Obama Sticks To The Familiar On Hawaiian Vacation

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...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation (AP)
Honolulu – More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cover him. Obama is almost certain to spend his mornings working out at Marine C...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation
More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cover him. Obama is almost certain to spend his mornings working out at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. A...

Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama waves from... Honolulu (AP) - More than a week into his Hawaiian holiday, President Barack Obama is proving to be a creature of habit. While some travelers seek adventure and spontaneity, Obama seeks comfort and consistency. His routine here in Oahu, the island where he was born and mostly raised, is by now patently familiar to the locals trying to catch a glimpse of their hometown president, and the reporters who come here to cove...

A Bit More Vacation for the Obamas
President Obama apparently hasn’t had his fill of golfing, shave ice and swimming and snorkeling with his girls. He’s staying in Hawaii an extra day, the White House reports. Mr. Obama and his family - Michelle Obama, the First Lady, and daughters Malia and Sasha - who are vacationing in the quiet town of Kailua on the windward side of the island of Oahu, initially planned to return to Washington on New Year’s Day. Then, when Mr. Obama arrived, the White House announced he...

Obama hits the town in Hawaii, extends vacation
Honolulu—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 teenager. Wong is a favorite of the Oba...

Infidel Bloggers Alliance
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...

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 delays return from Hawaii (Politico)
HONOLULU — President Barack Obama must really be enjoying his Hawaiian Vacation because he’s again postponing his return to Washington. Obama will now leave Hawaii the evening of Jan. 3, arriving in Washington the afternoon of Jan. 4, the White House announced Wednesday. "After the extended Lame Duck and five-day delay of his trip here, he's just trying to squeeze in more time with his family before returning to Washington," deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton ...

Obama extends vacation in Hawaii by 1 day
It's tough to say goodbye to a Hawaiian Vacation, even for the President of the United States. President Obama has decided to extended his Aloha State holiday by a day in order to spend more time with his wife and daughters, presidential spokesman Bill Burton announced  Thursday. The commander in chief will now leave Hawaii late on Jan. 3 and arrive back in Washington on Jan. 4, said Burton, noting Obama sent his family to Hawaii ahead so he could finish up his work. Obama eventually joined t...

Obama hits the town in Hawaii, extends vacation
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 teenager. Wong is a favorite of the O...

Obama hits the town in Hawaii, extends vacation (AP)
Honolulu – 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 teenager. Wong is a favorite of the ...

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...

Cooking For The President: Its a Chicken Skin Moment
Like ZIP said, it’s pretty slow today. (Honolulu Magazine) — “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, Obama has adventurous tastes...

Obama barbecues with old friends on North Shore
MOKULEIA, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama and his family are returning to Oahu's North Shore for a barbecue with a High School friend at his beachfront home. Obama's 20-car Motorcade traveled the length of the island Thursday on an hourlong voyage for an afternoon visit with longtime friend Bobby Titcomb. Obama also visited Titcomb on the same day a year ago. Obama's Motorcade drove from his rental property in Kailua, across highways cleared of traffic and through a Military communi...

Obama Extends Hawaii Vacation
President Barack Obama and his family won't be returning to Washington, D.C. as soon as expected. The president decided to extend their Hawaiian Vacation a few more days. Obama had a late start on his holiday Vacation after staying in D.C. to work on Legislation in Congress before the year ended. A spokesman for the president said he wants to spend more time with his wife and daughters before returning to work, even though his daughters will miss a couple days of school. This is the second tim...

Obama Extends Hawaiian Vacation by One Day
Thursday, December 30, 2010 By Staff, Associated Press Honolulu (AP) - President Barack Obama is extending his Hawaiian Vacation by another day. The White House says Obama will now depart Hawaii late in the evening on Jan. 3, arriving in Washington the following day. The Obamas have already pushed back their departure once, changing their return from Jan. 1 to Jan. 2 after the president delayed his arrival in Hawaii to stay in Washington while Congress wrapped up the legislative year. Obama...

Obama Extends Hawaiian Vacation a Day
Yahoo! Buzz President Barack Obama is taking an extra day for his Hawaiian Vacation, which got off to a late start due to Congress’s busy lame-duck session. “After the extended Lame Duck and five-day delay of his trip here, he’s just trying to squeeze in more time with his family before returning to Washington,” Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said Wednesday. Mr. Obama is vacationing in Kailua, Hawaii, and has spent much of his free time working out, playing basketba...

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 vacation costing more than $1.4M, paper claims
No one knows exactly how much President Obama's Vacation in Hawaii is costing Taxpayers -- neither the White House nor the Secret Service like to provide such information -- but one local news outlet is putting the tab at more than $1.4 million, at least. The Hawaii Reporter did some calculating, though, as we've explained before, it's almost impossible to assess the true cost of these kinds of trips. For example, most of the cost of the Reporter's estimate is the president's Air Force One ride...

Obamas Hawaiian Vacation
President Obama likes to go back to his Hawaii home town and live like a regular guy for a few days....

Latest White House Press pool report
As pool continues to hold at the Dillingham Airfield, WH spokesman Bill Burton sends word that the president is eating bbq, playing Volleyball and hanging out on the beach with family and friends. Some members of the traveling White House staff are there as well. Nearly four hours after POTUS arrived for the bbq at Bobby Titcomb’s beachside home, the sun is getting low on the horizon, ducking now behind the cliffs off the beach. Weather has been ideal today, which hasn’t always been ...

Michelle Obama's Top 10 for 2010: 'Let's Move!,' Dancing in India, and That Spain Vacation
First Lady Michelle Obama's 2010 included a clearly defined high (the launch of her "Let's Move" anti-childhood Obesity campaign) and a notable low (her Controversial Vacation at an expensive resort in Spain). The year also marked her first solo international travel, to Haiti and Mexico, and having the very cool experience of Paul McCartney singing "Michelle" to her at a White House concert. Here are Mrs. Obama's top 10 for 2010: On Feb. 2, Mrs. Obama formalized her healthy eating and exercise a...

While On Vacation, President Obama Makes Recess Appointments
Hawaii has proven to be both a Vacation respite for President Obama and a place to get some work done away from the office. He has used his time in the Aloha State to make some key Recess Appointments since the U.S. Senate has adjourned for the year. The White House announced on Wednesday that the president has made six Recess Appointments to three different federal agencies.  Per his power as chief executive, President Obama can bypass the Senate when they are not in session and make appoi...

Palin's GOP rivals side with first lady on obesity
Republicans eager to knock Sarah Palin from her presumed perch at the head of the cluttered 2012 presidential primary field have found an unlikely wedge issue that includes an unlikely ally: the First Lady and flab. Some Conservatives have taken to defending Michelle Obama's anti-obesity initiative from the salvos of Palin, and suggesting that she has gone too far by seeming to mock the First Lady in a recent broadcast of "Sarah's Palin's Alaska." In the reality show, the former Governor prepa...