obama

A New Look for Obama's Oval Office

by Erin Loechner, Posted Jan 6th 2010

President Obama did some redecorating in the Oval Office.

Inside the Obamas' Hawaiian Vacation Home

by Brooke Foster, Posted Dec 30th 2009

Ever wonder where the First Family vacations? Well, our friends over at Housing Watch have some really cool exclusive pics of the Hawaiian compound where the Obamas are spending the holidays.

3 Comments

Chia Obama Pulled From Shelves -- Again

by Brooke Foster, Posted Oct 9th 2009

Only three weeks after hitting the shelves at Walgreens' last April, customers denounced the product as "racist," and they were quickly removed from shelves. This week CVS announced that it too was removing the Chia Obamas from shelves -- just a few weeks after putting them up for sale.

227 Comments

Obamas Choose "Avant-Garde" Art for the White House

by Josie Swindler, Posted Oct 7th 2009

The AP reports that the White House is now home not just to the Obama family, but to the largest collection of modern and abstract artwork ever assembled by a sitting president. The President and First Lady have chosen works by little-known African-American and Native American artists as well as big names like Jasper Johns, Mark Rothko and Edgar Degas. President Obama even displays artifacts such as patent models on the bookshelves in the Oval Office.

842 Comments

Live Next Door to the First Family

by Allison Mezzafonte, Posted Sep 14th 2009

It's a home that comes with an undisclosed price tag and the hope of potluck dinners with the First Family. President Obama's next-door neighbors in Chicago have put their Kenwood mansion on the market.

34 Comments

Inaugurating the New White House Carpet

by Josie Swindler, Posted Sep 9th 2009

While the First Family vacationed in August, workers descended on the West Wing with hammers and paintbrushes to give it some overdue renovations, says Politico.

131 Comments