Election night was a cathartic experience. I actually started crying in my car when I heard that Ohio went for Obama. It started sinking in at that moment that this--Obama being the next POTUS--was really going to happen. When "President-elect Obama" came up on the restaurant TV screen during dinner, the tears came back. The sense of relief and hope I experienced was almost tangible--as though I could feel it moving throughout my body, as though I radiated it.
On a less weepy note, I was lucky to spend the night up in Los Angeles with friends. Abe, Nico, Eric and I had dinner at a new restaurant, Desert Rose, in Los Feliz. The dining experience was a bit odd--amazing service in the beginning, followed by no service at all. Also, Abe was brought the wrong meal, and the correct one wasn't brought out until the rest of us were finished. They didn't even offer him anything to eat for the 20 minutes he sat there watching us chow down. There hummus was amazing though.
Abe, Nico, Eric and me with our lovely Nico-made glass paperweights; and people celebrating along Sunset Blvd.
After the meal, Abe and I went to see Diplo spin at the Echoplex in Echo Park. Along the way we passed cheering people gathered on street corners holding up Obama signs. We honked our horn in support. Our friend Shawn was supposed to join us for Diplo, but she bailed on us, as Diplo wasn't going on until 11:30pm. Even with tickets, we had to wait in line a bit. We didn't mind much, as everyone was so energized by the election results (people in line were even talking about California's different ballot initiatives) and Obama attended the show. Well, it was actually a life-sized Obama cutout, but it still made dancing more fun to look up and see the new POTUS's smiling face.
I had no luck capturing the magic of Obama, Pizza and Diplo on my camera, so Flickr helped me out.
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