Serendipity
When Lou and I were in NYC last August, we did all of the fun tourist-y things, like hanging out all morning in front of the NBC studios so that we could be on The Today Show, dinner and dancing on a cruise ship, MoMA, and . . .
frozen hot chocolates at Serendipity 3. The frozen hot chocolates were good, but even better was our waiter, who insisted on taking our picture at our table because it was the same one where John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale sat together "in the movie."
Well, no sweeter words had ever been spoken to me, because, as I've mentioned before, I sometimes feel like my life is my own private motion picture, complete with a rocking soundtrack. I hadn't seen the movie, but I posed and smiled like I had been its star and was about to win an Oscar for my performance.
So, imagine my surprise when, this morning, after stumbling into the living room with a cup of coffee (sloshing onto and scalding my wrist) and organizing some school files into a lovely little paperwork picnic. I clicked on the TV and the movie was playing.
And, imagine my toe curling pleasure upon realizing that this was it, this was THE SCENE (okay, not quite--it was the scene where Kate Beckinsale and her friend, Molly Shannon--not John Cusack--sit at the table in front of the fireplace at Serendipity . . . but close enough!). To draw a parallel, I was Molly Shannon and Lou was Kate Beckinsale. I don't know what the hell that Molly and Kate were talking about because I was so excited to finally be privy to the scene that I started shrieking for Lou to come downstairs and watch it with me.
It lasted all of fifteen seconds.
Oh, the joy. A brush with celebrity. I sat in the exact same spot as Molly Shannon. I could practically BE HER (haha--or more appropriately, Mary Catherine Gallagher).
A little Serendipity, by chance?
frozen hot chocolates at Serendipity 3. The frozen hot chocolates were good, but even better was our waiter, who insisted on taking our picture at our table because it was the same one where John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale sat together "in the movie."
Well, no sweeter words had ever been spoken to me, because, as I've mentioned before, I sometimes feel like my life is my own private motion picture, complete with a rocking soundtrack. I hadn't seen the movie, but I posed and smiled like I had been its star and was about to win an Oscar for my performance.
So, imagine my surprise when, this morning, after stumbling into the living room with a cup of coffee (sloshing onto and scalding my wrist) and organizing some school files into a lovely little paperwork picnic. I clicked on the TV and the movie was playing.
And, imagine my toe curling pleasure upon realizing that this was it, this was THE SCENE (okay, not quite--it was the scene where Kate Beckinsale and her friend, Molly Shannon--not John Cusack--sit at the table in front of the fireplace at Serendipity . . . but close enough!). To draw a parallel, I was Molly Shannon and Lou was Kate Beckinsale. I don't know what the hell that Molly and Kate were talking about because I was so excited to finally be privy to the scene that I started shrieking for Lou to come downstairs and watch it with me.
It lasted all of fifteen seconds.
Oh, the joy. A brush with celebrity. I sat in the exact same spot as Molly Shannon. I could practically BE HER (haha--or more appropriately, Mary Catherine Gallagher).
A little Serendipity, by chance?
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