OK so we weren't TOTALLY there, but we went down to the football stadium where the 84,000 people were gathered (not to mention those of us who were just outside) and it was awesome! The city was full of energy, and there were just people everywhere! Here are a few pics, though none turned out amazing - it was dark. :) It was just really cool to be part of something like this...

There was a street downtown that had all these flags and lights draped across it, there was also a red carpet for a celebrity party, and again, LOTS of people!


We had to get some T-shirts from the vendors!

If you watched it on TV, you probably saw these fireworks too!

Afterward we went downtown and checked out a few other things going on. This was a station for MSNBC.

They had these all over the downtown 16th street mall area, along with some live music, lots of cops, and tons of PEOPLE .

This was a side view of a stage they had set up on the street where they had some live performances.

Around a federal building they had put down all this plastic...weren't sure why, but thought i'd take a picture anyway! :)