What would be the perfect momento from the Inauguration? T-shirt? Nah. Button? Nope! Hat? Forget it.
You should definitely make room in the wallet for the Barack Obama Bobblehead. You can find these at any of the street vendors hawking kitschy merchandise for between $20 and $30. I found mine at Union Station near the U.S. Capitol.
As I bopped its head and watched it jiggle, I thought: This must be what Obama’s head is actually going to do on his first full day in the Oval Office come Wednesday. “Mr. President, on the agenda this morning is Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, the economic crisis, Congress isn’t sure about the stimulus package you proposed, your daughters forgot their lunch money and the Alaska governor is on FOX News again. Then we have lunch while discussing Gitmo.”
