5 Aug, 2010 @ 18:37
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Shopping with Shell

By Wendy Williams

AFTER their much anticipated arrival Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha, 9, made the most of their first day in Marbella with a two hour shopping trip.

Accompanied by helicopters, cars, bodyguards and policemen it was a bit more than your average mother-daughter day out but the pair and their friends seemed to have a good time.

The First Lady, wearing an off the shoulder number by Jean Paul Gautier, looked as relaxed as ever, as she waved to the crowds of admiring onlookers.

The group spent an hour spent wandering the streets of the historic heart of Marbella perusing the shops.

And Michelle even managed to pick up herself two racy white dresses from a boutique for 42 euros each, along with 80 euros of beads from trendy French-run shop Babachic.

To finish the afternoon the group enjoyed a two-and-a-half hour supper at Buenaventura Plaza, with the youngest Obama, Sasha, sneaking out for an ice cream, before heading home.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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