Didn't Michelle look regal?

thread fail.

What your point is regarding the herbs from the garden is beyond me - as it says a mostly vegetarian meal was made with SOME of the ingredients from the garden. Why start something about such a wonderful thing?

Let's all be thankful today that we are not Romans living during the reign of Tiberius or Caligula! Now THAT was cause for alarm!

And one more point. The dress was designed by an AMERICAN - New York based designer, and it was worked on in India. That mixes the best of both worlds and is a good will gesture in my opinion particularly for this event.

His story: the soiree celebrated the relationship between the U.S. and India, where Khan was born. The grandson of a textile entrepreneur who specializes in elaborate embroidery, Khan moved to the U.S. to attend school when he was 20, but later became an assistant for the iconic minimalist designer Halston, who he met through his father. The rest is fashion history.

?Halston sponsored me. I became an American citizen. And it has been the most amazing life. My most amazing thankful Thanksgiving is this Thanksgiving. It?s an American dream,? said Khan, who got choked up talking about it all. My office has been inundated with people calling. My phones have been inundated with friends and people all over the world?I want to see how this will affect my business.

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This was not an inaugural dress and correct me if I am wrong but I believe the dress she wore for that event was designed by someone from Chicago and American made.​

For this event it seems very appropriate.

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Speak for yourself

This is my favorite shot from the night. Sweet!



I think Michelle looks amazing about 60 percent of the time, 20 percent of the time she looks nice and the rest of the time she tries too hard. This gown was a grand slam.

I liked the fact that Jindal was there. He and his wife looked very nice.

State dinners are important affairs and this one seemed to go extremely well. I saw Fareed Zakaria interview the Indian PM on Sunday's show and there definitely seemed to be a mutual respect there between him and President Obama. I was happy to hear PM Singh, apparently a wonkish economist type, say that he is firmly behind the dollar as a world standard and has a great deal of confidence in our system as a whole.

A photo search of the couple demonstrates that he 'outkicked his coverage'.

Arugula in the salad is the main "lettuce" not an herb, and they also used honey from the White house beehives (who knew) as part of the dessert.

Since you were so worried about the cost, I wanted to let you know they were growing some of the ingrediants on site..........and serving more veggies instead of more $$ meat heavy dishes. :roll:

P.S. Please be more carfeul quoting me - you clip too much and it ends up showing your comments (which I certainly do NOT agree with) added to my initial post.

There goes Vern Switzer's theory

First, I don't mind a bit that our first lady, as much as I dislike her, wears expensive clothing. I really don't want the President or his wife looking like bumkins. She did look great.

It is interesting how much time people in this forum devoted to Sarah Palin's clothing considering that her wardrobe did not cost taxpayers a dime either.

If Sarah Palin were V.P. now, she could not wear anything over $100 without being villified for insulting all of the struggling Americans.

Stunning.....for the first time in my lifetime I am proud of a First Lady's gown.