Bo, President Obama’s pet Portuguese Water Dog, made an appearance at the White House’s garden tour Saturday and just about stole the show.
The official online lottery for free White House Easter Egg Roll tickets opened today. You have until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28 to submit your application. Keep in mind the rules: one entry per person, limit of six tickets per entry, and you can only have a maximum of two adults per party, plus at least one child aged 12 or under. The Egg Roll will be held on Monday, April 5. Winners…
Hard to believe spring is right around the corner, but the Obamas are here to make it seem more real: they’ve announced the date of this year’s White House Easter Egg Roll. The popular annual event will take place on Monday, April 5. Along with the old standbys (egg rolling, etc.), this year’s event is tied in to the First Lady’s mission to promote healthier eating and exercise habits among children. We’re all in…
The Obama family showed up at So Others Might Eat’s soup kitchen on Monday, as part of their contribution to the MLK Day of Service. The Washington Times provides a little color:”We got a lot of struggle in this neighborhood,” a man shouted to Mr. Obama as he entered the facility, in a hardscrabble section of the city just north of Capitol Hill. Inside, the president, wearing an apron and khaki baseball cap, handed…
President Barack Obama pardoned his first White House turkey, Courage, a little while ago. The White House has since released video of the ceremony (see below), during which Obama called Courage “a good looking bird.” The president was in a joking mood, noting that “there are days when I’m reminded why I ran for this office … and then there are days like this, when you pardon a turkey and send it Disneyland.” Obama also…
It was a year ago today that District residents awoke — likely groggy from the celebrations the night before — to a new president-elect. Barack Obama not only became the nation’s first African-American president, he also offered residents of the District of Columbia the promise of a new relationship between the federal executive and the city, one that had largely fallen by the wayside during President George W. Bush’s eight years in office. The first…
View White House Farmers Market in a larger map The Obamas have been talking about starting up a White House farmers market for a little while now, and today comes word from WTOP that First Lady Michelle Obama has actually put in an application with DDOT for the relevant street closure. The First Lady’s office has put in a request to close Vermont Avenue between H and I Streets NW between 1 p.m. and 8…
Every election year, the cliche that somebody should or should not begin measuring the White House drapes gets trotted out. But eight months in to their new life at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., it looks like the Obamas may finally have brought in some help for the job, in the form of fashion personality and Barney’s New York creative director/window dresser extraordinaire Simon Doonan. You may recognize Doonan from his appearances on America’s Next Top…
A White House spokesperson has issued a statement repudiating a report from Time magazine published online today that said President Obama had decided to make the Evergreen Chapel at Camp David his primary place of worship, in order to facilitate more privacy. “The President and First Family continue to look for a church home. They have enjoyed worshipping at Camp David and several other congregations over the months, and will choose a church at the…
Photo by brmurray The Obamas have finally ended the speculation about which D.C. church they would join – by picking none of them, Amy Sullivan reports in Time magazine. Instead, President Obama has reportedly decided to make the same choice as George W. Bush, and worship at Evergreen Chapel, the nondenominational church at Camp David. Given that the Obamas have appeared comfortable and even eager to be out in the city and part of…
