Michelle Obama wears 'peep-toe' flats in Ronda, Spain, August 7, 2010. Photo by Jon Nazca, Reuters.
Posted on 08/07/2010 7:27:54 AM PDT by kristinn
The Huffington Post has a photo-illustrated article about the visit today by Michelle Antoinette Obama to Ronda, Spain, headlined: Michelle Obama Does Midday Shoe Change in Ronda (PHOTOS).
The photos used for the Huffington Post article can't be used at FR as they are from Getty Images, however, other wire photos (with less detail) are available for posting.
In the meantime, here are the lyrics to Michelle Obama's theme song, Pearls, by Sade:
there is a woman in somalia
scraping for pearls on the roadside
there`s a force stronger than nature
keeps her will alive
this is how she`s dying
she`s dying to survive
don`t know what she`s made of
i would like to be that brave
she cries to the heaven above
there is a stone in my heart
she lives a life she didn`t choose
and it hurts like brand-new shoes
hurts like brand-new shoes
there is a woman in somalia
the sun gives her no mercy
the same sky we lay under
burns her to the bone
long as afternoon shadows
it`s gonna take her to get home
each grain carefully wrapped up
pearls for her little girl
hallelujah
hallelujah
she cries to the heaven above
there is a stone in my heart
she lives in a world she didn`t choose
and it hurts like brand-new shoes
hurts like brand-new shoes
Michelle Obama wears 'peep-toe' flats in Ronda, Spain, August 7, 2010. Photo by Jon Nazca, Reuters.
Michelle Obama changed her footwear to sneakers during her walkabout in Ronda, Spain, August 7, 2010. Photo by Jon Nazca, Reuters.
Reuters Pictures 1 hour ago U.S. first lady Michelle Obama walks at the Palace of the Moorish King during her vacation with her daughter Sasha to the historic center of the southern Spanish town of Ronda, near Marbella August 7, 2010.
She looks a bit heftier than usual.
So sad when this is what passes for news to sleeping America..
She’s fashion forward.
Her stylist dresses her.
And her shoulders are covered.
She must be visiting places of worship.
Or she had a boat load of paella and lobster yesterday.
Hey I noticed that first!! She has a shoe carrier!
I thought it looked like she forgot to remove the bib.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/7931922/Michelle-Obama-visits-Ronda.html
Meanwhile at the five-star luxury Villa Padierna, where the group have chosen to spend their mini-break, preparations were under way for Marbella’s event of the year – a star-studded charity gala hosted by Hollywood A-listers Antonio Banderas and Eva Longoria.
Expectation was high that the First Lady would be the special guest at the event on Saturday night after she received a personal invitation from Ms Longoria, star of Desperate Housewives, who lent her support to Barack Obama during his presidential campaign.
More than 400 tickets have been sold for the Starlite Gala at 1000 euros each, according to organisers, and reports suggested that this week another 200 people had applied for tickets and were on a waiting list after learning that Mrs Obama might be present.
Among those clamouring to dine in the same room as the wife of the US President are a host of European celebrities and aristocrats, including Gunilla Gräfin von Bismarck, great-granddaughter of Otto, who has a home in Marbella.
Also in attendance will be tennis player Boris Becker with his wife Lilly Kerssenberg, and bestselling spiritual guru Deepak Chopra, who had all flown in for the fund-raising Starlite gala in aid of children’s charities.
One name on the guest list that could raise a few eyebrows among US diplomatic circles is Adnan Khashoggi.
The Saudi Arabian businessman, 75, who made his name as an arms dealer in the 1980s, was linked to the Iran-Contra scandal in which the Reagan administration allegedly sanctioned the sale of weapons to Iran in breach of an international arms embargo.
Another rumoured to be on the guest list is Sir Mark Thatcher, the disgraced son of the former Prime Minister, who has a home in the hills above Marbella.
That top makes her look pregnant.
“Hey I noticed that first!! She has a shoe carrier!”
Looks like the shoe carrier ties them for her, too. ;)
Women carry extra shoes with them when they go just about anywhere.
95% of the working females in Manhattan change their foot-ware during the day.
This is over the top petty nit picking.
Stuff like this gives lefties ammunition to belittle valid criticism of the Wookie and the Rookie.
How long before someone on MSNBC holds this up as typical craziness from the Obamas detractors?
(She’s still as ugly as a mud fence and nowhere near as useful)
She always has that nasty scowl on her face. I bet she is hell to live with.
Did she and her daughter exchange shoes? In your first picture the daughter is wearing sneakers.
Upper left hand corner of your screen, there is a back button.
Nope, had to have some toe holes and heel cut offada sneakas.
Hilarious.
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