You just can't beat the fourth of July in the capital. The patriotic feeling you get when you walk around downtown and see the Eisenhower Executive Office Building decorated with American flags, inside and out, reading about what's going on in the city during that weekend as tourists flock to DC, and being around powerful politicians is something that is indescribable, but I ca...
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Author: Leyth Swidan
Out & About
Once I was back in DC and at work, I was placed in the email department within mail analysis. I was responsible for analyzing and coding emails that came in through the Whitehouse.gov site so that they could receive policy letters. Aside from doing that, I also had a two-hour comment line shift where I answered the phone and took down constants' comments, which I always looked ...
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Operation Orientation
The first day of the internship was like the first day of high school for me. I dressed my best hoping to impress people, ate a bowl of cereal, and headed to work.As usual, I was late, so I for sure thought that I wasn't going to impress anyone, but once I got to the building, there were other interns in line waiting to get badges, so I joined the line. Looking back at it, the ...
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A Tourist in the Capital
On May 26th, my family and I drove down to DC, and there signed the lease, which was my first lease-signing ever, went grocery shopping, unpacked and got settled in. I was renting a room in a house there, and had five other housemates, but we all had our own rooms, which was nice. Only thing that’s a pain is being responsible for cutting the grass, especially when I’ve never mo...
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First-Time Renter in DC
I somehow managed to fall across the listing for the Office of Presidential Correspondence’s Associate Program, which I thought would be a great experience for me. I worked for the Obama campaign last summer as an incoming first-year, and thought that experience that I gained as a summer fellow, along with my interest in public service, would make me the best candidate for this...
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Back to the Beginning (and the East Coast)
So here I am, back on the east coast. I know I haven’t been blogging lately about my summer experience; it’s just that I’ve been ridiculously busy with my internship and life in general. I started my internship with the Office of Presidential Correspondence in late May, so I’m about halfway done with it now. But before I go into the details of that, I need to go way back before...
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