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First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama welcome French President François Hollande for a State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House
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D’Accord!
D’accord. Hee, hee, hee!
😉
Bonsoir mon amie
Her taste is impeccable. Adore the coat she wore earlier and this gown is just gorgeous!
Sheer perfection.
Moi?
I am totally useless now, for having fallen in love with President and First Lady Obama, a.g.a.i.n. Well, as it happens almost every single day of my life, I suppose I will become more useful. Eventually. Later. Maybe.
OMG, I hear you. What astonishing luck we have.
That 5th photo (all the photos really) but that side profile, her stance, demeanor, the little smile on her face, she’s pure class. She is so poised, beautiful and radiant. I am so proud she is my First Lady.
This.
She slays. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
She is so gorgeous ~ the most beautiful First Lady in our history.. and she makes these clothes even more glamorous.. she wears everything so effortless and elegant.. even when she’s working in the garden. I have such admiration for her.. and for that guy she married too.
A triple AMEN! on this.
🙂
Wow…I love our First Couple. Mrs O looks amazing!!!! 🙂
Isn’t this wonderful? She’s stunning! Love this gown!
Sorry for the FOX link—the only place I could find a complete list of invitees—-I somehow managed to miss a bunch I wanted to see. Also news here about PBO’s interesting gift to the French president.
http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/02/11/check-out-whos-obamas-guest-list-french-state-dinner
I don’t know how any other First Couple is ever going to be able to live up to the glamor and elegance of our current First Couple. What a dress!
They won’t live up too this First Couple. I have never follow State Dinners like this before and doubt if I will after the Obamas leave the WH.
Anniebella speaks only the Truth, and nothing but the Truth. Amen.
Colbert is seated at the head table!
And Eliseo Medina, one of the fasters for immigration reform.
you’re good meta, how wonderful to invite him.
Sweet!
Along with Jackie Robinson’s widow.
YES.
Such fun to see the Os bypassing the DC ‘entitled’ and seating unlikely guests! 😛 😛 I sit here imagining how it must eat out the DC pundits’ insides having to watch instead of being able to say they were there. 😀
Oh my goodness. I know it is totally inappropriate but I must declare my ultimate “ship” is the First Couple, POTUS & FLOTUS. I am madly in love with them. FLOTUS’ dress is absolutely stunning and she’s looks drop dead gorgeous and the smile, the smile POTUS gives FLOTUS and her return smile. Really there are no words!!
i think you have plenty of company…
yes indeed – you have mucho company 🙂
Very cool—–for both of them! I would choose funny next to me—for sure!—- if I was ever First Lady—- which might not come to pass. 🙂
For sure Colbert will be enjoying the evening. Haters, be damned!!
Hi everyone. I want to thank you for all your kind words, warm thoughts and prayers. While there is still a substantial amount of turmoil in my life I am feeling stronger. Fake it til you make it, so they say, it is what gets me through each day. ….that and this lovely, safe place.
Mela, I’m so sorry, I completely missed your news, what happened??
Oh dear Chips, if I were to go in to detail I’m afraid I would overload the blog. Nothing life threatening ( my thoughts are with GoBrooklyn) but several difficulties hit all at once and I was in a very dark place. I posted on impulse, asking for prayers knowing TODers would remind me of all that is good in this world with their kindness. Thank you for taking the time to ask but most of all I thank you for creating TOD.
{{{{Mela}}}}} You need a hug, you came to the right place:) One day at a time, one foot in front of the other. This to shall pass. Glad you’re here with us…how can you not be taken away from life’s troubles when you see the magnificent First Couple? They do you good!
That they do! So glamorous, brilliant yet so very genuine. I’m so proud they are our POTUS & FLOTUS.
Thanks for the hug, desertflower. It’s gratefully returned 🙂
Thanks, Mela! 🙂 Just breathe….
Mind yer helm mate. Don’t steer by yer wake. In other words, eyes forward. You can’t steer the ship straight when looking over your shoulder.
Sage advice, aye aye sir! Thank you kindly 🙂
Fair winds and following seas to ya! 🙂
Putting Light all around you, mela.
Oh Mela, endless love and hugs, again I am so sorry I missed your original message, but so happy you found some comfort here from the kind thoughts you received. Look after yourself, thinking of you.
Keep coming here Mela – it is an oasis of loveliness – stay safe
I could never stay away! TODers restore my faith in humanity. Sometimes when I begin to feel engulfed with heartache and worry I’ll pop in and read something that inspires, makes me laugh or warms my heart.
Please take good care.
Absolutely agree, 99. This place is a safe haven. We are way beyond blessed to be a part of this loving, kind and caring family. Thanks again, Chips……and all the others. 🙂
What can I say about our First Lady that haven’t already been said by you guys. She is simply “One in a Million”.
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And it didn’t have to be this way – self imposed stupid.
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
🙂 🙂 🙂 ROTFL.
perfect 🙂 I love it 🙂 🙂
What was it Tavis said? All the other Presidents had invited him to the White House. Even George Washington.
You are on fire tonight, annieb!
don’t forget Maxine and her bedroom slippers
“That sound you hear is Tavis Smiley and Cornel West screaming in rage.”
Serves them right for being so obsessed with their self importance.
How many of us (who were old enough) followed State Dinners this closely before PBO? Not me…
I’ve seen many, because I used to be a C-Span junkie, but the only ones I truly craved to see were were well before C-Span: the JFK State Dinners.
were were
Ha!
LOL! Okay – well the JFK stuff was before my time, but I guess I probably would also watch them if I were around then!
I was still in high school, but because of JFK, I became a political junkie then! We just saw black and white film of it later, with photos in the big magazines and stuff. Jackie Kennedy was the stunner of her time, especially compared to the quite old First Ladies who preceded her!
I did not. 🙂
I was so deprived – Didn’t have a TV until the 1970s & no way to watch US events until the intertubes – so GWB was probably the first President where I could have watched such things – and NEVER did I watch any GWB events.
I’ll be 64 this year and the answer is NEVER!
I never did until POTUS.. never had any interest in State Dinners until these 5 years.
They are the real deal and are truly of and for the people.
“Ooh la la” always makes me think of this:
Was this brought over yet?
No – I’m surprised that Mark Knoller hadn’t done the honors yet… 🙂 Thanks for posting!
MMMmmmmmm……….
The Napa Valley wine sounds interesting:
Sémillon (65%),
Sauvignon Blanc (33%)
and Muscadelle (2%)
A harmonious blend of the three classic white Bordeaux varietals grown in the Golden State’s Sonoma County, this unique cuvée was handcrafted using classical winemaking techniques inspired from Pessac-Léognan. As in architectural arts, it is ‘The Golden Ratio’ or ‘La Proportion Dorée.’
Bright yellow. Intense bouquet of candied lemon, muscat, and honeysuckle flavors intermixed with sweet notes of ripened apricot and fresh quince. Full-bodied, seamless, refined and complex.
http://www.morletwine.com/la-proportion-doree-facts.html
Cheers!
Oh no, amk will be FURIOUS that the Obamas are serving Cali wines. FURIOUS. I think we should delete that tweet.
HAHAHAHAAA!! He’ll learn sooner or later. We have the best.
I’m just wondering why the menu says “Napa Valley” if the vineyard is in Sonoma County.
Cheers!
Sorry to go off topic – but can someone explain why the vote on extending/raising/whatever the debt limit is under
the bill : To designate the air route traffic control center located in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the “Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center”
Does congress just keep all these weird “naming bills” to use whenever???
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll061.xml
It’s almost impossible to explain what Congress does. They waste countless hours doing odd esoteric stuff every day and completely bypass the very important and crucial duties, like budgets, healthcare immigration reform. Today as I was waiting for the WH dinner arrivals, one of the GOPers got up and did several minutes about a soccer team in his podunk home town. Flabbergasted.
TY meta – pleased I am not the only one who gets confused.
Nothing to do with the State Dinner:
Wow they look gorgeous. Thanks for the post and fab pictures. I adore FLOTUS’s dress, especially the top — so gorgeous!
oh my goodness, how beautiful.
SO beautiful and intimate.
I wanna be there!
I’d share a table with you! LOLz.
Cookemom (if I recall her m.o. from the OFA days) is probably already there, behind the curtain!
Scoot over and make room for me! How amazing would that be?!?!
Rachel Robinson is sitting at the head table. How about that? Jackie Robinson’s widow.
It’s fabulous. As well she should.
very interesting listening to Juliana Smoot about the White House State Dinners. The toast is coming up too in a minute.
oops delayed until 9pm… they must be having a great time 🙂
A former Obama White House social secretary (’10-’11) on C-Span just said it used to be protocol not to seat spouses together at the state dinners, but the Obamas see it differently – that in today’s world, sometimes spouses don’t get to spend as much time together due to business affairs and the like, so they seat them at the same tables.
Barack just wants to sit with Michelle, and vice versa, methinks!
Yep !
🙂
Just in case anybody needs to print any gift tags:
That first picture the French President could at least smile. Or get out of the way he is messing up POTUS and FLOTUS picture.
We will have the toasts relatively soon, I guess, since C-Span2 is blabbing about it. Oh, my, check out C-Span2 for the arrival of the two Presidents earlier and the First Lady!
Wow…….Michelle in that beautiful dress is a knockout! In that one picture it looks like President Hollande just wants to take her back to France! That blue is so soft and dreamy, and the lace on top.
Someone earlier mentioned JFK’s dinners (Jackie’s dinners)…..these are the most beautiful since then. I lived in D.C. at the time, and we got pictures in the paper, and entire magazines were devoted to the dinners.
The idea of Monet’s garden for the dinner is so wonderful, so creative, so perfect.
One thing I love at this point in PBO’s presidency is he just looks relaxed, and so does she. They’ve done this, people love them, they know what to do, and they put people at ease in the doing. Again…..Wow!
who knew ~ the Obama’s currently have the first male social secretary.. I so love them for so many things 🙂 🙂 so many firsts because of them.
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/02/11/president-obama-gives-a-toast-honoring-president-hollande/