Posted on 04/24/2010 1:34:43 PM PDT by LucyJo
The Obamas spent their holidays last year in Hawaii and Martha's Vineyard, the Massachusetts island beloved of millionaire businessmen and celebrities.
However, following the US president's fresh attack on Wall Street greed this week, it was apparently deemed wiser for Mr Obama not to be pictured relaxing alongside the same bankers he has been lambasting.
The couple left Washington without their children for a long weekend in Asheville, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west of the south-eastern state.
Although the area is a far cry from Martha's Vineyard, the Obamas are not exactly venturing into the back of beyond.
Asheville, a city of about 73,000 people, is home to the Vanderbilt family's lavish Biltmore estate and also has dozens of art galleries and elegant restaurants.
The White House said the Obamas will be staying at Asheville's most famous hotel, the Grove Park Inn, which claims that 10 presidents have stayed there.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
It's Asheville...that's not unusual.
“The best president ever”. Well, that was certainly worth a golf ball that didn’t cost him anything. Ha.
Hey Kenyan,
We’re taking notes!
OMG! Not the Biltmore! That’s one of my favorite places...1 hour/20 mins. from my home; we have annual passes...feel like part owners, considering how much money we’ve spent there. Breaks my heart to think that these two have been there. My visits will never be the same.
HOLEY MOLEY! If that’s middle class, then I grew up a whole heck of a lot poorer than I thought!
They have rooms for $245 a night.
The middle class who get their nooz from teeheevee and other garbage sources including most newspapers? Who were fooled into voting for this joker (if they weren't already totally in a swoon)? You betcha.
Yes, as we walk out of our rooms at that Motel 6 in the picture, the same one the obamas are staying at.
Yes they do, but I doubt the Obama's stayed in one of them. I think they would have chosen the deluxe with a King Size Bed.
Don’t worry—they are sanitizing the Biltmore as we speak.
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