Blog: JumpTheTurnstyle

Usually, when I report from unfamiliar cities, I pay close attention to characteristics that make particular locales special. For example, in Alabama, most men molest their siblings. In Los Angeles, when people move, they take their refrigerators with them. But while my amateur socio-anthropological musings can open eyes to fellow foreigners, they can also ring generic, obvious, and lazy to those already in the know. For that reason I planned to avoid making such observations while covering the Inauguration in Washington, but then I realized that this city – as it looks, feels, and moves right now, at [...]