Inaugural Pursuits

How did NYT columnist Harry Hurt III spend Inauguration Day?

Working as a doorman at the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown for his regular column Executive Pursuits. There he encountered Aretha Franklin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlie Rose and Arianna Huffington, who told him not to quit his day job.

CBS’ Early Show caught up with Hurt. Watch Aretha Franklin tell him to just close the car door.


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