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Rustyeye77

(2,736 posts)
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 12:38 PM Feb 2017

Back to reality: Obamas settle into DC life

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/where-to-spot-the-obamas-in-dc/



Vacation's over. After a two-week escape to Palm Springs and the British Virgin Islands, Barack and Michelle Obama are back in Washington, where they will begin to settle into the post-White House life.

While most former presidents depart Washington when they take their final flight aboard Air Force One, the Obamas are opting to stay in the District as daughter Sasha, 15, finishes up at Sidwell Friends School.

They're renting an 8,200-square-foot brick Tudor home in DC's posh Kalorama neighborhood, where neighbors include a former congressman, the French ambassador and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Built in 1928, the home has nine bedrooms, a generous living room and dining room, a finished downstairs family room/media room, and an au-pair suite. Movers were spotted unloading boxes of the first family's belongings into the new home just before Inauguration Day.

The former President is expected to write a book and begin work on the Obama Foundation, working from office space inside the headquarters of the World Wildlife Fund. But he and the former first lady will suddenly have a lot more free time on their hands.

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Back to reality: Obamas settle into DC life (Original Post) Rustyeye77 Feb 2017 OP
Welcome back! cilla4progress Feb 2017 #1
Happy they are still close to the "action," lol! MoonRiver Feb 2017 #2
Must be tough seeing everything he worked for... Rustyeye77 Feb 2017 #3
I think he'll be okay with it Takket Feb 2017 #5
i hope the Obama's are very active politically Takket Feb 2017 #4
oh...It will drive him nuts. Rustyeye77 Feb 2017 #7
Definitely! And it would not surprise me if Obama stays in the spotlight. AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #13
He looks a lot younger and rested. Rustyeye77 Feb 2017 #6
I can imagine the press will be reporting Obama sightings like he is a rock star kimbutgar Feb 2017 #8
If I lived nearby, I'd bring over a casserole to MineralMan Feb 2017 #9
Tuna hot dish!!! longship Feb 2017 #10
Good choice, but I'm partial to my MineralMan Feb 2017 #11
No doubt, yummy. longship Feb 2017 #12

Takket

(21,552 posts)
5. I think he'll be okay with it
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 12:47 PM
Feb 2017

I'm sure every day is frustrating for him, but Obama has always had an unwavering faith in the people and ability to see the long game, and I think he knows that over the course of years, his view (and the view of justice) will win out.

Takket

(21,552 posts)
4. i hope the Obama's are very active politically
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 12:46 PM
Feb 2017

it will be a real annoyance to Trump if the Obama's are in front of cameras all the time, and frankly the country NEEDS them to be there as a part of the resistance.

and the more agitated Trump and Bannon are, the more mistakes they will make to hasten Trump's impeachment.

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
13. Definitely! And it would not surprise me if Obama stays in the spotlight.
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 02:04 PM
Feb 2017

I mean, hell, we were all counting down the days for them to come home from vacation. I don't think we will let them go quietly into the night.

kimbutgar

(21,111 posts)
8. I can imagine the press will be reporting Obama sightings like he is a rock star
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 01:06 PM
Feb 2017

Pissing off chump who is only getting negative headlines. I hope it explodes his head.

longship

(40,416 posts)
12. No doubt, yummy.
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 01:58 PM
Feb 2017

However, having grown up in Detroit, my preference would be kielbasa. With dill pickle soup!!! OMFG!

My best to you, as always.

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