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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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cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)Thank gawd you are needed!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)being ripped apart by pig virus.
Takket
(21,575 posts)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
(21,575 posts)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.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)good
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)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.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)lol
kimbutgar
(21,157 posts)Pissing off chump who is only getting negative headlines. I hope it explodes his head.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)welcome them to the neighborhood.
longship
(40,416 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)bratwurst wild rice hotdish. It's yummy!
longship
(40,416 posts)However, having grown up in Detroit, my preference would be kielbasa. With dill pickle soup!!! OMFG!
My best to you, as always.