by Alison Brick (RSS feed) (2 months ago)

Sep 22nd, 2009 at 1:30PM: If you were like me, you loved that Michelle Obama planted a garden at the White House last March. You can see it for yourself. It'll be part of this year's White House Gardens and Grounds Tours on October 17-18. Also on the tour are the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden, Children's Garden, and South Lawn. Even though it's free, you'll need to get a ticket to attend. Pick up your timed ...

by Brenda Yun (RSS feed) (2 months ago)

Sep 4th, 2009 at 5:00PM: It's Aloha Friday, and I'm back home in the great USA! It feels awfully good to be home for the Labor Day weekend. I hope you all enjoy the long weekend. Here are a few Gadlinks to get it started. Thank goodness for Wend Magazine's cool new Sex and the Woods column, co-written by ex-Gadling blogger Anna Brones! Now adventure travelers can seek and receive advice on relationships and travel ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (7 months ago)

May 1st, 2009 at 11:30AM: The White House issued a non-apology today, clearly practicing a technique that it will use often over the next four years. Vice President Joseph Biden is famous for speaking without thinking "saying one thing and meaning another." Today, he announced that he would not only avoid Mexico but also suggests staying away from confined spaces as the spread of swine flu contines. This is exactly ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (9 months ago)

Feb 16th, 2009 at 3:00PM: There's more to the presidency than the White House. From Camp David to presidential libraries across the country, there are plenty of portals into the lives of those who have held the most powerful office in the world. In fact, the real insights may come not from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue but from these other homes. A recent article on CNN offers five prime locations. Lincoln's Birthplace: Run by ...

by Mike Barish (RSS feed) (1 year ago)

Nov 14th, 2008 at 1:00PM: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is one of the most iconic addresses in the world. Because, obviously, it is where you can find the Dollar General in West Mifflin, PA. Say what? Blogger David Friedman has a great post up on his Ironic Sans blog that shows Google Maps street views of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from all around the United States. Sure, you can find the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue ...

by Jerry Guo (RSS feed) (1 year ago)

Jul 7th, 2008 at 9:00AM: I'm here with Carl Cannon, Washington bureau chief of Reader's Digest. You might ask what he's got to do with travel. It may have a bit to do with his 15 years covering the White House (and all the travel that goes along with the job), in particular serving as the White House correspondent for the Baltimore Sun during the Clinton and Bush 43rd administration. He's been a member of a Pulitzer ...

by Martha Edwards (RSS feed) (1 year ago)

Dec 13th, 2007 at 5:47PM: How's this for wacky news: An Icelandic teenager managed to convince several officials that he was the president of Iceland, and even was scheduled for a call with George W. Bush on December 1 until he was found out at the last moment, as this recent article reports. The boy posed as Iceland's president, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, and called the White House using a number given to him by his friends. ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (2 years ago)

Apr 2nd, 2007 at 9:13AM: While collecting information for my Easter egg hunt post, I found myself in the Oval Office of the White House where George W. Bush started to talk to me. No, this is not an April Fools Day post. That was yesterday. The White House website has video tours of various White House locations and The Oval Office is one of them. President Bush gives an up close, personal account of the place where he ...