Latest celebrity sighting

Bouchon, a French restaurant in LA, is great for celebrity sightings. The husband and I have only gone during Restaurant Week, but apparently famous people go then also (I don't think they bother with Restaurant Week though).

We went last Sunday night with a coworker of mine and his girlfriend, and inadvertently ordered the same food we had last Restaurant Week. But it was still really tasty.

The real highlight though was seeing Michael Caine, who I love as Victor Melling, the pageant coach, in Miss Congeniality (one of my favorite movies ever, tied with Legally Blonde and the Oceans movies). The husband recognized his voice -- yes apparently that's the way he talks in real life -- and so we all looked, and sure enough, it was him. Exciting!!

Camo colors

I've bought a lot of clothing recently in dark greens and browns -- almost like in camo. I think those colors were popular in the summer and are now on sale all over the place.

I put together this outfit just by putting together everything I own in those colors. I admit, it's not the most exciting outfit and it's really safe in terms of the color palette, but at least it matches? Also my skirt kept rotating around so the back zip migrated to one side. Not sure how to fix that except to stop moving around.

Cotillion and Conan

This post is long overdue, I know, but I finally had a break from work and other stuff.

A few weeks ago, I attended the first meeting of the school year for the Girl Scout troop I am mentoring. Get this... the meeting was at a country club. The leader who's a member (well technically her family is a member since her grandfather was a founder) tried to tell me that the club used to be kitschy and only became fancy in the last few years. But still.

The oddest part about the club was the cabanas. It was in Malibu on the beach, so each family had a beach facing cabana where they could hang out. But the cabanas reminded me more of storage units you can rent by the month -- complete with metal roll-up door and no windows. About the same size too. But it was nice!

So the reference to cotillion. I had always thought cotillion was something done only in books and movies. I know it's Southern, but I didn't think even people in the South still had cotillions. But no, the girls in the Girl Scout troop are in the process of planning their cotillions. Crazy! I'm hoping to get invited. It sounds fun and fancy :)

And the reference to Conan... I dropped my car off at the gas station to be washed, and I sat in a Starbucks for a while and did work. Before picking up the car, I decided to walk over to the bank and get some cash for tip. On my way back to the gas station, I noticed three people walking backwards while taking pictures. I was trying to figure out what or who they were photographing. I saw a guy walking with his son, so I assumed they were famous. I stared at the guy for a while, and I realized it was Conan O Brien! It was so exciting! I did feel bad for him though since he was just trying to go on a walk with his son and they were being photographed like crazy by the paparazzi.