Hundreds of thousands of tourists flock each year to the Virginia estates of George Washington, at Mount Vernon, and Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello. Now, a Dutch businessman in Jakarta is hoping Tuesday's victory for Obama will turn a house where he once lived into a presidential landmark-though on a much smaller scale.

Bartele Santema, who runs a string of bars in the Indonesian capital, already has a name for the cafe-museum he wants to open: Sweet Home Obama. The property is where Obama lived between the ages of 8 and 10 with his mother and Indonesian stepfather.

Santema says he is negotiating a deal with the owner, a 78-year-old retired Indonesian naval officer whose father rented the house to Obama?ˉs family. The businessman, who has offered to rent the rundown 1939 Dutch-style colonial bungalow for US$500 a month, says he is a fan of the Democratic president. "I hope one day Obama will come here and I'll meet him," Santema said. "That would be a great experience."

As Santema sees it, the place would become a Dutch-style coffee house festooned with Obama memorabilia, such as photos of ?°Barry," as the chubby schoolboy was nicknamed while in Jakarta. ?°It?ˉs not a place we'd get drunk and drink beer," he said. Instead, Santema plans to offer Barack Blend coffee " a mix of Kenyan and Indonesian beans " as a house specialty.