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Obama Slept Here — Caesers Palace Fit for Mr. President
Dot’s Thot:
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.” — Maya Angelou
I happened to be in Las Vegas just after a visit by President Barack Obama (here for a fundraiser for Nevada Sen. Harry Reid) and saw an article by Doug Elfman in the Las Vegas Review-Journal about the digs used by President Obama while staying here. It was the penthouse suite at Caesars Palace, where if you are a gambler, you have to be a million-dollar high roller; a hundred grand does not get you in.
Some highlights, according to Elfman: the ashtrays held peanut butter cup wrappers, no cigarette butts — Michelle would be pleased, we’re sure. Out of the six possible bedrooms, Elfman guessed that Obama slept in the master suite which overlooks the Strip. While the place comes with butler attached and a dining table suiitable for VIP dining, Obama ordered a steak from Neros. Instead of the in-house treadmill and weights, Mr. President went to the regular gym which was closed for 45 minutes for security reasons.
In an ironic twist, President Obama came up the service lift, much like black entertainers like Sammy Davis Jr. did 50 years ago in Vegas. However, this past week, it was just for security reasons. Times have changed and I was thinking that Barack Obama has had to learn to be at home in himself, so as to be at home anywhere. Click on the Image or go to www.lvrj.com/obama_suite to see a video tour of the penthouse where Obama slept.
Aloha, Dot
P.S. I also saw a related article about how Multiracial Americans are the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. President Obama describes himself as a “mutt”. Hawaii ranks #1 percentage-wise as almost 1 in 5 persons is mixed or “hapa-something”. In my own extended family, we count Okinawan, Japanese, Chinese, Anglo-Mixed, Gujrati (Indian), Laotian, Black, Puerto Rican, and a white Australian among our American generations 1 through 5 — and, yes, we started in the mixing bowl of the nation, Hawaii. There is a richness of genes, cultures, and knowledge out there — life and love are good.
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Obama and Hawaii: Color-Rich, Not Color-Blind
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