After Obama's speech last night, our little party of 10 or so took to Broadway, where nobody had yet gathered, and walked from Republican to Pike, high-fiving people and cheering, provoking cars to honk and just having a ball. By the time we got back to Broadway and John, this was happening: more ›

To the hundreds--if not more--of people dancing, beating drums, cheering, waving signs and blocking traffic for hours on Capitol Hill's Broadway with us tonight: you are noisy and beautiful, you make this city beautiful, and reveling in Obama and Gregoire's wins would not have been nearly as joyous without you in the streets. To whomever brought fireworks: genius (okay, a little dangerous maybe, but genius). And to whomever brought their kids: you've given them a huge gift by letting them see a community at its most profoundly, honestly, loudly, and proudly celebratory. Holy shit! That just happened! UPDATE: KING5's footage of some of the partying. more ›