>> “…I had a conversation with my hypothetical granddaughter, who wanted to know what it was like in D.C. the day that the first African-American president took the oath of office. Well, it wasn’t bad, I told her, you know, I stayed in, had some coffee, sort of took a nap until 11…and that just didn’t cut it.” [ATTACKERMAN]

>> Oh geez, what a nightmare for a parent: about thirty children lost during the Inauguration are waiting to be reunited at two seperate police stations near the Mall. [AP]

>> For your evening travel: Federal Triangle station is back open as of 4 p.m., but Judiciary Square is closed for the evening. For the curious, as of 5 p.m., the day’s ridership count stands at 873,788. [WMATA]

>> The National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum all had to close today after reaching capacity early. [WTOP]

>> Some Metro stations dealt with the humongous lines with levity, just letting some people out without paying. [Get There]

>> City Paper’s Jason Cherkis wasn’t really feeling the post-Inaugural insanity. [City Desk]

>> “I’m pretty sure I saw Matthew Lesko walking down my street as I returned home. I mean, okay, it could have been someone else. But whoever it was, he was wearing a leather jacket emblazoned with question marks, pants with question marks on the back pocket, a question mark hat, and ludicrous shoes (which seem likely to have also involved punctuation symbols of one sort or another).” [Manifest Density]