Cooking For The President: Its a Chicken Skin Moment

Feasts on appetizers, lasagna, shortribs, coconut ice cream...
Alan Wong and staff, getting ready to cook for the President of the United States, Barack Obama, who loves the soy-braised shortribs. "It's not the first time I've cooked for the President," says chef Alan Wong.  "But every time, it's a chicken skin moment." Last night, Barack and Michelle Obama, Obama's sister and her husband and a half dozen friends dined at one of the President's favorite restaurants in Hawaii, Alan Wong's on King Street. Born and raised in Hawaii, Ob...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation
Honolulu — There are those who crave adventure and spontaneity during their Vacations. Then, there’s President Barack Obama. More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, Obama is proving to be a creature of habit, seeking refuge in the comfort and consistency of a familiar routine. The president’s itinerary during his annual trip to Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is downright predictable. He’s almost certain to spend his mornings working out at Mari...

Obama given a 20-MAN motorcade to visit childhood friend...
President Obama provoked fresh outrage today after taking a 20-man Motorcade to visit a childhood friend during his lavish Christmas holiday in Hawaii. The 10-vehicle convoy drove the president and wife Michelle from his rental property in Kailua, across highways cleared of traffic and through a Military community to reach Bobby Titcomb's beachfront house. Mr Obama, who spent eight years at Punahou School in Hawaii before graduating in 1979, has splashed out $1.5m on his trip - a decision ...

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Washington Examiner : President and family on multi-million dollar Christmas Vacation in Hawaii By: Mark Tapscott 12/29/10 5:04 PM Editorial Page Editor President Obama and his family are enjoying a delightful Christmas Vacation with friends and family in the chief executive's home state of Hawaii. Nobody questions a president's right or need to take take away from the White House, but an investigation by Hawaii Reporter has turned up some eye-opening information about the costs and other asp...

Obama condemns separate attacks in Egypt, Nigeria
HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned separate "outrageous Terrorist bombing attacks" in Egypt and Nigeria and said the United States was prepared to assist both countries in responding to them. "The United States extends its deepest condolences to the families of those killed and to the wounded in both of these attacks, and we stand with the Nigerian and Egyptian people at this difficult time," Obama, who is on Vacation in Hawaii, said in a statement. (Reporting by J...

Obama condemns deadly attacks in Egypt, Nigeria
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has condemned deadly New Year’s Eve attacks in Egypt and Nigeria. In a statement, Obama says the perpetrators of an attack on an Egyptian church have no respect for human life or dignity. He says those responsible for the bomb that killed at least 21 people must be brought to justice for “this barbaric and heinous act.” The bombing enraged Christians in Egypt who often complain of Discrimination at the hands of Egypt’s Muslim m...

Obama extends Hawaii vacation after delayed start
HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is extending his Vacation in Hawaii by a day to spend more time with his family after their departure from Washington was delayed last week, the White House said on Wednesday. Obama will leave Hawaii, where grew up, late on Monday evening, arriving in Washington on Tuesday afternoon, spokesman Bill Burton said. Previously, the White House said Obama would leave Hawaii on Sunday. The president delayed the start of his Vacation to stay in Washington whil...

Obama resolves to fix economy in 2011
Stumble This! Honolulu - President Barack Obama has set his New Year's resolution high for 2011: repair the struggling economy. In his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday, the vacationing president said recent data showed the Economic Recovery was gaining traction even as millions of Americans are still out of work. "Our most important task now is to keep that recovery going," Obama said. "As president, that's my commitment to you: to do everything I can to make sure our economy is gr...

Mediaite Presents 2011 New Years Resolutions For Everyone Else
The New Year is here, and with it, the annual exercise in futility that is the New Year’s Resolution. As you stare into the abyss of another 365 days in which to improve yourself, it might help you to know that the figures who make Mediaite go ’round have some things to work on, too. Here’s what we think some of them are saying into the mirror this morning. So, before you try to shake off that Cold Duck and Four Loko hangover, and blearily search for a gym membership you can ge...

The Obamas Dance Company to Get Strict Government Oversight
There’s something curiously missing from this story on Chicago’s Mantu Dance Company. It may be the only time the company has made big news without a mention of Barack and Michelle Obama in years. One can only imagine the headlines were it so closely linked to a Republican President. Illinois officials are taking a closer look at a nonprofit dance company that was awarded a $4.5 million state grant in 2003 for a planned Performing Arts center on the South Side that has yet to begin...

Class vs. Class: Elizabeth Monroe vs. Michelle Obama caring about others in need
Class vs. Class: Elizabeth Monroe vs. Michelle Obama — caring about others in need Posted by kevindujan01 under Class vs. Crass, HillBuzz, Kevin DuJan, Michelle Antoinette Obama First Lady Elizabeth Monroe risked her own personal safety to rescue the Marquise Marie Adrienne, wife of General LaFayatte, during the height of the French Revolution.  She did her part to care about and help a friend of America in need. First Spouse Michelle Antoinette Obama had the resources and free time ...

Open Thread: Obama's Talent, iPhone Defections and the Warmists' Ice Core Dilemma
• The Hill reports that the President will convene a talent show to celebrate the new year. President Obama is ringing in 2011 by hosting a talent show on his Hawaii Vacation, according to the White House... Burton said that the president had also spent time reading "President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime" by Lou Cannon, "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell, and "Our Kind of Traitor" by John le Carre... The president spent Friday morning working out and then went to p...

Hawaii Vacation Shows Obama as Creature of Habit
Bob Schieffer is joined by Lara Logan, Nancy Cordes, Sharyl Attkisson, and Chip Reid for a CBS News correspondents' round table to discuss the biggest problem President Obama will face in 2011, a possible shakeup within the White House, and who will have the hardest job throughout the next year. (AP) There are those who crave adventure and spontaneity during their Vacations. Then, there's President Barack Obama. More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, Mr. Obama is proving to be a creature o...

Hawaii $1.5M-O
How much does Obama's Vacation cost? Short answer - a lot.Just consider these estimates on part of the costs of the latest Obama Hawaii trip: * Mrs. Obama’s early flight to Hawaii: $63,000 (White House Dossier) * Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii: $1 million (GAO estimates) * Housing in beachfront homes for Secret Service and Seals in Kailua ($1,200 a day for 14 days): $16,800 * Costs for White House staff staying at Moana Hotel: $134,400 ($400 per day for 24 staff) – excluding meals and o

Obama: Dems, GOP must cooperate in new year
Honolulu — President Barack Obama says Democrats and Republicans must work together in the new year and share responsibility for moving the country forward. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said Saturday that lawmakers must return to Washington next week prepared to make serious decisions about how to grow The Economy in the short run and stay competitive in the future. "I’m willing to work with anyone of either party who’s got a good idea and the commitment to ...

Obama Makes Six Recess Appointments
The Huffington Post reports: Honolulu — President Barack Obama bypassed the Senate Wednesday to make six Recess Appointments, including a deputy Attorney General whose links to the Insurance giant American International Group had stalled his confirmation. Obama first nominated James Cole to the No. 2 Justice Department post in May. But Republican lawmakers blocked his confirmation in part because of questions about his role as an independent consultant for AIG before its near collapse and go...

Obama: Dems, GOP must cooperate in new year (AP)
Honolulu – President Barack Obama says Democrats and Republicans must work together in the new year and share responsibility for moving the country forward. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said Saturday that lawmakers must return to Washington next week prepared to make serious decisions about how to grow The Economy in the short run and stay competitive in the future. "I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who's got a good idea and the commitment to see it thro...

CNN's Ed Henry: Feeding the Presidential Family (Video)
Ed Henry at Alan Wong's restaurant in Honolulu where Obama dined last night. Henry says security dominates everything, the restaurant is only given 2 hours notice that the President is on the way, then Military chefs come into the kitchen and oversee every moment of food preparation ...

EXTENDED STAY...
Dessert: Wedge between Palin, moderates? Honolulu - President Barack Obama hit the town in Honolulu Wednesday night for a leisurely dinner with friends and family at one of his favorite island restaurants. Onlookers waited patiently outside Alan Wong's Restaurant for three hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the president, the First Lady and the rest of their party. The award-winning eatery is in the same neighborhood where Obama grew up, and the president's Motorcade passed the Honolulu apartm...

Obamas Eat at Alan Wong's in Honolulu
Alan Wong cooked for the Obama party, which included Obama's sister Maya Soetoro-Ng and her husband and several Obama friends from Chicago and Hawaii: President Obama and his party caused quite a stir dining at Alan Wong's Restaurant Honolulu on South King Street this evening -- one of his favorite restaurants. Onlookers waited patiently outside Alan Wong's for three hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the president, the First Lady and the rest of their party. The award-winning eatery is in th...

Obama Extends Hawaii Vacation
Like this Story? Share it: (AP) Honolulu (AP) - President Barack Obama hit the town Wednesday night, taking his wife and friends to dinner at one of his favorite island restaurants. A crowd of onlookers gathered as the president's party arrived at Alan Wong's Restaurant, an award-winning eatery in the neighborhood where Obama grew up. The president's Motorcade passed the Honolulu apartment where his late grandmother once lived and the Baskin Robbins Ice Cream shop where Obama worked as a teenage...

Obamas Celebrate New Year With Talent Show
See the White House's Year in Photos. This one was taken last February On Vacation, Obama's been reading: President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, and Our Kind of Traitor. The Obamas start the New Year with family tradition: President Barack Obama rang in 2011 with friendly competition at his family's annual New Year's Eve talent show. The White House is keeping Obama's talent a closely guarded secret. Several friends and family members joined the Obamas...

Ticket Photo mystery: Obama's secret stairway to somewhere
During the Holiday Season, as in years past, The Ticket is republishing some of our favorite items from the previous political year. This story was originally published on Aug. 16, 2010: This is an official White House photo from the Obama Administration's Flickr page. Before you read the actual caption on the jump below, tell us what you think this surreal picture might show: The loneliness of high office in a modern Democracy? MSNBC's viewer trying to help its Ratings? Obama receivin...

Biden seen as linchpin of Obama's presidency in 2011
Reporting from Washington — Vice President Joe Biden is a career politician who has spent virtually his entire adult life in Washington politics — seemingly the antithesis of Barack Obama's hope-and-change message. Yet with a new political order in Washington, the success of Obama's presidency hinges more and more on the negotiating skills and political instincts of his No. 2. Facing a revived Republican Party, the White House is expected to increasingly deploy Biden as a presiden...

Obama condemns deadly attacks in Egypt, Nigeria (AP)
Honolulu – President Barack Obama has condemned deadly New Year's Eve attacks in Egypt and Nigeria. In a statement, Obama says the perpetrators of an attack on an Egyptian church have no respect for human life or dignity. He says those responsible for the bomb that killed at least 21 people must be brought to justice for "this barbaric and heinous act." The bombing enraged Christians in Egypt who often complain of Discrimination at the hands of Egypt's Muslim majority. Obama also says a ...