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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Michelle Obama and the girls cool off

Michelle Obama and daughters did a Saturday afternoon stop for Italian-style gelato at Capogiro at 13th and Sansom Streets.

An hour before, Secret Service tipped manager Dawne Ballard to their impending arrival and swore her to secrecy.

The first lady ordered chocolate banana and cioccolato scuro; Malia had dulce de leche and fior di latte; and Sasha kept it simple with dulce de leche.

An aide paid, shrugging off offers of a comp.
Posted by Michael Klein @ 8:15 PM  Permalink | 13 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:07 PM, 08/08/2009
    Slow news day, huh?
    — Manny Yunker
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:32 PM, 08/08/2009
    Go back to DC.
    — BlairW
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:40 AM, 08/09/2009
    Stay as long as you please. Make it the Ritz Carlton ladies.
    — MsLou
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:54 AM, 08/09/2009
    Must be nice to travel 130 miles in an escorted limo, jump to the front of the line, have a guaranteed table waiting, and then go back home again, just for a dessert...all paid for by the good ol' USA's dime.
    — seawall
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:26 AM, 08/09/2009
    Seawall, at least hubby is at work! By this time in DUBYAs first term, he had already broken the record for most vacation time by any president.
    — WestReadingGuy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:52 AM, 08/09/2009
    But I'll bet you losers were just fine with the Secret Service concierging the Bush twins all over the world and hosing down the puke-stained streets behind them. Or closing down parks so the Chimp could ride his bicycle. IOKIYAR!
    — ahab
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:56 AM, 08/09/2009
    Willie, and we have Bill to thank for handling BinLaden during his term. The trip to N Korea was a publicity stunt.
    — twg
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:16 AM, 08/09/2009
    The Philadelphia area should be flattered that with its parochial environment, more like a suburb of New York and Wilmington, that the First Family would come for anything.
    — Anne Arkey
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:41 AM, 08/09/2009
    Poor paying customers probably had to stay a block away for an hour so they could eat. Should have got SS to bring it the car. Independence hall was a mess we had to wait 2 hrs to get in because they were there.
    — jerseylink
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:13 AM, 08/09/2009
    Would you prefer there was no security for the First Family? Should they live in a bubble, like royalty? Sheesh, there's no pleasing some people.
    — Susie from Philly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:40 AM, 08/10/2009
    talk trash all you want she is still your Frist Lady.
    — hello McNabb haters


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Michael Klein, the editor/producer of philly.com/Food, writes about the local restaurant scene in his Inquirer column "Table Talk." Have a question? Email it! See his Inquirer work here.
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