President Obama’s second state dinner Wednesday night was a feast of glamour, gags, and gossip with a touch of politics – and not a single gatecrasher.
The event’s chief head-turners were First Lady Michele Obama, resplendent in a shimmering, cobalt blue, one-strap gown by Peter Soronen; as well as Gayle King and Eva Longoria Parker decked out in orange toga-syle affairs.
Best accessories – at least to New York eyes – appeared to be New York Jets pins worn by quarterback Mark Sanchez and tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson.
By all accounts, the White House kept its promise to tighten security after Obama’s first state dinner was overshadowed by Michaele Salahi and her husband, Tareq, who somehow slipped in and got close enough to the president to shake his hand.
Asked about security, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, said with a shrug, “We came in on the west side. We didn’t come the way other people did. But I’d say things are pretty secure around here.”
About 200 guests enjoyed the four-course dinner the President and First Lady hosted for President Felipe Calderón of Mexico and his wife, Margarita Zavala.
Drawing on the immigration controversy, comic George Lopez got some laughs between courses, quipping, “I’m sitting with the president. But they didn’t tell me of which country.”
Earlier Obama and Calderon took turns whacking Arizona’s immigration law like a piñata.
“In the United States of America, no law-abiding person – be they an American citizen, a legal immigrant or a visitor or tourist from Mexico – should ever be subject to suspicion simply because of what they look like,” Obama said during a joint Rose Garden press conference.
Obama repeated that he understands the frustrations fueling the controversial border-state law, but said he cannot enact comprehensive immigration reform without Republican support.

May 23rd, 2010
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Eva Longoria-Parker has to watch what she eats like all the other celebs out there, but that doesn’t stop her from enjoying some gut-busting Mexican dishes every now and then.







