CHICAGO — All President Barack Obama wanted to do was go home. No, not to the fancy government house in Washington. He wanted the familiar bed at his Kenwood/Hyde Park house in Chicago. The comfy chair. Maybe watch some ESPN. Chill.
About noon Saturday he strolled through his leafy neighborhood on his way to visit an old Chicago pal.
It had been more than a year since he had spent a night at his home, and he was determined to do so Friday after a long day on the road.
“I am sleeping in my bed tonight,” he told a group of fellow Chicagoans at a fundraiser Friday. “I’m going to go into my kitchen. I might cook something for myself, putter around in the backyard a little bit.”
On Saturday, he looked refreshed as he walked the three blocks to Marty Nesbitt’s house, accompanied by friend and White House adviser Valerie Jarrett and a retinue of aides and Secret Service. Asked whether he made breakfast, he shouted: “No, I woke up too late.” The Associated Press
