Let’s go inside the White House and celebrate the Holidays with President Barack Obama and family. Their theme for this 2011 holiday season is “Shine, Give, Share,” which offers an opportunity to pay tribute to our troops, veterans, and their families throughout the White House. This year, the official tour features 37 Christmas trees, 30 are natural trees and 7 are made from paper, felt or aluminum; a gingerbread model of the White House made of 400 pounds of gingerbread, white chocolate and marzipan plus 5 different representations of First Dog Bo Obama. Volunteers from 36 states plus the District of Columbia worked for days to get the White House ready for the Holidays.
Watch SNL’s Seth Meyers remarks at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. President Obama truly has a great sense of humor. Also, here’s President Obama’s remarks, as he takes down Donald Trump a few notches: Related Posts:April 27, 2011 -- Obama releases birth certificateApril 26, 2011 -- First Look at Obama’s iPad 2April 16, 2011 [...]
“I’ve been puzzled at the degree to which this thing just kept on going. We do not have time for this kind of silliness. We’ve got better stuff to do,” – Present Barack Obama, at the White House, after releasing a copy of President Obama’s long-form birth certificate. “Today I’m very proud of myself, because [...]
It was recently mentioned that US President Barack Obama has an iPad, but it hasn’t publicly surfaced. Now, all that’s changed, and we know that Obama has a new iPad 2 with a smart-cover. In a photo discovered in the official White House Flickr photo pool, if you look very closely, you will see that [...]
(Bottle of White House Honey Ale beer is in the Green Room of the White House, Feb. 6, 2011. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.) Talk about an ultra-luxury and ultra-rare beer! President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama served the special home-made microbrew White House Honey Ale during their annual Super Bowl party. [...]
(Above: President Barack Obama discusses the situation in Egypt with Vice President Joe Biden and the national security team during the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, Jan. 28, 2011. Attending the briefing, clockwise from the President are: National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic [...]
President Barack Obama is Americans’ Most Admired Man of 2010, substantially ahead of the former presidents, iconic religious leaders, and others who fill out the top 10 list. Obama first became Americans’ Most Admired Man in 2008, shortly after his election as the nation’s 44th president, and has held the title since then. Hillary Clinton [...]
Tis the holiday season at the White House — and President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle have certainly gotten into the end-of-year spirit, posing in front of the Blue Room tree, reading ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’ and singing with an a capella group. Go behind the scenes and take a peek at Christmas [...]
President Barack Obama has paid off his World Cup bet with England by sending the Brits some Goose Island 312 beer from his home town of Chicago. England and the US drew to a tie in their World Cup match earlier this month. Goose Island 312 is an urban wheat beer, brewed at the Goose [...]
When White House carpenter Charlie Brandts told some of First Lady Michelle Obama’s staff about his latest hobby in beekeeping, Chef Sam Kass was quick to ask him if he knew how to make honey that could be used in the White House kitchen. Fortunately, not only did Brandts know how to make the honey, [...]
