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Gallery: My train trip to Obama's presidential inauguration!

January 21, 2009
My train trip to Obama's presidential inauguration! Read The Original Post

Dan Rather was very friendly! He had taken a grandson to the day's festivities.

This is the first class car on Amtrak's Acela, which we took from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to Washington DC.

I must say that the ride on the Amtrak Acela is very pleasant - the service is good, and it takes about as long as flying to Washington, when one counts time to a from airports, etc.

The galley in first class provides some food and drinks of all kinds.

The snacks are mainly nuts, but they are fresh and tasty.

A view out the windows - we left on the 4 PM train - it was snowy and quite dingy looking.

The train makes about six stops - Newark, NJ is the first. The Acela never goes as fast as the TGV from Paris to Lyons - the TGV (train Ã grande vitesse, French for "high-speed train") is France's high-speed rail service - but every now and then the Acela does pick up some speed.

Here I am with another Obama fan, also on her way to Washington. I was asked a lot to pose for photographs and everyone was very, very friendly.

Here's my ticket stub.

Arriving in Washington, one can arrange to be met by a redcap with an electric cart like this one - it does help to save on wear and tear! I saw that Robert De Niro was also on the train with his wife and four sons - all heading to the festivities and inauguration, however, I did not have the nerve to ask for a photo!

Could this be the first inkling that there were going to be massive crowds? Long lines of portable potties were everywhere.

The traffic on Monday night was absolutely horrible - bumper-to-bumper and lots and lots of dead-ends, where the streets had been cordoned off for security reasons.

Everywhere were crowds, and cars, and lights, and sirens!

A very happy group of Chicagoans - they recognized me in my car and waved and yelled - they were ready to party!

The facade of the Washingtonian club

Here I am at the Phillips Collection with our hostess for the evening, the famous American chef and writer, Alice Waters (center), and Suzy Tompkins Buell, founder of Esprit and a really staunch supporter of the Democratic party

Jane Heller - my banker from Bank of America, Eric Schmidt - Chairman and CEO of Google, and Kathy Sloane - a top real-estate broker, who spends her time between New York City and Washington DC and who knows a lot about the political scene.

Alice Waters' tables are always long, simple, generous, and inviting. There were a couple hundred guests at this dinner, which benefited several food related institutions in Washington.

This is the menu and two of Alice's pamphlets relating to her foundation supporting The Edible Schoolyard.

Suzy Buell, Eric Schmidt, and me in our beautiful gallery dining room.

Here's the rest of our table including Suzy's husband, and Calvin Trillin, the famous food writer.

The handsome Mr. Buell and the very serious Mr. Trillin.

another dining room in the gallery that evening

This is the check-in at the Hufffington Post party.

A giant crowd was expected, and guess what? By 10 PM, most of the giant crowd had arrived! It was the place to see and to be seen, that night.

Space Adventures CEO Eric Anderson, me, and the latest civilian astronaut, Richard Garriott- he said he had the best time orbiting the earth and he looked none the worse for wear

The talented Forrest Whitaker and his beautiful wife, Keisha.

Here I am with Forrest - he came on my show last year and was one of my favorite guests.

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