Hick Round-Up

Hello everyone! Happy belated birthday Ollie and congratulations to Mom and Dad for 43 years of marriage!!

It's been a busy couple of weeks for Dan and I so here's some highlights. First of all, the restaurant is still rockin'. I swear everyday we get busier and busier. The other day we had a line out the door and who walks in, but Elton Brand. (For those of you who don't know who Elton Brand is - he played at Duke my freshmen year, then got drafted to the Bulls, then to the Clippers and now he plays for the Sixers.) As he was standing in line I could tell that people were recognizing him. We made eye contact and I started to debate if I should introduce myself beccause it's been at least 12 years since we were freshmen together at Duke. Finally, he made his way to my register and I took his order. After I finished the transaction, I said, "You probably don't remember me, but we were freshmen together at Duke." Immediately he responded, "I knew you looked familiar," and then reached over to give me a hug. Yeah, a hug. It was priceless to watch the line behind him and my co-workers. He then gave me his card and told me that if I ever wanted tickets or whatever to give him a call.

Now, as cool as it was to be remembered by a NBA star and to receive all the "Man, you are cool Kate" nods from other people I have to admit all I could think was this: Brand went to Duke for one year. I graduated. He could buy the restaurant that I work at 100 times over. Sort of made me laugh.

Other star sightings this week include Patrick Fishchler from Mad Men, Lost and Copland (not that I watch all those shows...) and Brian Benben (Private Practice) who is married to Madeleine Stowe (Last Mohicans).

As for Dan, he's now officially the top hours guy in his department. Great for him, sort of hard for us actually seeing each other. I would go in depth about what he's been working on, but let's be honest, I don't really understand it, and I've been sworn to secrecy.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and please stay on this blog!!