L.A. County Fair Commercial come to life

There is a L.A. County Fair commercial where a mother and her daughters are shopping in a boutique and discussing whether wool comes from a boy cow or a girl cow (see it here.) Ridiculous, isn't it?

But then I heard about the following conversation between a friend's co-workers:
Girl 1: Veal is a bird right?
Girl 2: Veal isn't a bird, it's a type of fish.

And then I had the following conversation at the farmers market last weekend:
Husband: Look at that rhubarb
Wife: Wow is that a vegetable?
Me to couple: This is swiss chard
Husband: Yup it's rhubarb (pointing to the yellow swiss chard next to the red swiss chard).

Granted, mistaking swiss chard for rhubarb is less of a misnomer than believing wool comes from a cow. But the L.A. County Fair tagline is so true. If there was ever a place that needed a county fair, it's L.A.

Dinner with Dennis

When the movie 'The Right Stuff' came out years ago, I just loved it. And I had a mini-crush on Dennis Quaid. That crooked smile was just quirky enough to make my insides feel like jelly.

Tonight I saw Dennis Quaid and (I believe) his wife at the restaurant where my friend was having her birthday dinner. He was sitting at the bar next to us while we were waiting for our table, and I would never have recognized him if somebody hadn't said something. He is much thinner and taller than he looks in the movies. A lot of heads turned when he left the bar and walked towards his table. I tried to look without looking and he noticed my friends and I trying to glance towards him non-chalantly. I even made eye contact a couple of times, but I felt sort of shy and he seemed nervous about being noticed.

Wouldn't you know it, his dinner table was right next to ours! So I got a great view of him while eating, and we made eye contact a few times again. Yes, I was too shy to even smile. Instead I had a great dinner with really good conversation. And Dennis Quaid in the background just added to the fun.

Celebrity at the grocery store

I just saw Eric McCormack at the grocery store. He's the guy who played Will from 'Will and Grace'. I wouldn't have noticed him except his son (around 6 years old) was touching all the loaves of bread as I was picking out a loaf. He came over and grabbed his son telling him to 'come over here' in that parent's 'stop doing that' sort of voice. What surprised me is how normal he looks. He always seems like this spiffy shiny person on t.v. and in the magazines. At the grocery store, he wore a t-shirt and jeans and looked non-glamorous. He didn't stand out from the other dads around him at all. I'm not even sure if anybody else noticed him besides me.

A couple of aisles over, there was this guy who wore a police-like uniform only they guy looked like he belonged on the show 'Reno 911'. He was too short and wimpy to be a real police officer or security guard (in a fight I probably could have taken him). He wore dark sunglasses and was looking around like he was somebody that we should be noticing. He stood out because he was just weird. And if he is somebody famous, I have no clue who he is. If somebody told me he was at the grocery store to film an episode of Punk'd or Hidden Camera, I wouldn't be surprised.

All in all, it was a fun Sunday afternoon trip to the grocery store!