Some of you may be confused by the title and category of this post…surely partisan politics has no place in Awesomeopolis, and what do the current US President and Vice President have to do with food?  And how is it awesome?  Storytime!

On May 5th, President Obama and Vice President Biden were scheduled to have lunch together in the Oval Office to discuss affairs of state.  After meeting up, however, they realized they were both jonesing for a good burger.  So they decided, hey, it’s our business lunch, we can eat whatever and wherever we want.  Who’s gonna stop us?  Nobody, that’s who.

They took a quick jaunt out to the DC quiet suburbs to a burger place (Ray’s Hell Burger in Arlington, VA) to get some grilled-to-order goodness.  They paid in cash.  Now, all of this would have been a nice quiet lunch between two coworkers, except for the fact that it’s hard for the leader of the free world to make a discreet exit, especially when even a “quick jaunt” involves a presidential motorcade and half the White House press corps.  Well, the press ate it up, but Obama and Biden hardly seemed to notice, as they had their own eating up to do.

So here’s to our POTUS (President of the United States) and VPOTUS being awesome enough not to care about what a schedule said, not to be taken in by the trappings of Washington, and not lose themselves.  Their simple logic of “we want burgers; let’s go get burgers” reassures me that our leadership is keeping their heads above the water.  Partisan politics may not exist in Awesomeopolis, but down to Earth burger-eating is probably at pandemic levels, and it’s nice to see a modicum of grounded sanity in our real-world leaders.

(One of many links to prove I’m not making this up out.)