[penelopesire]

hmmmmm.....ping!!

This could get interesting.

[Miss Didi]

From Michelle's jazz fest thread:

"From hosting music workshops to inviting schoolchildren to help plant a vegetable garden on the South Lawn, Mrs. Obama has said she wants to open the White House up to the American public."

[maggief]

The flurry of entertaining is in keeping with the Obamas’ promise to make the White House a more open place for everyone.

The governors’ dinner was “a great kickoff of what we hope will be an atmosphere here in the White House that is welcoming and that reminds everybody that this is the people’s house,” Obama told the state chief executives after they had dined on Maryland crab, Wagyu beef, Nantucket scallops and citrus salad.

“We are just temporary occupants. This is a place that belongs to the American people and we want to make sure that everybody understands it’s open,” he said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/02/national/w005824S86.DTL&type=politics