[undated] Credit: Pete Souza - White House official photographer
Posted on 11/18/2013 1:59:58 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
First Couple makes a repeat visit to the nation's first certified organic restaurant... Washington, DC -- President Barack Obama spent 4-1/2 hours on Friday night celebrating close friend and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett's 57th birthday at Restaurant Nora, a hotspot for the power elite that is notable for being America's first certified organic eatery. (Above, with Jarrett in the Blue Room)
First Lady Michelle Obama and an unidentified group of friends also attended the birthday bash for Jarrett, a member of the Obamas' inner circle from Chicago who turned 57 on Thursday.
The intimate dinner was a respite from a long week that saw the President repeatedly voicing his "frustration" over the botched roll-out of Obamacare. He spent Friday huddled in Oval Office meetings with his Senior Advisors before arriving by motorcade at the DuPont Circle restaurant at 6:58 PM in the midst of a rainstorm.
The First Lady wore a black cocktail dress and the President wore a dark suit as they celebrated with Jarrett. They often mark milestones with her; last June they traveled to Chicago to attend the wedding of Jarrett's daughter, held in the backyard of Jarrett's home. She also accompanies the First Family on their summer vacations on Martha's Vineyard.
The White House released no guest list for the dinner party, which was a repeat visit for the First Couple. The President treated Mrs. Obama to a surprise birthday party at Nora in January of 2010, which Jarrett also attended.
Located in an historic converted row house, Nora offers a pricey, eclectic menu starring American, French and Asian-inflected dishes made with seasonal and locally sourced ingredients. Entrees range from $29 to $36, and the wine list is deep. This week's dinner menu {PDF}.
Chef/owner Nora Pouillon has worked on Mrs. Obama's Let's Move! campaign, visiting the White House and attending events in DC with the White House chefs. She has also cooked for Democratic fundraisers. The restaurant was certified organic in 1995, which means that at least 95% of all ingredients must be produced by certified organic farmers, growers and suppliers.
Bill and Hillary Clinton were frequent patrons of Nora during his Presidential administration. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor were both spotted dining at Nora earlier this week, local media outlets reported.
The President and Mrs. Obama were not seen by the press pool as they departed the White House, arrived at Nora, nor as they departed to return to 1600 Penn at 11:39 PM, with the rain at downpour level.
A crowd of about 15 onlookers had gathered outside the restaurant during Jarrett's party, braving the weather to try to see the Presidential entourage as the dinner concluded. They were held at a distance due to a security perimeter that included street closures.
The visit to Nora was the President's second culinary excursion of the week. On Tuesday, he treated five active-duty service members to lunch at DC's Molly Malone's, an Irish-themed pub.
President Obama had no public events scheduled on Friday after traveling to Cleveland, Ohio for a speech on the economy and to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a Democratic fundraiser on Thursday.
President Obama has no public events scheduled for Saturday. On Sunday, the First Family will attend the Oregon State vs. University of Maryland men’s basketball game in College Park, Maryland, the White House said. Mrs. Obama's brother Craig Robinson is head coach at Oregon State.
[undated] Credit: Pete Souza - White House official photographer
I just threw up in my mouth.
Whenever Valjar uses the term “we” when she speaks about public policy or politics, who is she referring to? Who is conspiring with her to screw up our country?
aw geez. i turn 57 today.
that abt all we have in common.
Soros?
I’ll be 60 in January. So I have nothing in common with her.
The shadow POTUS calling all the shots is standing on the left.
What will happen to her when a coup occurs?
She will support the new leader.
"......Progressives are rigid in their ideology, to be sure, but this rigidity does not extend to their support for leaders. For it follows from the inhumane core of progressivism itself that all men--even "historic" ones--are expendable in the name of the cause, namely history's march into totalitarianism........"
Classy to party while one’s policies are harming Americans./s
My deepest sympathies.
Just like Obama trying to say it is our values as heterosexuals to accept homosexuals, when he hides he is a homosexual and does not speak from a magnaminous heterosexual viewpoint.
This “guy” is a fraud.
Certidied organic? This from the same Fda/epa which says you cannot grow your own corn.
They eat organic while putting small farmers out of business and stuffing genetically altered food down our throats.
We must be protected from us.
… The report,which relied on unnamed senior Israeli officials,said the US team to the secret talks was led by Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. Her primary interlocutor,the report said,was the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran,Ali Akbar Salehi. The talks have been taking place in various Gulf states.
It is "The Royal We". 'Tiz the King.
Let me guess.. Jarrett had two chunks of hamburger and a side of mice... Isn’t that what snakes eat?
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