Michelle Obama's gift to lure G-20 spouses to Pittsburgh
Posted on 09/24/2009 10:13:44 PM PDT by kcvl
First Lady Michelle Obama settled on giving some china to the spouses. Here's how the White House describes the china:
A one-of-a-kind porcelain tea set, White House honey and a honey vase designed exclusively for the occasion of the Pittsburgh Summit 2009. The platinum and purple porcelain design of the teacups is classic and contemporary, and inspired by the gold and purple White House china that President and Mrs. Lincoln used in 1861.
The use of platinum on the saucer symbolizes Pittsburgh’s steel industry roots; the use of purple is the color of the state flower of Illinois, the purple violet, home states of both Presidents Lincoln and Obama. The porcelain is one of a kind and made by a century-old family business in Illinois.
A rose in the bottom of the teacup represents both the official flower of the United States and the American beauty rose, the official flower of Washington. There is a delicate three-flower bouquet that sits in the well of the saucer. It consists of the purple violet, the state flower of Illinois; the mountain laurel, the state flower of Pennsylvania; and a rose, the national flower. The White House honey produced for this occasion came from the First Beehive, located on White House property near the First Lady’s White House Kitchen Garden.
Also, there's a dinner at John Kerry's wife's farm, with all the Heinz ketchup you can eat.
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Michelle Obama's gift to lure G-20 spouses to Pittsburgh
i don’t know whether to bust out laughing or wail in pity.
Would it be wrong to hope that the First Bees escape and sting the obamas?
As long as BO and his wife bought this stuff with their own “stimulus” check it’s okay with me. If the taxpayers paid for it, I’m PO’d!
I saw krap like this at the General Dollar store the other day when I went to buy toilet paper! Some really nice porcelain made in China, actually! It was sitting beside a bunch of clear bottles with chili peppers in them! And a few shelves down was a similar boquet of silk flowers, real silk from China also, the real stuff in fact!(snort)
Just a question about this bouquet? Why would you put eucalyptus leaves in a traditionally American bouquet of flowers? They’re native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. Oh wait, Indonesia????? Hmmmmm...
Is that picture supposed to show them off? Who fired the White House photographer? Oh, that’s right, we’re going with digital cameras. No doubt Rahm took the picture.
I swear I thought that bottle said, “White House Honky”. I was looking around for the satire giveaway.
The china is made by Pickard from Antioch, IL. I stop by there every few years to pick up a new piece for Christmas and take a stroll through the museum which is truly fascinating (if you like china, as I do).
Here’s a bit of their history for anyone interested:
http://www.pickardchina.com/info.cfm?action=about
IMO, this is the type of gift that should have been given earlier in the year rather than DVD sets. I’m sure even the Queen would have appreciated the quality and beauty of the pieces.
A variant on this? : )
That deal on the left looks like a flask.
So what’s the fashion icon planning to wear to this summit?
Pajama top and skin tight capris?
Housedress?
Something made out of old White House curtains?
Something to match the tea set?
Hey, this is a MAJOR improvement over gifts the BO’s have given in the past, like for instance the ipod for the Queen of England.
It shows the BO’s are getting the message that they have no idea how to behave in polite society and have probably hired someone to make these gift decisions for them.
I’m not a fan of the purple, but it’s not bad. At least it’s got some class and refinement to it.
Your tax dollars at work!
There's a First Beehive? Well, that DOES explain the abundance of drones in the area.
Is it the First Collective or did the bees arrive AFTER the Obama Admin and miss out on the title?
So, who gets to be the Bee Czar?
I’m putting my flame-proof suit on here....
I think Michelle is maturing, or someone has convinced her to change herself, in the role of First Lady.
the angry “mean-spirited America and hole in your soul” public face from her early public days is gone, as are the DVD’s and cheesy plastic helicoptors as gifts (although those were directed particularly at Gordon Brown). She probably still believes it all, but at least she is now showing a more restrained public face.
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