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Michelle Obama

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    10 People Making L.A. a Better Place

    From to a 70-year-old woman teaching others how to use medical marijuana to a man dedicated to saving the sea lions, these Angelenos prove that do-goodery can be vastly more interesting, creative, and fulfilling than writing a monthly charity check or two. Check out our entire People 2012 issue her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Denise Hunter: The Really Good Wife

    One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Everywhere Denise Hunter goes, she's mistaken for Michelle Obama. "I was in San Francisco at a meeting," she says, perched in a fine Sunday pantsuit on a couch in a back room ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 19, 2012

    David Bowie and a dog named Felix

    One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Everywhere Denise Hunter goes, she's mistaken for Michelle Obama. "I was in San Francisco at a meeting," she says, perched in a fine Sunday pantsuit on a couch in a back room ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including the Alien at MOCA

    The artists on this week's list have endearing idiosyncrasies: James Lee Byars' obsession with the perfect atmosphere, Cai Guo-Qiang's spiritual pyromania and Dasha Sishkin's perverse approach to glamour. 5. Clothing-optional fantasies If Shel Silverstein, who brought the same twisted humor to his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Food News Roundup: Farmers Challenge Monsanto, Sous-Vide Cocktails Possible Bourdain Book Deal for Marilyn Hagerty

    Reuters: Organic farmers vow to continue challenging Monsanto's patents on genetically modified seeds, defying a court that ruled no controversy exists. Food Arts: Julian Cox, and others, are using sous-vide for cocktails. Call it "flash brew." Grand Forks Herald: A book deal with Anthony Bourdain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Funny Food Cookbook: Just Imagine The Election Year Breakfast Table Fun

    Sure, the intended audience for Funny Food: 365 Fun, Healthy, Silly, Creative Breakfasts, to be released later this month, is a few decades younger than we are. But hey, we could all use a little more food fun in these days of infinite online cassoulet critics, no? And it is pretty funny how those t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Michelle Obama Pays Visit to Inglewood Today

    As part of her "Let's Move!" nationwide health campaign for fitness and healthier food, First Lady Michelle Obama will be making a stop in Inglewood today -- the second day of her two-day visit to Los Angeles. She'll speak to supporters at a future site for a Northgate Gonzalez Market. The "Let's M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Food News Roundup: Michelle Obama's Book Delayed, 800 Degrees Super Bowl Beer

    ​Obama Foodorama: Publication of First Lady Michelle Obama's book about the White House kitchen garden, American Grown, delayed a month, to May 2012. Tasting Table: More fun with pizza at the new 800 Degrees. Daily Dish: Five questions for the Tasting Kitchen's Casey Lane. Eatocracy: Beers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Junk Food in Schools Not Linked to Childhood Obesity

    Fat kids everywhere, rejoice! There's no link between childhood obesity and junk food sold in schools, a new study has found. Cities all over the country have been busy banning the sale of sweet and salty snacks in public schools in a bid to fight childhood obesity (thanks, Mrs. Obama). But a new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    First Lady Praises Olive Garden Changes

    Anne Fishbeina forkful of spaghetti at the Olive Garden​ How many years does it take to set down a salt shaker? For the Olive Garden (read Jonathan Gold's review here) and Red Lobster restaurants and their four sister chains (LongHorn Steakhouse, the Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 5 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Oran Z's Black Facts and Wax Museum: A Brutally-Honest African-American History Collection in Baldwin Hills

    Christopher J. LynchWax figures of Barack and Michelle Obama​ Oran Z began his quest for a wax head of Barack Obama even before the president took office. The creator and proprietor of the Pan African Black Facts and Wax Museum in South Los Angeles met resistance from his supplier, who wanted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/25-7/29

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Plus, there's a citrus slush, a bioflavonoid bomb enhanced with pomegranate vinegar, that is to a Jamba Juice concoction what a Kia Soul is to your mom's Subaru Forester." Iota: K-Town Teen Heaven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Mrs. Obama Approves: McDonald's Selling Apples Trimming Calories

    iirraa/flickrApples at McDonald's​ Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama and James Gavin III practically shed tears of joy over Wal-Mart's professed commitment to selling good food cheaper and expanding into barren Whole Foods-deprived "food deserts." Gavin said, perhaps jokingly, that he hope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    [Updated] Michelle Obama Announces Retailers Will Expand Into Food "Deserts"

    Samantha Appleton/White HouseThe First Lady and elementary school students tend the White House garden​ Update 11:50 a.m. 7/20/2011 - Mayor Manuel Lozano spoke before Obama about his work in Baldwin Park, along with James Gavin III, chairman of the Partnership for a Healthier America's Board ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Jamie McCourt Wanted to be Mayor of Los Angeles?

    Jamie McCourt.​Vanity Fair's take on the Frank and Jamie McCourt saga is rife with details about the couple's ostentatious living, gross even by our standards: A five-home-buying spree in L.A. and Baja, a $10,000-a-month hairstylist. But what really stopped us in our tracks were Jamie's appa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Michelle Obama Charges $10K for Photo Op, 'Private Time' at L.A. Campaign Fundraiser (Unless You're J.J. Abrams)

    This could be you, for 10,000 dolla!​The first lady landed quietly in Los Angeles this morning, avoiding another #ObamaTraffic nightmare with an early arrival at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. There to greet her were director J.J. Abrams -- basking in "Super 8's" critically acclai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/14-3/18

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Have we ever tried poutine? Don't come around here much, do you?" Ask Mr. Gold: Poutine in Los Angeles, or The Endurance of Boy Food. "'You're not nearly as fat as I expected.'" 30 Burgers in 30 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Michelle Obama Signs a Book Deal: The White House Garden Family Recipes

    The White House / Joyce N. BoghosianMichelle Obama gardening with kids​ It's not just former presidents who get book deals, but sitting first ladies too, for which we are grateful. First Lady Michelle Obama has just signed a book deal with Crown Publishing to write a book about the White Hous ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2011

    TUTU MUCH

    The White House / Joyce N. BoghosianMichelle Obama gardening with kids​ It's not just former presidents who get book deals, but sitting first ladies too, for which we are grateful. First Lady Michelle Obama has just signed a book deal with Crown Publishing to write a book about the White Hous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Whoopie Pies: Maine Can Claim Them, We'll Just Eat Them

    Baking Whoopie/We Heart This​ While Michelle Obama pushes to bring more healthful food to the masses, and Jamie Oliver fights to get more vegetables into Los Angeles schools, across the country, it's a different kind of food fight: Mainers are trying to make their beloved, sweet whoopie pie th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Wal-Mart Slashing Salt, Sugar, Fat AND Prices

    absurd_hero/Flickr​ Wal-Mart has long been one of American citizens' most reliable suppliers of unhealthy packaged foods. Today, as The New York Times reports, the company has proclaimed its intention to, over the next five years, reduce the levels of sodium, fat, and sugar in thousands of it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    The Daily Meal's 50 Most Powerful People in Food

    Listmania continues (David Letterman's cultural legacy, perhaps, along with Velcro suits) but this time The Daily Meal has come up with something more compelling than a list of Top 10 Cupcakes. Theirs? America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food. It's a good list, as it would be: The Daily Meal is h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    The Atlantic's Top Ten Food Stories of 2010: Frankenfish, Four Loco Italian Food (Pizza? Really?)

    Nick Sherman/FlickrPizza at Nicky D's in Silverlake​ The Atlantic just dropped its year-end top ten calling out the biggest "food stories" of 2010. Let's run down the roster. We have meat-worship, "frankenfish," school lunch reform, New York City's crusades against soda and Four Loko, the ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Congress Approves Child Nutrition Bill, Finally

    Flickr/Sea Frostwhat Congress has been eating lately​ Despite some last-minute histrionics (of course), today Congress approved the child nutrition bill. The House passed the bill by a vote of 264 to 157; the Senate passed the bill unanimously in August. The legislation will expand the school ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Angeleno Kristina Schake, A Same-Sex Marriage Supporter, Heading To White House To Become Michelle Obama's Spokeswoman

    griffinschake.comWill Kristina Schake put support for same-sex marrage on the president's agenda?​Starting next month there will be a pro-same-sex-marriage Californian in the White House. L.A. public relations executive Kristina Schake will start as First Lady Michelle Obama's spokeswoman. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    The Cookie Monster: Sarah Palin Tackles the Issue of Sweets in Schools

    Flickr/neil conwaycookies​ Maybe after her new show, Sarah Palin's Alaska, is over, the former governor and VP candidate can get a show on the Food Network. Because there's every indication that Palin will be tacking food next. Or rather the government's policies on food. "Who should be mak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/15-11/19

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "As you might have expected, A-Frame, in what looks like an old IHOP tricked out with enough pine and track lighting to make it resemble a ski chalet, is pretty different from the legion of gastropubs." First Bite: Take the A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Melrose Elementary Kids Get Their Hands Dirty with Woolly School Gardens and Chef Andrea Cavaliere El Cholo Feeds Teachers Tonight

    J. RitzChef Andrea Cavaliere from Cecconi's and schoolyard gardeners in training.​ There must be statistics, somewhere, detailing the amount of chain link fencing in the possession of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It seems entirely possible that the sum of the practical-yet-dreary ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

    Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Clifton's Cafeteria Being Taken Over by The Edison's Andrew Meieran. [blogdowntown] -- Fall Is for Food (Event) Lovers. [Chow Balla] -- Glenn Beck mocks Michelle Obama's healthy food drive at Right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Michelle Obama Has Sunday Supper at Lucques Monday Dinner at Mozza

    APMichelle Obama talking childhood obesity​Thanks to the good people at Obama Foodorama, we've discovered that Michelle Obama arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday, whereupon the sustainable-food conscious First Lady took her daughters to Lucques in West Hollywood for Sunday supper. Said the restau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Plate Spinnings: Listings From the Past Week

    Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- An interview with Shut Up, Foodies, a new satirical food blog. (More on this one later.) [Eat Me Daily] -- Walmart's exclusive Ben & Jerry's flavor: flourless chocolate cake ice cream. [Serious Eats] ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    The White House Easter Egg Roll: Live Streaming With The President & The Easter Bunny

    Although many of us played with Easter eggs and celebrated the start of baseball season yesterday, the White House will be officially doing both of those things today. This morning the White House is holding the 2010 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn: watch the live stream below. And later today Pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

    Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- "100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do," part 2. [NYT] -- Pets on plates! Elizabeth Kolbert reviews Jonathan Safran Foer's lastest book Eating Animals. [New Yorker] -- After Gourmet: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Ozomatli to Perform for Barack and Michelle Obama at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Awards

    LA band Ozomatli have stood on a lot of stages in their fourteen year career. They've faced 10,000 in Kathmandu, have been shuttled into a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan to perform, have gigged music schools in Burma, have done the Today Show. Next Wednesday, however, they'll play to what is the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    From Boy Toys to Ball Gowns: Wu Does Ru

    Looks like Michelle Obama took our drag-hag advice when choosing her inaugural ensembles yesterday. Okay, sometimes color-coordinating is a crime, especially if the matchy-matchy shade offense includes puke green! Not sure how we felt about the ball gown (see post below) but the designer who made it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Queer Town: President Barack Obama and the Gays

    Almost a year ago to the day, I stood in the large kitchen of an elegant mansion in the Pacific Palisades at a political fund raiser, waiting to the shake hand of our future president, Barack Obama. When he approached, I said hello and immediately told him I was gay. I then asked Obama to include ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Finally, the Obama Inauguration Dress...with non-matching gloves

    It's yellow! The nation waited months to see what Michelle Obama would wear to the Inauguration. Here it is: an Isabel Toledo sheath and matching beaded coat in sunny yellow. Michelle paired that with sage green leather gloves by J. Crew. At first, I wasn't feeling the green gloves and yellow dress, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Michelle Obama's $17,313 Earrings

    In this segment of our ongoing Michelle Obama fashion coverage: her earrings. Worn at the "We Are One" Inauguration Concert at Lincoln Memorial in DC this past Sunday. They're by Loree Rodkin and are white gold and diamond quatrefoil in a chandelier design with lotus earwire and black diamond cente ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Queer Town: The Holiday Education of My Dad

    I flew back to New Jersey yesterday and on the drive home from Newark International Airport, my Dad and I talked about the Rick Warren controversy and Prop. 8. My Dad is a political guy, but he still didn't know everything about why people are so upset about the Prop. 8 loss and Obama's choice of Ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Michelle Obama's Election Night Dress

    America did the right thing at the polls this time around. I'm so happy, even Michelle Obama's odd election night dress is looking good right now. The crisscross empire waist and side panels are meant to be strategically slimming, I believe. Sure, the swath of red splashed across the front is discon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Election '08: Nevada's Turn of the Wheel

    BY MARC COOPER Some quick hits from the Bistro Buffet at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas: -- Never before I have ever seen so many people wearing political trappings at the gaming tables. More than 95% is Obama-Biden. -- Both Michelle Obama and John McCain are buzzing through opposite ends of town. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    You Voted? I Voted!

    BY MARC COOPER Some quick hits from the Bistro Buffet at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas: -- Never before I have ever seen so many people wearing political trappings at the gaming tables. More than 95% is Obama-Biden. -- Both Michelle Obama and John McCain are buzzing through opposite ends of town. ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 11, 2008

    Michelle Obama's Night Out in L.A.: Malia and Sasha Meet the Jonas Brothers

    Dream come true for Malia, and indirect reference to Sarah Palin from Michelle, who says her husband is "not afraid of smart people."

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    Queer Town: The Obama Pool Report

    Rather than watch the Republican National Convention or the U.S. Open in tennis, I covered Michelle Obama's visit to Los Angeles on Wednesday night as a "pool reporter." A pool reporter is someone who's chosen by a political campaign to cover an event that would otherwise be closed to the press. I ... More >>

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    The Delegate From Sadr City

    Majid Al-Bahadli more than hopes Obama can change the world

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Election '08: Hillary Hits A Home Run

    On Tuesday night, as I sat through former Democratic governor of Virginia Mark Warner's keynote speech, which sounded more like a campaign speech for his Senate run than a keynote speech, I wondered when the transcendent moment of this convention would be. It wasn't Michelle Obama's opening address ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    Election '08: All Dressed Up With No Riot To Go To

    So, I was walking down the 16th Street Mall in Denver after (think Fourth Street Mall in Santa Monica, only a little bigger and a little less cheesy), taking in all the civic life, or such as it is in the USA, which consisted of lots of people dining out and taking in street performers and enjoying ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2008

    Maria Shriver for Obama

    Maria Shriver, the first lady of the state of California and cousin of Caroline Kennedy, has endorsed Senator Barack Obama. Shriver made an impromptu appearance at an Obama rally at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion Sunday, where Michelle Obama, wife of the presidential candidate, Oprah Winfrey, and Carolin ... More >>

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