Where were you one week ago when you heard the news? I was in a studio waiting for a BBC interview that didn’t happen watching McCain concede, then driving to the Current TV/Digg election night party listening to Obama’s historic victory speech on the radio. Wow what a moment. Then at the party, it was like a happy bomb had gone off by the time I’d gotten there. I still felt like I’d been hit by a 2-by-4 and then I remember dancing with a glass of champagne overhead with Digg.com CEO Jay Adelson (who’s a surprisingly good dancer!).

Then I headed to San Francisco’s Castro district. Driving there was crazy with people standing in the streets jumping up and down, every bar overflowing, cars driving slowly waving giant American flags. On Disvisdero Street, people were out in the streets and in the Castro, there was thousands of people partying and watching a giant LCD tv with streets blocked. The energy was incredible. I can’t remember when I’ve hugged more people. I kept getting texts from friends from my hometown in Washington DC telling me they’d joined a spontaneous party/rally in front of the White House which was incredible — as a lifelong resident of DC, I can tell you, that is not a normal DC response to an election. Amazing…

What about you – where were you that night? Let’s commemorate together. Cuz our kids & grandkids are gonna ask…

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