posted 01-05-2014 01:22 AM                  

First lady Michelle Obama, however, is getting a few extra days of Hawaiian sun. She is staying behind to spend time with friends ahead of her upcoming 50th birthday party. The White House says the extra time in the islands is part of Mrs. Obama's birthday gift from the president.

The first lady turns 50 on Jan. 17.

posted 01-07-2014 10:06 AM                  

I'm sure the Liberal majority,,,and those taking a cut in Food Stamp benefit dollars, and the unemployed being cut-off at 26 weeks,,,,,will fully understand the use of taxpayer dollars to bring her back to DC

posted 01-08-2014 10:21 PM                  

By Malia Zimmerman
• Published January 08, 2014 •
watchdog.org

President Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia left Oahu after 15-day holiday vacation in a beachfront luxury home in Kailua, Oahu.

They also left a pretty big bill.

The Obamas’ vacation cost taxpayers more than $4 million for travel, staffing, security, housing, car rentals and transportation of vehicles and a helicopter.

But the expenses continue.

First lady Michelle Obama extended her own vacation, flying to the island of Maui, where she is spending time with family friend Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey’s magazine describes the home as a “perfect 21st-century farmhouse” in a “remote up-country region, where the houses that dot the moss-covered rock hillside face the ocean.”

posted 01-08-2014 10:26 PM                  

Published January 08, 2014 •
FoxNews.com

Michelle Obama may be enjoying a relaxing vacation in Hawaii at Oprah Winfrey’s Maui mansion, but the talk show host’s neighbors are reportedly much less Zen ever since the first lady came to town.

TMZ reports that the increased security around Oprah’s home has become a nuisance for her neighbors, as road closures and security checkpoints have been created to protect the first lady.

The owner of Goble's Flower Farm, near Oprah’s home, told TMZ a security checkpoint has blocked his business, making it impossible for customers to shop there.

Other business owners tell the gossip site that they can’t receive deliveries from their suppliers, and employees are arriving late to work because of the security measures.

The site added that certain hiking trails have also been shut down to protect the FLOTUS.