On vacation, Obamas visit home of friend, adviser Valerie Jarrett
By APWednesday, August 26, 2009
Obamas visit top adviser’s home on vacation
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are spending the evening at White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett’s house around dinnertime.
The Obamas’ motorcade left their rented compound in Chilmark for Jarrett’s nearby home in Oak Bluffs early Tuesday evening. Reporters traveling with the Obamas did not see the couple enter the home on the north shore of Martha’s Vineyard.
Obama is spending a week on the island, a destination for the wealthy and privileged. They arrived on Sunday and so far have kept a low profile. Obama played golf earlier in the day with a White House chef and an aide.
Jarrett is a friend to both Obamas and helped the first couple navigate politics in their shared hometown of Chicago.
