Denis Leary woke me up this morning not the downpour of rain on my window. It was his gosh darned trailer and crew for his FX channel drama and dark comedy, Rescue Me. (Um.. what did you think I was talking about? The man is married, people!!!!)
Outside my window with their loud generators, vans, walkie-talkies and potty mouth talk – my window! No really. I open the curtain and boom there’s the door to one of the many trailers on both sides of my street. (Remind me in my next life to get an apartment not facing the street.)
Last time I saw Denis Leary and his crew they were filming outside of the church that was used for the Sex and the City wedding shoot for Charlotte. (But in the Sex and the City instance, Kristen Davis was outside her trailer in her rollers, chatting on her cell phone and not one potty mouth comment was heard.)
That first day I saw Denis in his cream suit and cell phone attached to his ear throwing around expletives the way my son throws pieces of meat filled ravioli off the table of his high chair. And from that day forward he’s been known as Potty Mouth Denis Leary to me.
Speaking of my son, Lukie, he just woke up. He was standing on my window sill looking out at the noisemakers. Knocking on the window. “Lukie, want a SAG card?” “Lukie go outside and tell them you want to be an extra on their filthy FX drama.” “Lukie tell them you want to be a baby super star with your little corkscrew hairdo.” His response? To just knock on the window and get excited that the rain was coming down.
*sigh* I’ll never be a showbiz mom. There go my dreams for early retirement.
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After literally being pulled from my laptop in order to arrive on time for a seminar my friend Jen Groover was teaching, I jumped in a cab and headed over to the East Side.
Of course, because I have incredible luck anytime I need to go somewhere, I pick a cab driver who doesn’t realize he’s going the wrong way so he stops the meter (a common practice when they screw up) and now starts going the right way. While stopped at a stop light, the taxi “available” light was on (since it goes on when the meter is stopped) and I was busy writing down some thoughts I needed to remember to email.
My cab door opens. A certain celebrity dad who is now I think a stay at home dad realized I was sitting there despite the “available” light and said something I think was a “I’m so sorry”. He smiled, closed back the door and jumped into the empty cab in front of us.
Of course all of this happened before I could remember I had Savvy Mommy postcards in my bag and should have given him one. What are the chances�
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Luke and Natalie accompanied me and their Nana to the annual Kids for Kids Family Carnival for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation today. I don’t even know how to describe this event so you can fully understand it.
FOOD:
One minute your being handed a plate and are standing on a line to taste nibbles (and not so little portions of food) from dozens of restaurants including Bao Noodles, Super Dogs, Citrus Bar, Better Burger, Dos Caminos and Serendipity 3 and the next minute you are looking for a table to sit amongst Steve Schrippa. Speaking of the food, beverages and snacks offered… it was endless from cheesecake and vegamite sandwiches (no I’m not kidding) to burgers, pizza, dumplings and fruit. I took Natalie around to see what she wanted and besides the Frozen Hot Chocolate and a bite of pizza she wasn’t interested. Natalie didn’t want to miss a minute of the fun. She did take my quesadilla (from the bite I had, I can see why. Really good.) and enjoyed a little Elmo Surprise ice cream from Max and Mina ice cream which I think was vanilla, strawberry and coconut. It mostly melted on her Limesicle tee from Loopy tees. Ironic, I know. An IZZE beverage tent was outside so she picked a grapefruit blend and drank it without a straw. Seriously, today was Natalie’s day to tell everyone she was a big girl. She had a snack bag from Kashi but didn’t understand why I was holding a big pink poof on a stick.. so the cotton candy was trashed after she just wanted to ball it up in her hands.
FASHION:
The wings. Everyone was decorating wings (or capes reminiscent of Super Grover’s cape). Natalie decorated hers (pink ones with glitter and other pretty additions.) with Nana while I took Lukie to the Forty Weeks Giggle lounge. The Forty Weeks Giggle lounge was a space I would have never found if Gina of Forty Weeks wasn’t walking around hanging lil dipper wipes out to moms. Luke was cranky (yeah, I know that doesn’t seem right huh) and it was the perfect space to take him. He was lounging on the changing table and I took off his shoes (which I left there!) so he was a little more comfortable. It really was a shame that the Forty Weeks Giggle lounge wan’t placed in a better area because it was really the ideal space to calm down from the fun.
FUN:
Storytelling by Whoopi Goldberg (who left immediately after she was done reading), themed games with Chuck Zito (when I think kid’s event, I think Chuck Zito don’t you? Oh let me shush before Charlie’s Angels come after me.), Carson Kressley and Allison Stewart were playing a game where you roll a ball from the top and try and get it into the right spot (I must have lived a sheltered life… anyone know the name of that game? It’s not skeet ball. It’s more like Pliko that Price is Right game… Yes, I watched Price is Right when I was little and at my grandmother’s house.) Power Rangers walked around and stopped for photos with the kids but Natalie didn’t know who they were so she kept going. Face painting and picture painting opportunities were all over. Aida Turturro, Edie Falco, Miss Universe and Elizabeth Hurley were around doing their own thing. Every few feet you walked you saw a celebrity and a few reality stars were walking around enjoying the day. I’m not exactly sure what Jason Patric was doing because everytime I saw him he was with his celebrity escort but he was there and he looks 1,000 times better in person.
And when were leaving the each of the kids got an orange Kenneth Cole gift bag full of product and a choice of any toy from the Target toy area. Toys were handed out by Helena Christiansen.
It was a really nice day for kids and a great cause to support. I was hoping to be able to check out the LA event in June (different celebrity heros and activities) but I’m not sure if my schedule will have me out there the same weekend.
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