At least 100 people crowded around barricades yesterday afternoon outside the Kailua Island Snow shop to catch a glimpse of a casual President Obama, wearing sunglasses and dressed in shorts and a white T-shirt, enjoying shave ice with his daughters and about 16 friends.
Obama ordered shave ice for the group, going up to the counter with a long list of orders on lined notebook paper folded in half.
For himself, he ordered the shave ice named after him at the Kailua Road store — the Snowbama — which is a combination of lemon-lime, cherry and passion-guava.
"I like my shave ice straight, no frills," Obama explained.
The president's daughters, Malia and Sasha, were in shorts, sleeveless shirts and rubber slippers. More at HI
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Obama Gets a Snowbama Shave Ice
Obama may get more than just a shave ice named after him. Yesterday's outing to get shave ice at the Island Snow shop:
