Obama Family Heads to Camp David

Camp David, 70 miles from the White House

CNN: President Obama will make his first trip to Camp David this weekend, according to White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia.

The first family will leave Saturday, spending the night at the countryside presidential retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains, and return Sunday.

Obama should change the name of Camp David to its original name -- Shangri-La. Camp David makes me think of Bush. Franklin D. Roosevelt named the military fortress Shangri-La when he converted it into a retreat, and Dwight Eisenhower named it Camp David after his grandson, Dwight David Eisenhower II. NW Encylopedia
History of Camp David.
Ronald Reagan used Camp David more than any other president.
Before they head off to CD, they're off to see the Alvin Ailey dance show:

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, who have an affinity for Friday nights out, plan to take in an Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater show at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Peforming Arts The company is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a collection of classics plus a collaboration with Sweet Honey In The Rock.

It's sold out. But the White House says the Obamas plan to use the president's box. They'll take some friends with them. Swamp