I do that more frequently than people realize,” she said. “It’s amazing how people don’t recognize you. They don’t expect to see me at Starbucks or Chipotle. I took Bo to Petco. The cashier asked me, ‘Oh, what kind of dog is that?’ I said, ‘A Portuguese water dog.’ He didn’t recognize us because he didn’t expect that we would be in Petco.

On the Today show yesterday, Al Roker asked Michelle Obama about her recent incognito trip to Target, and whether she missed the ability to duck out and run errands without attracting a press gaggle.

She also said she slipped into a Baskin-Robbins without attracting notice. - The Atlantic Wire


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    I want to hang out with her. PLEASE LET ME BE YOUR FRIEND, MICHELLE.
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    This is actually pretty cool to know that she’s still out there doing normal stuff when she can. I just wonder how it...
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