old water. With HIS face on it. This is getting eeeeerie.

Most adorable sighting: Twelve-year-old Lydia Anglin, of Houston, Texas, filming her own video documentary for classmates and friends back home. "Because they can't all be here," she said. Remember her name — this girl is smart, insightful and in ten years or so should be reporting on the national evening news or Internet radio or whatever kind of info-media we have by then. After interviewing a slew of adults, including yours truly, Lydia answered a few of her own questions about the historic meaning of the week's events. "This is so incredible. I still can't believe I'm here, in Washington," she said. "To me, seeing an African American become president means a lot."

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