Keller @ Large: Where Has Gov. Deval Patrick Been?

BOSTON (CBS) - A lot of people are wondering where Gov. Patrick has been in recent weeks.

Sandra from Framingham Declared her Curiosity, writing:

"I have not seen or heard Deval Patrick in the wake of the impending hurricane. Isn't this odd?"

The last time the governor was seen at the Statehouse was at a press conference Aug. 4. He left the next day for a week-long vacation in Bermuda, followed by a long weekend in Maine.

WBZ's Jon Keller is at large:

Since returning to the state 10 days ago, he has been working from his vacation home in the Berkshires, according to his spokesman, who told WBZ-TV:

"Governor Patrick has been in daily communication and contact on a variety of issues with his staff while he has been in western Massachusetts."

It hasn't all been chilling in the Berkshires for the governor. He and Mrs. Patrick had dinner with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Martha's Vineyard Thursday night at a restaurant that features chilled beet soup. What a way to beat the summertime blues.

Gov. Patrick will hold a news conference Friday with MEMA officials to discuss hurricane preps.