Justin Chambers at Walgreens

My celebrity sightings always seem to be people that many of my co-workers don't recognize because they are foreign born or much younger than me. Yesterday however, I scored a 'big one'.

As I was walking back to my car, I had to stop for a car backing out from the space next to my car. As he was backing out, I looked at the driver and he looked back at me. Then I kept on looking and he looked back at me again. It was Justin Chambers, a.k.a. Careve from Grey's Anatomy.

Yes, he was cute in real life. Even cuter than on t.v.

This celebrity sighting brought me recognition and respect from my co-workers-- they watch Grey's Anatomy but had no idea who Lou Grant/Ed Asner or Lisa Ling (previous sightings) are. Either I am a more thorough conoisseur of American television, or they just watch less t.v. than me. Sadly it is probably the latter.

So I don't forget to mention it for posterity, Alice and I were at a restaurant where Zack Efron and Vanessa Hudgens happened to be dining a few months back. We didn't know they were there until paparazzi hounded them as they walked out the door. The paparazzi were horrible with the flash pictures and quickly jumping in their cars to follow them. Just from seeing that, I think the law that prohibits paparrazi from getting within a few hundred feet of celebrities is a good idea.

Hello Lisa Ling!

During my run along the ocean this evening, Lisa Ling ran past me in the opposite direction. Lisa was originally on 'The View', that women's daytime talk show, and is currently on 'National Geographic Explorer' and a correspondent on 'The Oprah Show'. As she was approaching us on the trail, she looked familiar but I couldn't place the face. My initial instinct was that she was someone in my running group but as she ran past my running partner said, "Hi there Lisa Ling!"

Just from her look and demeanor she seemed like a nice person-- like someone I would be friends with. It was nice to see a friendly celebrity.