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January 31, 2005

"Once they started playing dirty, I lost all respect for the Mexicans."

- Overheard. I'm sure this conversational snippet was taken out of context (something to do with soccer, I think) but it just sounded as if they wrote off an entire ethnicity based on one team's poor sportsmanship and that just made me laugh.

LA Star Sightings

• Luke Walton getting off a Southwest flight from Tucson
• Donatella Versace, walking out of the UCLA hospital flanked by two security guards
• OJ Simpson (I think) driving a [Lexus or Infinity, not sure] up my cross street
• NEW Joey Lauren Adams buying movie tickets at the AMC on the Promenade
• Frankie (from the Real World San Diego) and her shirtless boyfriend in Times Square (in NYC)
• Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson walking on Sawtelle. Of course she was wearing a mini-skirt and Uggs.
• Ethan Hawke getting a smoothie at Jamba Juice, he had holes in his jeans held together with duct tape
• Lisa Bonet sitting in a circle with her friends on the lawn at the Santa Monica Farmer's Market playing folk songs on her guitar
• The Rock, buying an ice cream cone at Ben and Jerry's on Main. Someone told him he was about to get a ticket so he ran outside and shmoozed the meter maid into NOT reporting his parking violation.
• Fred Willard at the Third Street Promenade shooting some kind of Santa Monica PSA
• Joey McIntyre at the Avalon. I was at a friend's bachelorette party and he had a slice of the erect penis cake that was being served.
• Richard Simmons wearing his little red and white striped short shorts on a very cold night in front of LAX
• Woody Harelson holding the door open for me at Real Food Daily
• Minnie Driver at her summer home in Malibu where I saw a note from her then ex-boyfriend Josh Brolin and was SO tempted to read it
• Jeff Goldblum at the DreamWorks studio, shirtless, getting his hair cut and makeup applied by airbrush
• Scott Wolfe driving in a gay-ass Honda CRV on 4th Street
• NEW Patrick Swayze at a ballet show. I sat behind him and stared at his ducktail the entire time. He reeked of cologne. (In San Francisco)
• NEW Delroy Lindo at the same ballet show. My sister was checking people in and he got all pissed that she didn't recognize him as a celebrity. (In San Francisco)
• Kermit The Frog taping a video segment for the kids on Starbright World - that puppet is one mean ad-libber
• Alex McLeod (the original host of Trading Spaces) at California Chicken Cafe
• NEW Danny Masterson holding a skateboard in front of ZJ Boarding House on Main. Or it's entirely possible that it was his twin brother - which is hardly a star sighting.
• Jon Favreau at a movie premier for the funniest documentary I've ever seen - Tribute
• Vince Vaughn at a Kiss cover band concert, sipping his drink from a tiny straw
• Rick Fox dining at C&O Trattoria with a woman and a very fat man who later fell off his chair because he was leaning too far back in it
• NEW Greg Louganis walking in to see the Lion King at the Pantages Theater
  
• Courtney Cox Arquette, David Arquette, and Patricia Arquette at the grand opening of the EuroChow in Westwood where I was hired to dance salsa
• Pat Riley, former Laker coach, buying stuff at Bed Bath and Beyond. He had a HUGE championship ring on.
• Ashton Kutcher coming out of the Foo Fighters concert. This was before he was a household name and my friend ran up to him and said, "I love you Kelso!" And he got all uppity and was like, "It's Ashton."
• Florence Henderson at a diner in Marina Del Rey. She was exiting the bathroom stall as I was washing my hands and I left the water on so she wouldn't have to dirty her pretty little hands on the faucet. (This was my most exciting celeb sighting ever - I LOVE YOU MRS. BRADY)
• Usher, before he really made it big, eating alone at a restaurant in Hollywood
• Cuba Gooding Jr. at the movie theater with his wife
• Mario Lopez on his first date with Ali Landry. I cried a little when I heard the devastating news of their break-up earlier this year. Mario - how could you?

All You Knead Mural

January 30, 2005

"Do you guys watch AFV? The animals on there are so crazy!"

- Overheard at Dagwood's. Just in case you aren't up with the lingo, AFV=America's Funniest Videos.

My Sister's New Living Room

January 29, 2005

"Eh, I'm feeling lazy."

- The check-out guy at the hardware store who didn't charge me for two items, include tax, or require me to pay the cents part of my bill because he didn't want to bother making change

Freaky Haight People

January 28, 2005

Me: "What era is it???"
Kristen: "It's the Hayward Era."

- After seeing a woman with pumped bangs and a group of guys partying in front of their rented storage garage. It's always good to go back to remember why you left.

Dino and Charles

AKA the KCBP and C-Mint, respectively