Michelle O. on the Cover of Conde Nast Traveler...

The first lady is quite the cover girl for May. For its May 2010 issue, Michelle Obama is the first first lady to grace the cover of Conde Nast Traveler (history!). In the story by contributor David Michaelis, Mrs. Obama talks about D.C. date nights, her favorite local spots, and how she gave her daughters a crash course in American history.

On Her Washington Experience:

"That is probably the most awe-inspiring time, because you're in the Presidential motorcade," which even on a date night can choke three city blocks "and you're sort of like, 'Are we in this? Who's here?' And it's us. And you pull up at night to the South Lawn and everything is lit up: That White House with that light shining...and you think, This is my house. This is where we live. Kind of cool. It's beautiful. And while I enjoy the time I spend with my husband -- it's a good way to end the evening."

"I would love, and so would the President, to be able to walk up and down the Mall, not at night but in the middle of the day, when there are millions of people there, and experience it in the way that you're used to experiencing it. I want to get on the Metro." She'd like to go out for a quick bite, but she can't. "It's like, 'Okay, we're going to that restaurant, and everyone's going to get mad, 'cause I'm there eating my hamburger.' People are excited, but" she says somewhat abashedly, "you sort of feel like, 'Ohhhh..."

Read more on the first lady's quest to make the White House more accessible, on her determination to expose her children to American History first-hand, on what she thinks of a few of her predecessors, and on some of the Obama's favorite Washington D.C. hot spots over at The Huffington Post.