The DC Traveler

If you have a hundred grand (or four) to spend on a hotel package to attend President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington, DC, here’s a few of the “Fat Cat” Presidential suite packages and some of the highlights of what’s included.
One might make the perfect last minute stocking suffer.

The most expensive inauguration package I found was the Omni Shoreham Hotel’s staggering $440,000 Commander-in-Chief package. Located near the near the National Zoo, it includes a $44,000 jewelry shopping extravaganza, and a private in-room dinner with a performance by well-known political satirist, Mark Russell.  Get to and from Washington, DC on …read more

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The Willard Hotel has been probably the most famous unofficial center of power in U.S. history.  
President Ulysses S. Grant, a frequent visitor to the Willard Hotel, allegedly coined the term “lobbyist”, when describing running a gauntlet of political wheelers and dealers he preferred to avoid hanging out in the lobby of The Willard Hotel.  All he wanted to do was to enjoy a brandy and cigar in peace.  
In reality, the term”lobbyist” had already been around for over 40 years before Grant used it, yet he usually gets credit for it.
Another story goes that the phrase “What this country needs is a …read more

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