Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Sasha Obama mans the cash register at her unglamorou­s summer job at seafood shack

- By Hannah Parry and Ashley Collman

At the White House, Sasha Obama has a staff of cooks waiting to fulfill her every craving 24/7.

But this summer, the first daughter is learning what it's like to serve others by taking on a rather unglamorou­s summer job at a seafood restaurant.

The Obamas youngest daughter, 15, is currently working at Nancy's restaurant on Martha's Vineyard, a local hot spot servinging up fried seafood and milkshakes.

Photos show the first daughter in her uniform of a blue t-shirt and hat and khaki pants, ringing up take-out orders for hungry customers.

President Obama's oldest daughter could be seen twerking and grinding with a few gal pals on Sunday while enjoying a performanc­e from rapper Bryson Tiller.

Malia, who was wearing a midriff-baring tube top and pair of cutoff jean shorts, even posed for a few photos while she danced.

The 18-year-old did not get too crazy however, and was accompanie­d to the festival every day with her Secret Service detail, who stood out slightly in the sea of teenagers.

Malia was also spotted dancing up a storm with her friends on Thursday night, catching a performanc­e from Norwegian DJ Cashmere Cat at around the same time Hillary Clinton was preparing to take the stage and accept her party's nomination for president in a historic moment for the country.

Later in the weekend, her sister was seen tagging along, sporting some french braids and wearing jean shorts.

' So you remember Malia and Sasha were little itty-bitties when we came into office. I mean, it still moves me to tears to think about the first day I put them in the car with their Secret Service agents to go to their first day of school. And I saw them leaving, and I thought, "What on earth am I doing to these babies?'' the First Lady said to Winfrey.

'So I knew right then and there my first job was to make sure they were going to be whole and normal and cared for in the midst of all this craziness. And then I started to understand that if I was going to protect them, I had to, number one, protect myself and protect my time.'

Their stance may explain why Sasha is getting a taste of working life at the popular island resort.

Malia has also taken several summer internship­s including a, rather more glamorous, job on set of the Halle Berry television series Extant and Lena Dunham's HBO series Girls.

 ??  ?? The Obama girls sit down with their dad at the restaurant during his first year in the White House (AFP)
The Obama girls sit down with their dad at the restaurant during his first year in the White House (AFP)
 ??  ?? Sasha Obama has been working a summer job at Nancy's restaurant on Martha's Vineyard (Boston Herald)
Sasha Obama has been working a summer job at Nancy's restaurant on Martha's Vineyard (Boston Herald)

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