Obama: These boots were made for walkin
These are my grandfather's boots, and they got me all the way from our office at 10th and Congress to the Obama rally. In the rain. Uphill both ways.
Why, you ask, did I have to hoof it the 3 miles to the rally? Because EVERYONE ELSE JUMPED ON THE SHUTTLE BEFORE I DID. And those who left standing on the curb apparently snapped up all the cabs. And I don't know where the busses went - which is odd, because there's about 25 of them blocking traffic on Congress Avenue every morning. It's a mystery where they'd all disappeared to by 2 p.m.
All right. Now, a look on the internet tells me that It's reportedly a 1.27-mile walk from the DMN's Capitol bureau, aaaaall the way down Congress, across the Town Lake bridge (and over the bats) to our Obama Bureau at Auditorium Shores.
1.27 MILES?? Puh-leeze. I'd like to have a chat with those hacks over at Mapquest.
My bureau chief, Christy Hoppe, helpfully suggests that if I really want to garner sympathy for my journey over the river and through the crowds, "you should take a picture of your hair."
Yeah, thanks!
Comments
What I want to know is, how do you fit into your grandfather's boots? (You know what they say about women with big feet...) But I'll lay off of you on the hair. You should see mine.
Posted by: Emily | February 23, 2007 5:13 PM
We have the same size shoes, but unfortunately I can't say the same about his blue jeans. He was a string bean. Kinda looked like Hank Williams.
Posted by: Brooks | February 23, 2007 5:23 PM
What are you talking about, Brooks? I loved your wavy hair! You were rocking, er, baracking it!
Posted by: hu | February 23, 2007 11:41 PM
Karen, as a homegrown Texan, I'll confess that if you wear those boots around me, I'd be happy to help you take them off!
Posted by: Chester | February 25, 2007 2:30 PM
Hey Kiddo!! Glad to see Grandpa's boots are treatin' you right. He'd like that you are really wearing them. For the record: he had quite small feet rather than you having big ones. LOL Ummm...but I gotta ask: what DO they say about women having big feet????
Love, MOM
Posted by: Karen's Mom | March 4, 2007 4:14 PM