Opinion by Nicole Hemmer
Updated 8:43 AM ET, Mon April 12, 2021 (CNN)There is a section of my closet I live in New York City, so by section I mean a few hangers bunched together packed with tulle and sequins and leather, increasingly over-the-top items that I bought during the pandemic as I dreamt of life after lockdown. The longer lockdown lasted, the more months without family gatherings or travel or nights out, the wilder my closet grew. And I know I m not alone.
As vaccination rates have soared (even with all the new variants and surges adding some uncertainty to the mix) it s become clear that when the lockdowns finally lift, Americans will be primed for a new Roaring 20s, an exuberance expressed in fashion, art, music anywhere we can display the kind of manic joy that comes after a year when the world became very small and quiet.
Did that just really happen?
CNN Opinion contributors react to the most memorable moments of Inauguration Day. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own.
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Was it all just a dream?
As I gathered my family to watch the historic swearing in of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the occasion took on a surreal feeling. There were Barack and Michelle Obama, looking like they hadn’t aged a day. And there was George W. Bush, elbowing hello to his old friends. And the Clintons, who in some ways, never seem to have left Washington DC.
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