Obama does Market walkabout (Purchased a BeaverTail from the Hookers, in Ottawa)

The Ottawa Sun ^ | Thu, February 19, 2009 | LAURA CZEKAJ

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U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Parliament Hill began with a warm wave to an adoring crowd of thousands and ended with a sugary sweet BeaverTail in the Byward Market.

As Obama’s motorcade left his working visit in the Centre Block of Parliament Hill shortly before 4 p.m., it made an unexpected pit stop in the Byward Market.

Obama exited his limousine to shop, shake hands, and grab one of the iconic Ottawa fried pastries.

The Secret Service asked a nervous Jessica Milien, 17, an employee at the BeaverTail kiosk, to bring the president one of the savory treats. She served him the aptly named ObamaTail, created in honour of the president’s inauguration.

“I am standing there shaking, my legs are shaking, and I kept thinking, ‘What am I going to say? I have to sound smart, this is the president we are talking about,’” she said.

“He was such a down to earth guy, he wasn’t hard to talk to at all,” she said.

Obama wandered through the Byward Market, shaking hands and leaving awestruck shoppers as he went.

He bought a keychain for one of his daughters with a Canadian $5 bill at the Oxxo Market. Obama told shopkeeper Adnan Ustun that his daughter collects the trinkets.

Obama then dropped into the Le Moulin de Provence bakery and was presented with shortbread cookies in the shape of maple leafs, which he said were for his daughters.

“It was very surprising for everybody here,” said manger Alice Gonzalez. “We weren’t expecting him at all.”

Earlier in the day, it was the beating rotor of the helicopter as it hovered above the East Block that tipped off the crowd that the man of the hour had finally arrived.

A loud roar of approval rose from the estimated 2,500 people as they waved placards and flags and turned their heads to catch a glimpse of the motorcade ferrying Obama onto the Hill just before noon.

Obama received a hero’s welcome as he emerged from his limo and then waved from behind a bullet-proof panel of glass erected in the arch of the Peace Tower. The much-anticipated gesture was largely obscured from the crowd by a parked ambulance.

Many in the crowd had spent hours lining up against a double row of metal barrier fences in the hope Obama would briefly address the crowd.

A quick sighting of the president’s waving hand was all Lisgar High School student Samia Ahmed, 15, managed to see.

“I wanted to see more, but it was worth it,” she said.

The crowd had started forming at 6:30 a.m.. Throughout the day, RCMP posted at each gate carefully searched the belongings of those trying to get on the Hill.

Adoring Obama supporters mixed with hawkers selling T-shirts at $20 a pop, lapel pins and a clutter of other memorabilia, and activists who saw it as a chance to promote their cause.

“It’s a very special time today and I am glad he’s making his first trip to Canada. That just says a lot for our relationship with America,” said Ottawa resident Melissa Benjamin as her one-year-old son Zavion Jasper squirmed in her arms.

“Maybe Zavion will be the first black Canadian prime minister.”

laura.czekaj@sunmedia.ca

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History

BeaverTails began when Grant and Pam Hooker decided to turn their family recipe for fried dough into a corporate business. [1] In 1980, the Hookers opened up the first BeaverTail stand in the Byward Market in Ottawa, which was two years after they had created BeaverTails Canada Inc. The company expanded throughout Canada and then internationally in the 1990’s. In 2002 the company moved its head office to Montreal and refocused its attention on domestic development. Since 2008 select international development has been reinitiated.

Toppings

Some make their own beavertails, but BeaverTails Canada Inc. list the following toppings: Cinnamon and sugar, Killaloe Sunrise (cinnamon, sugar & lemon), Chocolate hazelnut, Maple butter, Apple cinnamon, Banana chocolate, Maple walnut, Triple Trip (chocolate, peanut butter and Reese's pieces®), Avalanche (cream cheese frosting and SKOR®) and the Voyageur.

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That one looks like apple cinnamon.

[fanfan]

Zero bought a beavertail from Grant and Pam Hooker's Byward market store while he was here. ;-)

Did Clinton ever do that?

[nbhunt]

The o IS a beaver tail.....flat, with nothing in it.

[GeronL]

“The Messiah graces us with his presence” I expected someone to say

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

He bought a keychain for one of his daughters with a Canadian $5 bill at the Oxxo Market. Obama told shopkeeper Adnan Ustun that his daughter collects the trinkets.

I'll give him credit for this, he doesn't seem like Hillary who expects to be given things for free when doing PR work.

[cripplecreek]

Slick got his beaver on the sly.....well he tried to get it on the sly.

[americanophile]

"Obama received a hero’s welcome as he emerged from his limo and then waved from behind a bullet-proof panel of glass erected in the arch of the Peace Tower. The much-anticipated gesture was largely obscured from the crowd by a parked ambulance.

Bulletproof glass, standby ambulance...and this is CANADA we're talking about. What happens when he visits someplace where they REALLY don't like us? Maybe a free-market country?

[Praxeologue]

sugar, Killaloe Sunrise (cinnamon, sugar & lemon), Chocolate hazelnut, Maple butter, Apple cinnamon, Banana chocolate, Maple walnut, Triple Trip (chocolate, peanut butter and Reese's pieces

Eat more, Barry.

[bgill]

Does this doob never think? Anyone with the msm following their every move should NEVER buy anything with “beaver” or “tail” in the name.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I’m sure he got an ear full from ‘Aunt Esther’.......

[Gondring]

This will boost his ratings.

[zlala]

The Canadians can afford to give him a hero's welcome...he isn't their president! At the end of 4 yrs they won't care so much for him either. He's already dropping in favor here, so he went where he'd be cheered.

[al baby]

Slick got his beaver on the sly.....well he tried to get it on the sly.

I think he was more into blue dresses than beavers

[al baby]

Slick got his beaver on the sly.....well he tried to get it on the sly.

I think he was more into blue dresses than beavers

[NonValueAdded]

The Secret Service asked a nervous Jessica Milien, 17, an employee at the BeaverTail kiosk, to bring the president one of the savory treats. She served him the aptly named ObamaTail, created in honour of the president’s inauguration.

Yep, completely spur-of-the-moment just like "hey, Hillary , look at the pile of rocks I found on this beach!" spur-of-the-moment.

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Bulletproof glass, standby ambulance...and this is CANADA we're talking about. What happens when he visits someplace where they REALLY don't like us?

The Secret Service has to carry the whole load in those cases. Here, they had the assistance of the RCMP, the OPP, and the Ottawa police.

Maybe a free-market country?

Which one?

[fanfan]

Does this doob never think? Anyone with the msm following their every move should NEVER buy anything with “beaver” or “tail” in the name.

Certainly not when he would have to take a detour into 'The Market' to do it.

LOL!

[fanfan]

*snort*

[mylife]

He bought a keychain for one of his daughters with a Canadian $5 bill at the Oxxo Market.

I heard the big spender thought he was in Iowa.

[Candor7]

GO HOME OBAMA..... YOUR SORDID ATTEMPT TO COLONIZE CANADA IS NOTICED,and GO TAR SANDS GO...... MAKE THE ARAB OIL SHEIKS HURT!!!!: