Well, I lied. This blog post will NOT contain the Top 10 Greatest Intern Moments. If that's all you really wanted to see, by all means go back to reading Texts from Last Night, checking Kim Kardashian's twitter, or whatever else you would be doing on the internet (even though those are basically the two best things). For the rest of you, by all means keep reading!
Last night was a pretty epic night! A few of the interns and I decided to crash another intern's party (with permission of course!) that his school friends would be at. And I'm proud to say that, at a party of about 15-20 people, I was the only non-Californian present. Needless to say my nickname that night was "Georgia," and apparently "yall" is the most interesting word in the world!
After we left the party, we decided to walk over to the White House (you know, because the White House is a ten minute walk from the George Washington University Campus! N.B.D.) It was so cool to be there a) at night and b) when there was no one else there but security and a few Asian tourists. Like, we could actually stand outside the wrought iron gates undisturbed by the elbowing of camera-happy tourists. Awesome.
So after we got our fill of the Obama residence, we took the next logical step: let's walk to the Washington monument! You can basically see it from anywhere. Little did I know that "walking to the Washington monument" would translate into actually walking up to the Washington monument. Like touching it. (Pictures to come soon...) While we were in the area, we decided to just swing by the Lincoln Memorial. Again, no big deal. I've been to the Lincoln Memorial before on class trips and family vacations, but it's always been super crowded and I've always felt rushed. But being there at night with almost no one there was such a cool experience. The statue just seemed so much bigger when you're able to just stand in front of it uninterrupted for as long as you want! Even better - standing in front of the Gettysburg Address, which is inscribed on one of the walls, and just being able to let the words sink in. Knowing that those words are the reason that our president is able to be our president...wow. We all just sat on the stairs for about 15 minutes thinking about how AMAZING our country is and how lucky we are to have a city that is completely devoted to the American people and our history! How cool is that?!
Well, that was my nerd moment for the day. Today in a nutshell: woke up late, went to lunch at this AMAZING place called Good Stuff Eatery (which is owned by one of the guys from "Top Chef"!), walked around the Capitol and the Mall, and went to the American Indian Museum...not my favorite, but the Indian legends were awesome!
I guess that's all for tonight! Lata!
PS, I found out today that in the basement of the DNC is one of the original filing cabinets from when Democratic Headquarters were at the Watergate Hotel (you've heard of it?). LEGIT.
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