A White House press spokesperson said Obama had promised his wife while running for president that he would take her to a Broadway show when the campaign was finished. Questioned about the use of three planes for the excursion, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs would not say how much the date cost.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden lunch together at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia on May 5, 2009. Not surprisingly, the president appeared to make an effort to curb(控制，约束) his caloric intake, ordering a "basic cheddar cheese burger," with mustard(芥末), lettuce(莴苣), tomato and a water. The vice president ordered a Swiss cheese burger with jalapeno peppers(胡椒粉), ketchup(蕃茄酱)and a root beer. While Obama and Biden ate their lunch in the restaurant, they also ordered several burgers to go.
President Obama and the first lady made an unannounced visit to the Capital City Public Charter School on Feb. 3, 2009. Joined by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the president and first lady met a group of two dozen 2nd graders. The president told the second graders he wanted to see them because they have one of their own, referring to their 7-year-old daughter Sasha; Michelle Obama laughed and waved her arms saying, "Yay, we got out!"
On Jan. 5, 2009 then-President-elect Barack Obama attended a cocktail reception at Bobby Van's Steak House, located blocks from the White House, in Washington, D.C.. The event, organized by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., was for new members of Congress and the Chicago press corps.
Before the inauguration(就职典礼) and their temporary residence at the Blair House, the official guest house adjacent to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, the Obamas stayed in the presidential suite of the luxurious Hays-Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Obama family was staying at the Hay-Adams on Jan. 5, 2009, their daughters' first day of classes at the prestigious private Sidwell Friends school. The first family moved to Washington in early January for the start of the school year.