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October 24, 2009

FLOTUS … Like It’s 1959

Michelle hula hoop.jpg

I find this brilliant the way it pairs old school and new, and also promotes the Obamas as the folks next door.

Shades of classic TV, oldies rock and throwback sport jerseys, encountering our still-new First Lady inside a hula hoop — that elegant artifact of cultural nostalgia — is wonderfully engaging. …Of course, that “there you go” expression doesn’t hurt either.

(image: Larry Downing. caption: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama tries to hula hoop with children at the White House Healthy Kids Fair on the South Lawn in Washington, October 21, 2009)

  • http://keepittrill.blogspot.com/ Kit (Keep It Trill)

    I love this, for the reasons your mentioned and more…

  • http://www.wvablue.com/ Clem Guttata

    I love the picture, but what’s up with the caption? As Yoda would say, “Do or do not… there is no try.” ;-)
    Her hips are a quite static for the hoop to hula, yet such aplomb convinces gravity was overcome with joy.

  • gipper

    again
    “There You Go Again…”
    again,again…

  • http://profile.typepad.com/6p0115724f02ff970b Serr8d

    So this is why we didn’t get the Olympics nod.

  • robertdsc

    She’s magnificent.

  • thirdeye pushpin

    when grace precision and soul assert the truth, its like a mantra;
    so circle the hula hoop, alert everybody’s root chakra that’s a hip first lady
    appropriating John Ludington’s song Bassman

  • http://motherrr.blogspot.com mcmama

    She didn’t just try. She did it. The video’s fabulous. She also runs an obstacle course.
    Nice to see a First Lady who’s relaxed and happy.

  • http://doran.pacifist.net doranb

    Mom in Chief. So far this family has humanized the office in a way which hasn’t happened in a very long time. Sure, we may end up finding out some day it was all a ruse, but for now I think Obama’s greatest strength (both politically and personally) comes from Michelle and his family. She rocks.

  • Chris

    Olympic rings, anyone?

  • gryphon

    this is a great pic.
    she’s this generations Jackie O, and maybe more!
    God she drives the wingnuts crazy, smart classy and sexy.. just like her hubby.. they’re not perfect but they sure are a breath of different air..
    there’s a line in Lion in Winter wherein Henry tells Eleanor, in reference to his new mistress.:
    ‘Whom could I have chosen to love to gall you more?’ or nearly that line…
    whom could America have chosen to Love to gall the wingnuts more… no one, I suggest..

  • Bill

    God, I love these people.

  • http://solarray.blogspot.com gmoke

    “Look, daughter, no hands!” Photo made me laugh out loud. Michele Obama looks goo-ood here. Beautiful expression on her face.