Be a post whore!

[glatt]

My brother flies into town from Toronto with his Canadian family for a whirlwind tour of DC. Turns out his wife is good friends with one of the senior staffers in the White House, so they get a private tour and even get to step into the oval office when Obama isn't there. Meet the chief of staff. Their elementary school aged kids are now under the impression that when you visit DC, you get to go to the oval office, and then visit with uncle glatt.

At least he got one of these for me.

I sort of half-assed put the ribbon back on so you could see how it came

[Gravdigr]

Have they met their demise yet? The candy, I mean...

And how were they?

[fargon]

They would not last around our house Keryx would devour them.

[glatt]

There was so much candy in the house yesterday, I didn't eat these ones yet. They look good though.

[BigV]

Wow! Fran's? Really? Fran's Chocolates from Seattle? That's so cool!!

[glatt]

Yep.

When President Barack Obama was on the campaign trail four years ago, he discovered her legendary Smoked Salt Caramels and went bonkers for them. Now, special visitors to the White House receive a box of the salted caramels stamped with the Presidential Seal as a parting gift – half in milk chocolate (The President’s favorite) and half in dark chocolate (First Lady Michelle’s preference).

[glatt]

My son's music tutor can be seen performing on TV today. I can tell you more about it tomorrow (it's supposed to be a secret) but I think that's pretty cool. He's routinely in our living room.

[BigV]

cool!

[fargon]

Where on TV?

[glatt]

Letterman. He's in the President's band and it was a secret that Michelle Obama was surprising Dave on the show, but now that taping is presumably over, I guess I can put it on the Internet without pissing off the Secret Service or getting our son's tutor in trouble.

[DanaC]

Nice. Made me think of this:

[BigV]

well done.

[Sundae]

This is not me.
But apparently looks like like me. Seen by a friend on an online advert.

Hmmmm. I wonder why she looked twice and considered it might be me?
I obviously give out that mature dating website vibe.

[Lamplighter]

Now comes a California law suit involving 2 nuns, an archbishop, a pop-singer, and a land-developer ...
which it will be decided by a judge whose last name is O’Brien.

Who do you think is going to win this ?
Or... when it comes to a battles with nuns, where has
Archbishop Jose Gomez been for the past couple of years ?

2 Nuns, a Developer and Katy Perry Walk Into a Real Estate Deal
NY Times - MICHAEL CIEPLY - JULY 2, 2015

LOS ANGELES — God moves in mysterious ways — particularly when it comes to Los Angeles real estate.

And few transactions have proved more mystifying of late than conflicting attempts
by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and a group of nuns under its supervision
to sell an eight-acre hillside estate here.

The property might go to the pop singer Katy Perry.
Or it could fall to the restaurateur and developer Dana Hollister,
depending on whether the sacred matchup or a more profane alignment
of lawyers and would-be buyers prevails.<snip>

Some on both sides have been shocked by the highly public nature of the fight,
which has spilled into court and onto television screens.

It pits the local archbishop, José Gomez, against a pair of nuns,
Sister Rita Callanan, 77, and Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, 86
—both appeared on NBC’s “Today” show this week —
who are among five remaining members of a Los Angeles order,
the Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

“I would have thought everyone would sit down and it would be settled in five minutes,”
said J. Michael Hennigan, a lawyer for the archdiocese.

Instead, Mr. Hennigan and his various opponents are getting ready
for a hearing on July 30in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Judge Robert O’Brien has been asked to issue an injunction blocking
the nuns’ proposed sale of the villa, where their motherhouse and novitiate
had been based since 1970, to Ms. Hollister, which would clear the way for a sale, instead, to Ms. Perry.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Now comes a California law suit involving 2 nuns, an archbishop, a pop-singer, and a land-developer ...
which it will be decided by a judge whose last name is O’Brien.

Very simple, who legally owns the property? They are the only one who can sell it.