WASHINGTON–First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated Mothers Day at the White House early this year, with a Friday tea that honored her “mommy” Marian Robinson, who left Chicago’s South Side to move in with the First Family and others, including former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and daughters and granddaughters of Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon. There were cabinet members, military spouses and “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon–not the daughter of the president, that’s Patricia, and she was there. My Michelle Obama Mothers Day Tea story is here
Click below for menu, china service, partial guest list
below, from the White House…..
Menu:
Cucumber – watercress sandwiches
Smoked salmon blinis with chive creme fraiche
Prosciutto-wrapped asparagus spears
Chilled gulf shrimp with chive ailoi
Blueberry scones with White House jams
Fruit tartlettes
Lemon pound cake
White House Honey
Teas served:
Darjeeling
Earl grey
Bolivian
China used:
Johnson dinner plate
George W Bush tea cup and saucer
Kennedy glassware
Vermeil Bamboo centerpiece pattern from the Jackie Kennedy era
Guests:
Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter and her granddaughter Sarah Carter
Tricia Nixon Cox
Susan and Anne Eisenhower
Spouses and mothers of troops
Young women from Mrs. Obama’s mentoring program.
Bianca Bailey, Girls, Inc.
Guest: Freda Evans
Edia Pujols, Girls, Inc.
Guest: Ivanna Solano
Cherraceitta Taylor, Girl Scouts
Guest: Megan Taylor
Tina Capps, Girl Scouts
Roslyn Buford, Tennessee School for the Blind
Cynthia Nixon, Actress and cancer survivor
Guest: Christine Marinoni
Deborah Painte, Native American Training Institute
Ellen Pence, Praxis International
Guest: Audrie Pence
Anne Menard, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Guest: Frances Menard
Dalia Mogahed, Executive Director, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
Guest: Salwa Rashad
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President, The Rabbinical Assembly
Dena Hoff, Chair, Northern Plains Resource Council
Guest: Phylis Roth
Maria Perez, Vice President, Institute for Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly
Guest: Evelyn Vasquez
Alethia Spraggins, The Links
Guest: Alice Spraggins
Jacqueline Moore Bowles – National President, Jack and Jill of America
