Political Families

Michelle Obama Caught "Kaepernicking" on Camera With 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick

On Tuesday, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick posted a photo of himself and First Lady Michelle Obama "Kaepernicking" while at the White House. Per the football star: I got the opportunity to meet one of the greatest women in the world, the first lady @first_Obama and even got her #Kaepernicking

Lil Debbie and Riff Raff's "Michelle Obama": The Election Party Goes Dumb

Okay so maybe our brains are ruined from imbibing too much cablehead punditry and other toxic substances during election fever last night. But this new song/video from Kreayshawn affiliate/White Girl Mobber Lil Debbie, punctually entitled "Michelle Obama" and featuring the tattooed hashtag windbag k ... More >>

Michelle Obama's Speech Kicked Mitt Romney's Ass on Twitter

Aside from showing Clint Eastwood how a speech is given sans empty chairs, Michelle Obama's electrifying oration at the Democratic National Convention also nearly broke Twitter.Let's face it, the First Lady's speech rocked the house last night -- and when we say it rocked, we mean her 25-minute spee ... More >>

Sign a Petition to Release the White House Honey Ale Recipe

Good news, home brewing fans: You could be brewing the same beer as President Barack Obama in a few months. Last week the news broke that the White House brews three varieties of its own beer on the premises -- White House Honey Ale, White House Honey Blonde Ale and White House Honey Porter -- all ... More >>

Pie's the Limit

Michelle Obama in San Francisco This Weekend to Shake Down The 1 Percent

​First Lady Michelle Obama is headed to San Francisco this weekend where she hopes to squeeze plenty of cash from members of the 1 percent so that her husband can secure reelection and help the 99 percent. The First Lady will swing through the city on Friday night for a fundraiser at the Californi ... More >>

Michelle Obama Loves San Francisco ... and Our Money

​Never mind the fact that none of us San Franciscans can afford to pay rent, the presidential candidates seem to think we've got money to spare. Just a short month after making a cameo in San Francisco, First Lady Michelle Obama is planning another trip to tour fair city, and not for the scenic be ... More >>

Traffic Alert: President Obama Lands in SF at Noon

​Even if you aren't a political person, you should probably care about the presidential campaign today, if for no other reason than it's going to screw up your commute. That's right, the president is coming to town, and while we don't expect there will be any local pol to greet him with a rude fin ... More >>

Black Hole

Michelle Obama Makes a Deal with Walgreens

Michelle Obama proves that the White House is not in a food desert.​ According to the Obama Foodorama blog, Michelle Obama announced at a press conference yesterday that Walgreens, Walmart, and SuperValue, as well as several regional grocers, have agreed to open 1,500 stores in regions designated ... More >>

Mayor Ed Lee Meets with Michelle Obama and Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Did he write Obama a check today?​Hopefully, Mayor Ed Lee woke up feeling sociable -- and hungry -- today. After a lengthy lunch with First Lady Michelle Obama, he met up with Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj to chow down on more grub. In case you missed the motorcade across San Francisco ... More >>

Michelle Obama: What's The First Lady Wearing Today?

How Michelle Obama's wardrobe is shaping...politics​There's no doubt Michelle Obama is the most avid fashionista of any First Lady we've seen in recent history. But how is she influencing your style?Well, come next Saturday, March 12, former Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief Kate Betts will be holdi ... More >>

Facebook Under Fire -- Parents Don't 'Like' It

Parents don't "like" it. ​It's perhaps a comment on the appetite of the American masses that three biggest stories from First Lady Michelle Obama's appearance on the Today Show this week were that: 1. She was wearing a $34.95 dress from H&M; 2. Barack doesn't dye his hair, and; 3. She doesn't ... More >>

Proud to Be Amuric'n

Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Camp Out

​Maddy Hunt and Jackie Law of Camp Out have done a lot in the seven months since they started playing music together. The duo, who met as students at Berkeley, recorded an album, organized a DIY record label, and are planning a small tour. What really sets these women apart, though, is their ... More >>

Michelle Obama Wants a Farmer's Market Near the White House, but the Proposal's No Slam Dunk

foodietots/FlickrWho could be against veggies? A still life from the Dupont FreshFarm Market.​First Lady Michelle Obama is trying to bring farm fresh food to her own 'hood near the White House. Washington D.C. residents and farmers' market fans are closely watching the First Lady -- she took o ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. First Foodie: Is Michelle Obama a stealth locavore? Grist's Tom Laskawy ponders the possibility. According to the Washington Post, FLOTUS's commitment to denying Big Ag goes a bit beyond scratching out a few rows of heirloom radishes on the South ... More >>

Oliver Twist

The Doggie Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite food blog items for Wednesday, May 20, 2009 What the f***?: Seriously, who knew GI Joe had such a potty mouth, or was such an aficionado of the pork chop sandwich? YouTube reveals the filthy truth here. Credit the find to a Tuesday tweet from Hot Food Porn. Poison pen: C'mon, organoph ... More >>

Former Employer of Woman Who Claims Dad Was Zodiac Says She Told Him Her Dad Was John F. Kennedy

Who's your daddy?Chris Sorensen, a mortgage bank and real estate expert who says he recently employed Deborah Perez, claims the woman who on Wednesday told throngs of reporters her stepfather was the Zodiac Killer last year told him she was actually the illegitimate daughter of President John F. Ken ... More >>

Hark! A Wise Man

The Obama Diet: The First Foodie Family

Via: Obama-Biden Transition ProjectThe Obama FamilyAlice Waters, who has been trying for years to get Presidents from Clinton to Obama to get on board with her vision of fresh, local, seasonal, organic food for all (read her letters to Clinton and Obama here), should be happy: it seems like her ... More >>

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Bigfoot, Alien -- Boy Are We Glad We Read the Paper Today

screen capture taken from http://weeklyworldnews.com/'Course I believe it! I read it in the Weekly World News!Much has been made about how San Francisco's First Lady, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, undergoes a little bedroom bipartisanship in her upcoming movie, The Trouble With Romance. In fact, director ... More >>

The Obamas' Valentine's Dinner

tablefifty-two.comThe dining room at Table Fifty-Two, where the Obamas had their V-Day meal.Personally, we'd never go out to eat on Valentine's Day -- and this year it was a double whammy, since February 14th fell on a Saturday. But some people are fearless, it seems (thank God, because getting res ... More >>

Barack Obama Sworn-In as President -- Of LEGOLAND!

This is, as Mom would say, "Cute with two u's." Cuute, that is. Legoland California in Carlsbad this week will feature a Lego version of the Obama inauguration. That's right, a Lego Barack, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama, Joe Biden, John Roberts, the Rev. Rick Warren, Oprah, and even George Bush a ... More >>

Yes He Does

The Nobody's Business Diner

By Meredith Brody How does this menu sound to you: tomato basil soup, market pasta salad, salad du jour, organic spinach salad, Philly cheesesteaks, roasted local veggie melts, organic baked French fries, steamed organic broccoli, organic pears? Or this one: zucchini bread, French dip au jus, roas ... More >>

Yes, We Can (Eat)!

Prim, Proper, and Totally Perverted

Rabbit Hole

Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years

Get Hustle

Rollin' in the Ruins

She's Back, Possums

Treading funny old waters with Dame Edna

Guided by Voices

Half Smiles of the Decomposed

Smudged Circle

Agitprop meets musical in this too-long -- but still powerful -- Brecht revival

Gossip!!!

The inside dope on Hillary's private affair

Air Force One -- Audience Nothing

Dog Bites

Dog Bites