Today we started with the Newseum – the newly opened museum about the news in America.  We kicked it up a notch from yesterday by seeing a movie in 4-D.  The movie was about the news, but the seats moved and jolted and some water was sprayed at you during some scenes.  A revolutionary war soldier shot a gun directly at the audience and some water sprayed as the bullet came out.  It was really cool…but the movie had some baaad acting.

We then witnessed an exhibit about journalism and 9/11, famous newspaper headlines, the berlin wall, and presidents’ pets.  During our walk some protesters came into the building shouting for Bush and Cheney to be arrested on war crimes.  Also while we were there, Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer were broadcasting from the top of the building since it had a great view of the capital.

After lunch we went to a Presidential store where it was a whole room full of Obama presidency merchandise.  It was kind of expensive, but it was full of really cool stuff and there was an incredible amount of people there.  The girls then wanted to go to H&M, so we stopped there.

To escape the bitter cold we stopped into a Cosi cafe and had some coffee.  Then we returned to the hotel on the Metro where I along with others are convinced that we were standing next to the movie star Ray Liotta – the guy from Goodfellas and Blow.  It is still a source of debate.

Dinner was at Ruby Tuesdays on Wilson St. in Arlington.  The food (steak) was really good and the mashed potatoes were even better.  Our server was really nice to us too, being very accomodating.  I give it a 4 out of 5 stars.

Tomorrow is the free concert on the Mall so it will be a long cold day with a million other people.