Arista and lila997 here! Just returned from the March for Women's Lives where we marched, marched, marched with Tam, zoom, and a lovely contingent of zoom's Philly friends.

Also joining us were the Indigo Girls, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, Julianne Moore, Ashley Judd, Gloria Steinheim, Ted Turner (who invited him?), Camryn Manheim, Carole King, Madeline Albright, Lynda "Wonder Woman" Carter, and a bunch of other famous people that we saw from a really long distance away.

A good time was had by all. Photos to follow.

Viva la Vulva!

if anyone wants their picture removed, lemme know
http://www.geocities.com/tamkat70/dcmarch

viva!

Beautiful pics, Tam! Good for all of you for exercising your First Amendment rights!

D.C.'s NBC affiliate said the parks service estimated 800,000 people turned out for the march. Parks service's estimate prior to the march on the number that would potentially turn out -- 700.

Great pictures, Tam!

thanks!
it was a good time

Great shots - looks like a good time was had by all.

Love the slogans.

Neat

wow, look at lila's t-shirt *envious*
Great pictures, I can tell it's been a big and mean event; I like the slogans, too.

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Originally posted by Arista:
D.C.'s NBC affiliate said the parks service estimated 800,000 people turned out for the march. Parks service's estimate prior to the march on the number that would potentially turn out -- 700.

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Yes, the reports of the numbers that I have heard vary between 800,000 to upwards of 1.15 million. In any case, it was a LOT!

Great pics, Tam! It was great to see everyone!

(thanks prof X, I figured I'd wear the shirt to go with the 'Girl Power"/ "scrollers rule" theme! )

edited to add that my pics are not uploaded yet but I will post them when I can.

Arista is tall.

File that in the box marked "no shit".

from the washington post

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Originally posted by Argeaux:
_Arista_ is tall.

File that in the box marked "no shit".

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nah i'm just really short

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Originally posted by Argeaux:
Arista is tall.

File that in the box marked "no shit".

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That's actually a trick of the light. In reality I'm only 4 foot 9 inches.

Damn, I got this crazy crackling voice mail this weekend. Could it be.....? Was it really...?

4 crazy scrollers marching for us all! Wonderful thing ladies!!! I'm very proud to say I knew people there, and not just people, but friends.

And that has got to be K's baby! Too damn cute!

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Originally posted by shawn:
Damn, I got this crazy crackling voice mail this weekend. Could it be.....? Was it really...?

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That was us. We figured with the time difference and all that you were probably at church.

Thank you Arista, Dr Pepper just came through my nose.

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Originally posted by shawn:
Thank you Arista, Dr Pepper just came through my nose.

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zoom had a similar reaction (sans the Dr. Pepper) when I shared the realization with her.

photos from the planned parenthood site
http://ppfa.typepad.com/photos/march4/

what a blast that was! and how amazingly easy was it to hook up in a crowd like that? must have been our Super Scroller Senses, drawing us together. either that or the wonder that is the cell phone....
lila997: we're by the white tents.
zoom: i'm by the white tents."
l: the white tent with the pink signs.
z: i'm by the white tent with the pink signs.
l: the tent with the pink signs next to the tent with the foreign language signs.
z: i'm looking at that tent too...

needless to say, we figured it out eventutally. Arista was the consommate D.C. tour guide, proudly pointing out all the more obscure landmarks like the White House and the Washington Monument and all the buildings that had what the are writen boldly on the outside. don't, however ask her any questions...she won't know.

the March was really something. such an amazing energy considering the size and diversity of the crowd. we even saw some Cheerleaders for Choice. lila997 joined them briefly to top their human pyramid. heh--not really...

Kat's baby, Bella, really took a shine to Tam--maybe cuz she was the closest one to her size . Bella was quite the trooper, considering she had a knee's eye view for alot of the March.

it was a powerful experience--only thing was missing was our Xenites/Scrollers for Choice banner...

heh--forgot y'all saw the seal. amazingly enough we didn't see nuns, though...

GREAT PIX Tam! especially the one of Bella in full March gear. her auntie z made sure she was postered up for the occasion. you should hear her in her little demon baby voice chanting "Bad Bush!"

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Originally posted by yella dawg Dem:
[...]Arista was the consommate D.C. tour guide, proudly pointing out all the more obscure landmarks like the White House and the Washington Monument and all the buildings that had what the are writen boldly on the outside. don't, however ask her any questions...she won't know. [...]

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I don't get paid to answer questions.

Next time you come to visit, I'll have memorized Frommer's guide to D.C. -- honest.

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Originally posted by yella dawg Dem:
Kat's baby, Bella, really took a shine to _Tam_--maybe cuz she was the closest one to her size

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yep we're on the same level