Barack and Michelle Obama Visit England

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Libby Pelham

The Obamas have landed – in England that is. Our first family visited their Royal family and Barack gave the Queen quite a gift – a loaded iPod. That’s right; our hip president gave the 82 year old British monarch an iPod, but not just any iPod. He loaded it with videos of her 2007 visit to the U.S. and Broadway songs. There were 40 show songs on iPod including tunes from “West Side Story,” “My Fair Lady,” “South Pacific,” “The King and I,” and “Oklahoma.” Barack also gave the Queen a songbook for “The King and I,” signed by … Continue reading →

The Queen: A Royal Dog Lover

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Courtney Mroch

I’d heard a lot about the movie The Queen starring Helen Mirren (who did as fantastic a job as was touted, by the way) so I Netflixed it and finally had a chance to watch it the other day. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was not expecting to find out the Queen of England was such a dog lover. In the movie, she’s portrayed as stoic, well-controlled and the epitome of good breeding, refinement and manners. That’s what I would expect. I was not expecting dogs to be in the movie at all –much less allowed inside … Continue reading →