On Wednesday, February 2, 2005, the State of the Union Address will take place in the United States Capitol. The Capitol Square will be restricted to authorized pedestrians at 6:00 p.m. Additionally, the United States Capitol Police will be putting the following street closures in effect at 7:30 p.m.

Second Street, between D Street, NE and D Street, SE;
D Street between Second Street, SE and Washington Avenue, SW;
Washington Avenue, SW between D Street, SW, and Independence Avenue, SW;

Independence Avenue, SW between Washington Avenue and Third Street, NW
Third Street, between Independence, SW and Constitution Avenue, NW;

Constitution Avenue, NW between Third Street, NW and Louisiana Avenue, NW;

Louisiana Avenue, between Constitution Avenue, NW and D Street, NW; and

D Street, between Louisiana Avenue, NW and Second Street, NE

Here’s the link on nbc4.com explaining that a man has made some sort of threat, causing the evacuation of the White House.

http://www.nbc4.com/news/4105032/detail.html

Constitution Avenue from 14th Street to 18th Street, NW
15th Street from Pennsylvania Avenue to Constitution Avenue, NW
17th Street from New York Avenue to Constitution Avenue, NW

This is a change from earlier information, which had the closings occurring at 7 PM.

The Inaugural fun is just beginning!

http://www.washington.org/restaurantwk/

Also, this month’s Washingtonian features the 100 best restaurants of the D.C. area. I was sad to see that Bobby Van’s got kicked out of the top 100 (*sniff).

Getting ready for Jan. 20, 2005, various groups are using Web sites, e-mails, fliers and word of mouth to urge thousands of demonstrators to gather in the nation’s capital.

Among planned events are an anti-war rally and three-mile march to the White House, a massive bike ride similar to those that disrupted traffic in New York City before the Republican National Convention, and a “die-in” to remind the nation of more than 1,200 U.S. dead in Iraq.

Through the Web site www.turnyourbackonbush.org, organizers are urging demonstrators to leave political buttons and placards at home, join other parade-goers on the afternoon of the inauguration and then, as Bush’s motorcade passes, show the president their backs.

The DC Anti-War Network is organizing a rally and march to the White House on the morning of the inauguration, getting the word out through the Web site www.counter-inaugural.org/, which says, “Bush isn’t going away, and neither are we.”

Yay democracy!

The Pentagon metro station has just been evacuated due to some undisclosed emergency. No word yet on why (ie., another metro accident or something more serious).

I’ll keep you all posted when I hear more.

sPooKy!!!!

Here is a full listing of the acts:

October 22, 23 at 8:00 pm; October 24, 31 at 2:00 pm:

White on Rice by Mark Scharf
Interior Rift by Adam Lehman
Career Change by Joshua M. Dreeben
The Critics by Rich Amada

October 29, 30 at 8:00 pm; November 5, 6 at 8:00 pm:

White on Rice by Mark Scharf
Free Fall by Mark Scharf
Martha’s Choice by Rich Espey
Never Look Back by Eric Allan
Freedom of Information by Rich Espey

General Admission - $12.50
Students & Seniors - $10.00