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Yesterday during an impromptu visit to the Puma store (go figure) I decided to venture upstairs in search of super-cool t-shirts. I pressed the button for the elevator but to no avail. I asked the salesman if it was out of order to which he replied: There’s a celebrity upstairs shopping with his entourage.

On mention of the term “celebrity” I immediately assumed it was some low-level D-lister like Bookman from Good Times. So I decide to risk it and hoof it up the 2 flights. But I was treated to major a surprise as I rounded the final corner of the spiral staircase. Looking me dead in the eye was none other than Mr. Human Beat Box himself!

He was just doing his thing, shopping for shirts and there were a few guys and a lone photographer with him. After looking around a bit, I nodded to the photographer for confirmation that it was indeed Mr. Fresh. He confirmed it and said that I could talk to him.

I walk over to him and say: Excuse me, Doug E. Fresh! He didn’t reply “YES?” but it was still cool. I told him I was a big fan and then he posed for a pic. On the way out I saw MC Shan milling around outside.

See people, this is why I love SF.

After a friendly round of Mani-Pedi-Brows w/ my mom in NOVA, a girl stopped me on the way out of the nail shop to ask:

girl: Where’d you get those glasses
me: <hesitantly> Um…actually I got them in Switzerland

(Don’t roll your eyes, I said hesitantly didn’t I?)

There wasn’t really a non-pretentious answer to that question. I’m sure my response caused that nice sweet girl to inwardly think…

So last Wednesday I saw AvenueQ at the Orpheum. It was hilarious, I’d highly recommend it. Before the play started, I was looking through the program and I saw that a woman named Jennie Kwan was doing was an understudy for Christmas Eve. The name and the face looked familiar but I couldn’t place it. Then I read in her bio “Califorinia Dreams, cast regular”.

I knew it! I’d recognize Sam the exchange student from anywhere. And then, like a long lost dream, it all came flooding back:

Surf dudes with attitudes
Kinda groovy
Laid back mood
Sky above and below
Good vibrations
Feeling mellow
Can’t give it up
Don’t waaaaaana stoooooop

Come on now…sing along if you know it!

California Dreams
Don’t wake me up if I’m dreaming
(California Dreams)
Just let me lie here in the sun
Until my day is doooooooooone

That’s right. Don’t pretend like I’m the only one who watched this unoriginal, less interesting SBTB rip-off.

Sigh. Will Saturday mornings ever be the same?