During my visit to our nation's capital last weekend, my friend Evan decided to give me an impromptu tour of some Washington landmarks, and we first set out for the Watergate.
It is, I must say first of all, one of the ugliest buildings I've ever seen. I'm no architecture buff, and I could certainly see that it might have been the height of fashions in the early '70s. But today? Eek.
Anyway, Evan wanted to know if there was any museum/commemoration of the break-in or any of the resulting events, but when we knocked on the door no one answered. We thought about breaking in (har!) but eventually a security guard came to the door. Evan asked him the museum question and... the guy who works at the Watergate seemed to have no idea that there had been any break-in or anything there at all. Seriously.
Posted by Stephen Silver at January 23, 2008 12:22 AM