Chicagoist: Dispatch From D.C.: The Obama Home States Ball

jennifer surgal

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:49:13 -0600

Hey, that's me in #7! I'm with the president of Depaul University and Depaul's VP of Gov't and Int'l Affairs. You would have to take a picture of the only woman there not in a ball gown! I felt REALLY under dressed -- but not too bad for only being offered a ticket a few hours earlier. It wasn't an opportunity to pass up. thanks for this!!

Benjy Lipsman

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:10:45 -0600

Nice photo of my wedding band in photo #8. Good thing we hired them last summer... after this gig we probabaly couldn't afford them anymore!

smussy

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:53:51 -0600

oh marcus. how wonderful. how wonderful. what a wonderful thing to be a part of. great snaps. i heard that there was a dance where he was dancing with his hands interlocked behind her back. how super wonderful great smussy. this is a great time to be alive. the president!! he's the president!!

Amy Mikel

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:09:49 -0600

ha at the press box comment! david sedaris may have said it best: The looks they gave me as they passed were the looks I give when the door of a limousine opens. You always expect to see a movie star, or, at the very least, someone better dressed than you, but time and time again it’s just a sloppy nobody. Thus the look, which translates to “Fuck you, Sloppy Nobody, for making me turn my head.”

Marcus Gilmer

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:37:58 -0600

Ha! Thanks! And with this new power comes great responsibility. I will do my best to not let you down.

BlueFairlane

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:04:22 -0600

I never thought the day would come when I would say how much I wish I was Marcus Gilmer. Dood, you are my personal hero.

matty

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:43:57 -0600

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