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President Obama holds a baby as he arrives for lunch at the Old Market Deli in Cannon Falls, Minn., during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest, Aug. 15 (Pete Souza)

President Obama greets children from the Valleyland Kids summer program outside a school in Chatfield, Minn., Aug. 15. (Pete Souza)

President Obama greets people outside the Old Market Deli in Cannon Falls, Minn. Aug. 15 (Samantha Appleton)

President Obama waves to people along a road in Harmony, Minn., Aug. 15 (Pete Souza)

President Obama greets people at Nancy’s restaurant in Oak Bluffs, Mass., Aug. 21 (Pete Souza)

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President Obama visits Nancy’s seafood restaurant in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, August 21

MVT: POTUS emerged from Nancy’s at 8:24 pm, holding FLOTUS’s hand.

Then ducked into SUV and motorcade made quick one-minute trip to home near waterfront in Oak Bluffs where Valerie Jarrett is staying and where the first family is expected to stay for dinner. WH says they are dining with friends.

“grandma? guess who i met today?”

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet people as they arrive for lunch at Nancy’s Restaurant in Martha’s Vineyard in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, August 25

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama order from a window at Nancy’s Restaurant in Martha’s Vineyard

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President Barack Obama goes to lunch at Nancy’s in Oak Bluffs August 25, 2010 while vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard