I have a gift...

If there is a famous or semi-famous person within a 10 mile radius, I will find them. My cousin and I went out last night. (Mom, skip the next sentence) I realized this was the first time we were drinking alcohol together as adults. We went to this one place that had a semi-decent live band but the only free table was right in front of the speakers. Basically I wanted to go there so Jess could try this one appetizer they have, fried artichokes. Sooooo yummy. They stuff them with goat cheese, deep fry 'em and serve them with a horseradish dipping sauce. Awesome. We left the Rooftop Bar and decided to find a new place to go to. We ended up at Meritage. I like that place. We were sitting in the center of this big wrap-around couch. The hostess came over and asked that we either move to one end of the couch or go to a table because they had a large group coming in. We moved but we bitched about it to each other. At first there were only about 4 guys. Then slowly more guys showed up and there he was. I could have DIED! I'm one of the few people who actually likes him on that show. Well my mom does too. Yay for us. Anyway I went to the bathroom, came back and found a large black man sitting at the table and chatting up my cousin. Turns out he's a football player (middle linebacker) who most recently played for the Browns but now may be out of a job if he doesn't get picked up by a team. He and I pretty much talked the entire time but he was sweet on Jess. Hot cousin strikes again. But we had a fun time and he bought us drinks which was nice. He kind of ended up blowing us off for his friends but that's fine. Oh and his one friend, PJ, is a new basketball coach at the Citadel. So I'll be looking him up in the fall. He seemed nice. He kept looking over from their table to make sure we were ok while talking to the football dude which was kind of cute.

We left and Jess kept trying to get me to talk to the actor. I refused. He was with his friends and I didn't want to interrupt, although I'd love to know how to pronounce his last name. It was a fun evening and I have a feeling my cousin was thrilled to get out of the house. We'll definitely be doing that again.

Oh and I fell. Big shock right? Well it was dark and anyone who's been to Charleston knows how uneven the sidewalks are. But at least I did it many blocks from where all the people were. So not too embarassing.