Nothing makes me feel older than realizing how old the Obama daughters are now. Malia is 20 years old! And Sasha Obama is 17. They’re so grown! Malia currently attends Harvard University, only it seems she took a little mini-holiday this weekend down to Miami. She got pap’d on the beach with some friends. At various points, she tried to hide her face, which makes me wonder if she even knew she was being photographed in some of the other shots where she’s just chilling back in her bikini. Malia’s beach style is so normcore – acid-washed jean cut-offs and a black cardi, paired with a white bikini.
To be fair, I wouldn’t want to be in Boston in February either. But also: Harvard isn’t off for Presidents Day, today. I looked up Harvard’s schedule out of curiosity – today is “all classes meet on regular schedule.” Malia’s Harvard Spring Break isn’t until mid-March. She really did fly down to Miami for the weekend. I don’t know how to feel about that! When I was in college (back in the Stone Age), I never FLEW anywhere just for a weekend. Drive? Sure. But taking a flight down to Miami just for two days? Boston really must suck in February.
Also: reportedly, Malia is still dating her British guy, Rory Farquharson, but he wasn’t seen in Miami during this trip. Huh.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
Oh jeez… just leave this girl alone. Doesn’t need to be a story.
I agree with you. Malia isn’t a celebrity, she didn’t choose fame and she isn’t courting attention. She’s just trying to live her life. Celeb coverage and paparazzi pics shouldn’t be part of it and certainly shouldn’t be encouraged.
Folks confuse her with Trump’s kids. Doesn’t seem thirsty for attention, never heard her spreak, and ain’t trying not to grift. Leave her alone
Yes, no stories on her. Poor kid is just existing.
Same here – I didn’t read it, just wanted to add my $0.02 that she shouldn’t be covered like a celebrity.
Agreed.
I thought her boyfriend’s last name was Farquard for a second. Like the character on shrek!
Looked like it was just a girls trip, so I’m not side-eyeing that her boyfriend wasn’t there. Some outlets were clutching pearls that she was photographed with a bottle of wine (including some British outlets where it’s legal before 21). All of the eye rolls.
trust me, Boston really sucks in February! if I had the ability to fly to Miami for a weekend, I totally would.
It’s been really warm this season though 🙁
I feel bad for her that she is getting this unwanted attention. She spent 8 years in the White House (a fish bowl). The press should leave her alone to live her life at this point.
Well yes, but may i add that she is stunning ?
Yes, both my college student kids have classes today. I, on the other hand, work in an elementary school and we are off!
She’s doing nothing out of the ordinary for a college kid who doesn’t have to work for tuition. We hear nothing about her here; she stays out of sight and out of trouble. People need to leave her alone
I hope Malia had a good time in Miami with her girlfriends.
That’s all I got…no snark/no daggers
Because she is the progeny of two of the classiest people I have ever come across and I’m interested in witnessing what Malia and Sasha do with their lives in 5-10 years.
Yes, much ado about nothing. If I had the money and time I’d do it too, and who knows if she’s even missing any classes? I do wonder if the hotel is going to get in trouble since she was seen carrying around a bottle of wine.
She side eyes like her mom in that bottom picture!
She is SO beautiful, my god. Those are some excellent genes
I always thought that Malia most resembles her aunt Maya but yes, good genes all around.
She’s gorgeous. Shallow comment, but there it is.
Being from the northeast myself, it’s actually fairly common to dip out to Miami or somewhere warm for just 2 or 3 days. Flights can be super cheap and a little sunshine weekend getaway is such a nice reset. I’ve done Friday night to Sunday night in Miami one year w my friend. Mid winter getaway, under $200 round trip, sun, eat, sleep.
Sounds heavenly. I’m in Chicago where it’s just as awful and have been dreaming about a warm weather getaway for years, pretty much every Feb when the cold and snow starts to get really old.
If you ever decide to take a quick trip to Florida to warm up in the winter, always check the weather first. Something people who aren’t from Florida don’t realize is that the sunshine state isn’t warm 12 months a year, and seeing tourists freezing in shorts and sundresses in December and January while visiting Disney when it’s actually in the 30’s outside makes me wonder if people think palm trees mean it’s always summertime. It’s now Febuary,so it’s warming up, so take a break from the Arctic weather and come to Florida
Beth, very good point! I have heard many stories from friends who were surprised by how chilly it was on their winter Florida vacation. Heck I even remember it being iffy over spring break when I was school age so I can imagine that Dec-Feb are even more unreliable for real warmth. Although having been through the polar vortex, we in Chicago now tend to find the 40s to be balmy, lol.
I learned this lesson on my honeymoon to Mexico years ago, to the Yucatan peninsula in Feb. Even though the forecast was for 80s and 90s, they had a sudden cold snap and was in the 50s and 60s for our first few days there, the coldest weather they’d had in 50 years! I didn’t have enough warm clothes and shivered in my one long sleeved blouse until the 80s returned midway through the week.
I would love to make a quick getaway but alas I think the closest I will come is to Georgia in April for one of my son’s athletic events. Enjoy the warm up!
Florida this january has been really cold, even below 10C. But compared to Chicago’s winter sounds great.
Esmom,
Were you in Mérida? I love that city!
Beth, you are so right! Friends of mine had to buy winter coats on their getaway to Florida!
As much as I adore her parents, please don’t do stories on her. She deserves her privacy. The only thing I want to hear about is what she ends up doing with her life because we know it will be amazing.
Leave this young woman alone.
A lot of students have classes T/Th so every weekend can be a long one, and Feb is a v good time to get away from Boston. Miami isn’t even that swank a trip either — I have students who literally take private jets to Switzerland to shop and ski for a weekend… And yes, I think we should leave her alone, that said, she looks lovely and seems to be thriving.
Exactly! Every semester but my first, I had all of my classes on T/Th and a lab or 2 on Wednesday. Long weekends all the time! Not that unusual. And sure, I didn’t fly anywhere, but I’m also not rich, so not unusual for a rich kid, I would think.
College schedules are the best aren’t they w or without fancy trips… 🙂
*chris crocker voice* leave malia alone!!
for real, she is not a dang public figure, where on earth do the ‘razzi get off following her on a private holiday??
stalkers.. just what every young college woman needs.
ugh. leave her alone.
After 8 years of living in a fishbowl, the Obama girls deserve to live their lives and be left alone by the press (unless they do something actually press worthy.)
My friend Malea was on her flight! Malia was not impressed they have the same name. And it’s snowing in Boston today. ☹️
I’m sure the Bush twins and Chelsea Clinton etc had nice holidays while in college but nobody covered them.
That said, Malia and her family are very privileged. They worked for it rather than inherited it, so there’s that. But this stuff is a reminder that the Obamas, like the Bushes, Clintons, Trumps etc have more in common with each other, economics-wise, than they have with the rest of us.
The difference being, as you said, the Clintons and Obamas earned their money, the Bushes and Trumps had it handed to them.
Umm Hillary Rodham Clinton did not work for her cash. Google the Rodhams.
She’s entitled to go anywhere she wants, when she wants and she is NOT a public figure. LEAVE HER ALONE!
I do not envy her, the right is constantly gunning for her to make one wrong move, that’s why these pictures made the Daily Mail and now there’s a story about her alleged incognito facebook account
I love Malia and Sasha, and love seeing pics of them too. However. unless they are at a public event, can we just leave them alone?
I go to Harvard med. We’re off for Presidents’ Day. My classmates and I flew to Orlando, Florida for the weekend. It actually happens quite often in Boston. Weekend trips to escape the cold and snow!
Most people in Philly (or in most parts of the Northeast) take weekend getaway trips to Miami. This isn’t rare or strange. Miami is a super popular destination for those in the mid-atlantic/northeast region.
In California, you can just drive down to Southern California if you’d like to enjoy warmer weather at the beach. In the northeast or mid-atlantic, you definitely can’t drive down to a beach – you have to fly to Miami or Fort Lauderdale.
I must say – JUST THIS ONCE – what a stunning young woman she is. But since I really think she deserves privacy, I won’t comment on any future posts about her. Please leave this young woman alone, especially when she’s trying to relax!