By WMMN
Apr 14, 2021
Jesse Byrnes, Associate Editor, The Hill, joined West Michigan s Morning News to talk about what the Democrats in DC are working on as we approach day 100 of the Biden administration.
Jill Biden Visits Capitol Hill Bakery the Sweet Lobby
The First Lady purchased more than $100 worth of cupcakes and macarons
The Sweet Lobby owner Winnette McIntosh Ambrose. Photograph by Carla Sims.
After decorating the White House with giant hearts, Jill Biden continued her pre-Valentine’s Day revelry with a stop at Capitol Hill bakery the Sweet Lobby this morning. It’s her first visit to a DC food business as First Lady.
The Sweet Lobby posted an Instagram story of Biden in front of a case full of macarons wearing a thematic pink coat. The boutique shop specializes in cupcakes and French pastries such as madeleines, éclairs, and macarons. It’s owned by Winnette McIntosh Ambrose, a biomedical engineer turned pastry chef who’s won Food Network’s
The first lady, sporting a pale pink coat, was eyed behind the macaroon-filled counter at The Sweet Lobby in D.C. s Eastern Market.
Keeping up the trend of the first family visiting local businesses, @FLOTUS stopped at DC cupcake shop @TheSweetLobby this morning
(Not pictured: me standing outside as Secret Service blocked the door)
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ITK hears Biden was picking up some cupcakes.
Her pastry pitstop came after she had coordinated earlier Friday some surprise Valentine messages to the country in the form of heart structures on the North Lawn of the White House.
The art pieces had messages such as “unity,” “compassion” and “courage.
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