POTUS & FLOTUS Take Off for Vacation to North Carolina for the Weekend...

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama (just the two of them...) walked with Air Force Colonel Steven Shepro to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, April 23, 2010. The Obamas are travelling to Asheville, North Carolina for the weekend.



President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama waited in a line to order at 12 Bones Smokehous restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, on April 23, 2010.
[photos via Reuters and Getty Images]

Michelle O. Along with Bo Obama Speak to White House Kids [VIDEO]

First lady Michelle Obama arrives with family dog Bo for an event to welcome children of White House employees to the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day at the in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 22, 2010.


[photos via Reuters and AP Photo]

FULL LENGTH video of first lady Michelle Obama's question and answer session with the kids below (43:31 minutes):

Prada Spring 2011 RTW Collection

Prada Spring 2011 RTW Collection

Hip, energic and very chic, Prada's latest fashion show for the Spring/Summer 2011 season captured modern pop-art influences in structural shapes followed by urban, dramatic styles along with entertaining colors and chaotic prints. Check out next this extraordinary collection!

Michelle O. Promotes Her "Let's Move" Campaign with Olympic Athletes...

First Lady Michelle Obama made remarks with 2010 Olympian speedskater Shani Davis (C) and mogul skier Hannah Kearney (R) during an event highlighting physical activity as a critical element of the 'Let's Move' initiative on April 21, 2010 in the North East section of Washington, DC.
[photos via Getty Images]

VIDEO of First Lady Michelle O. in Haiti...

First lady Michelle Obama on not forgetting about Haiti: "I think this is a really good time for us to be here because some of the national attention has been drawn away from Haiti because there's been so much else going on in the world. We have to remember that Haiti is still a long way from being resolved in any way shape or form."


[video via Whitehouse.gov]

Michelle O. Has Breakfast with Student Leaders in Mexico

First lady Michelle Obama (wearing a crisp white pantsuit) posed with Mexican activist Oliveti Paredes Sacarias (L) after a roundtable discussion at La Hacienda de los Morales restaurant in Mexico City April 15, 2010 The U.S. first lady pressed for better education for the young on Wednesday in her first solo trip abroad to Mexico, where poor teenagers are increasingly being drawn into a brutal drug war.



First Lady Michelle Obama posed for a family picture with twelve Mexican students' leaders from different regions and ethnics groups of Mexico after a roundtable discussion on April 15, 2010 in Mexico City, during the third day of her visit.

[photos via Reuters and Getty Images]

The Bradford Exchange & Danbury Mint Release Michelle Obama Commemorative Plates

This $39.99 porcelain commemorative plate is from the Bradford Exchange. It shows Mrs. Obama in her Jason Wu white inaugural gown. “Richly edged in platinum and over 100 hand-set faux jewels,” Bradford says in its ads. It is the first in a series of plates featuring Mrs. Obama’s fashion choices that the company plans to issue, said Suzanne Magnuson, a product manager.



The Danbury Mint, a competitor in the collectibles market, is offering a $34.95 plate with a montage of six outfits, including the Wu, the Soronen, an Isabel Toledo and that glittery red and black Narciso Rodriguez from election night. Available May 20, it declares Mrs. Obama to be the First Lady of Elegance. [source]

First Lady Michelle O. Has a Golden Moment in Jason Wu...

Mexico's first lady Margarita Zavala and first lady Michelle Obama (wearing a gold Jason Wu sheath) attended a dinner in Mexico City April 14, 2010. Obama pressed for better education for the young on Wednesday in her first solo trip abroad to Mexico, where poor teenagers are increasingly being drawn into a brutal drug war.

Michelle O. is Perfect in Pink Rachel Roy...

First Lady Michelle Obama (wearing designer Rachel Roy as seen on Veronica Webb HERE) gets on stage to address students of the Iberoamericana University in Mexico Cty on April 14, 2010. Mrs. Obama is in Mexico for a three-day visit.


[photos via Reuters and Getty Images]

First Lady Michelle O. Meets Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala...

First lady Michelle Obama (wearing Diane von Furstenberg), and Mexico's first lady Margarita Zavala waved to children during a visit to the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 14, 2010.


[photos via AP Photo]

First Lady Michelle O. Arrives in Mexico in Tracy Reese...

First lady Michelle O. (wearing Tracy Reese) arrived at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City April 13, 2010 in a pretty blue floral dress. The first lady is in Mexico on a three-day official visit.

She will spend all of her public time in Mexico visiting with children. She also plans to meet privately with Mexico's first lady, Margarita Zavala, the wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

Mrs. Obama arrived late Tuesday after stopping in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for a look at the ruins there three months after a devastating earthquake struck the Caribbean nation.

First Lady Michelle O. and Second Lady Jill Biden Make a Surprise Visit to Haiti..

First Lady Michelle Obama, right, and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, greet children at a center for displaced children in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.



via Huffington Post:
First Lady Michelle Obama has made an unannounced visit to Haiti today as her first official trip abroad without President Obama gets underway. The First Lady is scheduled to spend three days in Mexico.
According to the White House, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden arrived in Port-au-Prince at 10:40 am and took a helicopter tour of the Haitian capital.

The Obama administration issued the following statement:

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden are visiting Haiti to underscore to the Haitian people and the Haitian government the enduring U.S. commitment to help Haiti recover and rebuild, especially as we enter the rainy and hurricane seasons, and to thank the women and men across the whole of the U.S. government for their extraordinary efforts in Haiti during the past three months. They will also reach out to the UN and international relief communities in recognition of the truly global effort underway to help Haiti. Robin Givhan of the Washington Post wrote this morning that Mrs. Obama's would use her first solo trip abroad to "amplify and articulate a singular message to young people: self-determination."

Got Questions for First Lady Michelle O's Hair Stylist?

LOVE this close up shot of the first lady's hair. Looks fabulous and healthy.
via InStyle:
The gloss, the shape—we’re obsessed with Michelle Obama’s hair and we want you to join in the action! Next Saturday (April 17th), the First Lady’s official hairstylist and SoftSheen Carson spokesperson Johnny Wright is hosting a benefit for Harlem Children’s Zone—and we’ve got a chance to sit down and dish with him. But rather than thinking up the questions ourselves, we thought we’d turn that part over to you. What should we ask him? The secret to a flawless bob? A great tip for an easy updo? Leave the hair questions you’re dying for him to answer in InStyle's comments. We’ll pick our top five favorites next Friday and post his answers on Monday, April 19th.

Michelle O. on the Cover of Conde Nast Traveler...

The first lady is quite the cover girl for May. For its May 2010 issue, Michelle Obama is the first first lady to grace the cover of Conde Nast Traveler (history!). In the story by contributor David Michaelis, Mrs. Obama talks about D.C. date nights, her favorite local spots, and how she gave her daughters a crash course in American history.

On Her Washington Experience:

"That is probably the most awe-inspiring time, because you're in the Presidential motorcade," which even on a date night can choke three city blocks "and you're sort of like, 'Are we in this? Who's here?' And it's us. And you pull up at night to the South Lawn and everything is lit up: That White House with that light shining...and you think, This is my house. This is where we live. Kind of cool. It's beautiful. And while I enjoy the time I spend with my husband -- it's a good way to end the evening."

"I would love, and so would the President, to be able to walk up and down the Mall, not at night but in the middle of the day, when there are millions of people there, and experience it in the way that you're used to experiencing it. I want to get on the Metro." She'd like to go out for a quick bite, but she can't. "It's like, 'Okay, we're going to that restaurant, and everyone's going to get mad, 'cause I'm there eating my hamburger.' People are excited, but" she says somewhat abashedly, "you sort of feel like, 'Ohhhh..."

Read more on the first lady's quest to make the White House more accessible, on her determination to expose her children to American History first-hand, on what she thinks of a few of her predecessors, and on some of the Obama's favorite Washington D.C. hot spots over at The Huffington Post.

Michelle O. Covers the May 2010 Issue of Good Housekeeping...

When I first glanced at the first lady's photo on the cover of Good Housekeeping, I thought to myself her pic looks "manufactured" Michelle O. doesn't need all that photoshop! I'm not the only one to think so either.

Michelle O. Holds a Town Hall Meeting with Student Reports at the White House...

First lady Michelle Obama gestured during a discussion on childhood obesity, Wednesday, April 7, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.



First lady Michelle Obama greeted student reporters and young people from across the country after a town hall meeting on childhood obesity in the State Dinning Room at the White House in Washington April 7, 2010.

Michelle O's Election Night Dress on Sale at Bergdorf Goodman...

The Narciso Rodriguez red and black dress that First Lady Michelle Obama donned on the night of her husband's election is now on the sale rack at Bergdorf Goodman, Madison Avenue Spy reports. Originally priced at $4,400, the frock can be all yours for $1,540--if you're a size 8.

Michelle O's Parents Didn't Think They Would Last...

First Lady Michelle Obama's brother, Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson is releasing a memoir this month.

The book, "A Game of Character," which has a foreword by their mother, Marian Robinson, is due out April 20.

Craig Robinson writes that he and his parents didn't think Barack Obama stood much of a chance with his sister when they met him.

He and his parents were out on their porch on a hot summer night in Chicago when the couple stopped by to say hello on their way to a movie.

"Well, he's tall," Marian Robinson said while Obama was out of earshot.

"Not a bad-looking guy, either," said her husband, Fraser.

But even though the suitor struck the Robinsons as a self-possessed man with a nice smile and firm handshake, they figured he wasn't a keeper. "Too bad," Marian said. "Yep," Fraser answered. "She'll eat him alive."

LOL. That's going to be an interesting read. Continue reading this article HERE.

2010 Easter Egg Roll at the White House [LIVE VIDEO]

The Obama's White House Annual Easter Egg Roll was held on Monday April 5th with lots of fun for the whole family. Entertainment included performances by Sara Bareilles, Yo Gabba Gabba, the cast of "Glee," Justin Beiber, Sesame Street, Billy Jonas, and stories read by Reese Witherspoon, Betty DeGeneres (Ellen's mom), Mariska Hargitay, Marian 'First Granny' Robinson, JK Rowling, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, and Apolo Ohno.

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Michelle O. Visits Trade Representatives in a Cool Coral Michael Kors Sheath...

First lady Michelle Obama (wearing Michael Kors) arrived at the United States Trade Representatives office in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2010.



First lady Michelle Obama, right, shared a laugh with the United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk during her visit to the United States Trade Representatives office in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2010.