Just watched the inaugural speech at a lovely local joint in Little Italy. It was pretty wonderful to finally see Obama take the stage (and the torch) for the 44th presidency. It’s so unbelievably wonderful/amazing/brings a tear to my eye.

It inspires me.

I can’t help but that that we ARE the architects to our future. We design the blueprints, buy the materials and forge the designs that make our lives, constantly adding new pieces and parts and wishing for only the best possible outcome and becoming wonderfully surprised at new developments.

And for everyone who HASN’T seen Obama’s inauguration speech yet, here is Aretha’s fab hat.