It's Sunday in Washington DC and there are throngs of people walking down the street. I'm very close to the Lincoln memorial and today there is a concert with artists Beyonce, James Taylor,U2, John Legend and others, so it's tempting to make my way down there but I'm called to a rehearsal at 4:15 and I'm a bit worried about getting there on time. You see, 500,000 people are expected to attend the concert, so when I say throngs, I do in fact mean waves and waves of people going down 24th street, which I can see just over my balcony view in Foggy Bottom. Rehearsal for me is just a 30 minute walk but I have to cross in front of the White House grounds, which is bound to be crowded as well. It's a very exciting week in frigid DC!

Here's a pic of Obama in front of Lincoln.