Obama watch: He hits gym, gets hair cut, attends BBQ
They said there was no public schedule today and that proved accurate -- No news. We never got closer to Obama than about 30 feet as he got into or out of his Chevy Suburban.
At about 9:30 a.m., Obama left his home in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and went for a workout at his friend’s Mike Signator’s building. He wore his black White Sox cap; a gray T-shirt and black workout pants. He only stayed about 15 minutes. Press staff was unsure whether he worked out or just hung with his friend.
(AP)
From there, we drove to the Hyde Park Hair Salon, where he went in for his usual trim just after 10 a.m.
An Obama ’O8 sign hung in the window next to the rotating blue- and red-striped barber-shop post.
Obama picked up and quickly scanned first the Chicago Sun-Times, then the Chicago Tribune and finally the New York Times during his haircut, said his barber, Zariff (That’s the whole name).
“He was in a good mood, very relaxed,” Zariff said. “It was his regular cut. He comes in every week or two. If I let him go too long, it gets kind of bushy.”
The few clients and other barbers in there engaged in cordial conversation with Obama, Zariff said.
To read more of Pallasch's pool report on Obama, go to Lynn Sweet's blog.