Related News
Obamas dine at favorite haunt in Hawaii
Source: Agencies |
December 31, 2010, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
US President Barack Obama hit the town in Honolulu on Wednesday night for a leisurely dinner with friends and family at one of his favorite island restaurants.
Onlookers waited patiently outside Alan Wong's Restaurant for three hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the president, the first lady and the rest of their party. The award-winning eatery is in the same neighborhood where Obama grew up, and the president's motorcade passed the Honolulu apartment where he once lived with his late grandmother and the ice cream shop where he worked as a teenager.
Wong is a favorite of the Obamas. They've dined at his flagship restaurant here several times, including last December, and also invited Wong to cater a luau at the White House.
The president's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, and her husband joined the Obamas at dinner, along with several friends from Hawaii and Chicago who are vacationing with the president.
Obama has made few public appearances since arriving on the island of Oahu last week. He's spent much of his time at his family's rented oceanfront home, and at a nearby marine base where he works out, golfs and takes his family to the beach.
The president appears to be enjoying his downtime: The White House announced on Wednesday that the first family is pushing their return to Washington back one day, and will now leave Hawaii late in the evening on January 3. The Obamas are due back in Washington the following day.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the president is trying to squeeze in more time with his family before returning to the nation's capital.
The delayed departure means Obama's daughters will miss at least two days of school.
Onlookers waited patiently outside Alan Wong's Restaurant for three hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the president, the first lady and the rest of their party. The award-winning eatery is in the same neighborhood where Obama grew up, and the president's motorcade passed the Honolulu apartment where he once lived with his late grandmother and the ice cream shop where he worked as a teenager.
Wong is a favorite of the Obamas. They've dined at his flagship restaurant here several times, including last December, and also invited Wong to cater a luau at the White House.
The president's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, and her husband joined the Obamas at dinner, along with several friends from Hawaii and Chicago who are vacationing with the president.
Obama has made few public appearances since arriving on the island of Oahu last week. He's spent much of his time at his family's rented oceanfront home, and at a nearby marine base where he works out, golfs and takes his family to the beach.
The president appears to be enjoying his downtime: The White House announced on Wednesday that the first family is pushing their return to Washington back one day, and will now leave Hawaii late in the evening on January 3. The Obamas are due back in Washington the following day.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the president is trying to squeeze in more time with his family before returning to the nation's capital.
The delayed departure means Obama's daughters will miss at least two days of school.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
