On Saturday I went shopping for cycling shoes! I’ll be writing a post about that experience soon. After the shopping, we drove a few blocks to the Bridgeport Brew Pub for a late lunch.
It’s a really cool building but the food was kind of disappointing. We split the warm spinach artichoke dip appetizer.
It was just okay. There wasn’t anything special about the dip, in fact I’ve had better elsewhere, but I was famished from Saturday morning’s intense workout and would have eaten anything honestly. The chips weren’t that great either–kind of stale. For lunch I ordered the Grilled steak and Roasted pear salad. It was grilled black angus beef, spinach, frisee, rogue blue cheese and a local raw honey vinaigrette.
The salad was just okay too. I wasn’t a fan of the dressing but the steak and pears were good and the blue cheese was excellent. I thought Michael’s chicken caesar salad was much better though. We both ordered one pint of the Blue Heron Pale Ale. It was a good, crisp beer!
And guess who walked in and sat at the bar near our table! Fred Armisen from Saturday Night Live and Portlandia!!
That was so cool! It’s kind of blurry but it’s definitely him. I covertly took a photo when I went to the bathroom. I rarely see anyone famous (and often times I don’t know it’s someone famous lol). I have met Stephan Fry (it was at the premiere of the movie “Wilde” in Seattle) and I got his autograph. I also got the autograph of the Violent Femmes. But that’s the extent of my celebrity hob-nobbing I think.
We went home and spent the rest of the afternoon working in the garden. I worked hard on clearing out the dead grass, weeds, moss and garbage growing in half the yard while Michael put my new clip-in pedals on my bike and then worked on setting up an automatic soaker hose in our raised beds.
I got so much work done in the garden, but by 6pm I’d hit the wall. I was utterly exhausted. I felt like an absolute zombie. And I could tell that my workout from Saturday morning was starting to take effect: DOMS!
Look at how many freakin’ calories I burned doing yard work! Really?!?! I burned more calories doing manual labor with a rake and hoe than I did in the gym?! That’s just nuts!
Michael made homemade pizza for dinner as I practiced the art of sleeping while standing up.
I had one drink of limeade, a shot of vodka and a splash of sparkling water. I hoped the sugar would pep me up a bit. Not so much.
Food definitely helped. Once I ate a piece of pizza I seemed to get a second wind and come out of my zombie haze.
It was short lived though. I had some ice cream for dessert and then crashed in bed at a very early hour.
QUESTION: Have you met any celebrities?
Tricia
I love your raised beds! I think that’s what I want to do when I have room and a way to keep them from being eaten by my puppies! lol
If Jan and Dean count as celebrities, yes, I’ve met some! A friend and I were fans in high school (still love that music) and we would go to every concert close to us! We’d take these ridiculously huge banners with us that we’d unfurl which always got their attention! Before we knew it, we were getting to go backstage at every show, sit in on sound checks, hang with the band. It was fabulous fun and Dean and they guys in the band were fun and so nice! Jan was always in and out and couldn’t stay focused on anything for any length of time due to his severe injuries from his accident way back when, but I was always amazed at how he could remember and sing every song without a hitch!
That is one period in my life I will always remember!
Lisa Eirene
That’s cool that you traveled to see the concerts. There are only a few bands I’d be willing to do that for!
kalin
We saw Fred too!
A couple years ago Josh saw Kerri Russel at the PSU farmers market and DIDNT TELL ME because he was sure it wasn’t really her. Later that day I was reading wweek.com or something and it said something about how she was here filming and had been seen at the market. I mentioned it to Josh and he said, super casual, “oh yeah, she was a few people up from us in line at Pine State”.
Lisa Eirene
That’s too funny! I wouldn’t be sure if it was really Kerri Russell too. I’d need confirmation before I got too excited. BUT it was very clearly Fred Armisen, without a doubt!
Kristina @ spabettie
we’ve seen Fred!! 🙂
I had Thanksgiving dinner one year with Willem Dafoe, he was here filming a movie and had nowhere to be so he came to dinner at my best friend’s house.
I also met Mary Tyler Moore at Saks Fifth Avenue once – she was shopping at the cosmetics counter 🙂 I went up and talked to her and she was VERY nice!
Lisa Eirene
That is so cool you had Thanksgiving dinner with Willem Dafoe. I love him!
Carbzilla
That’s so disappointing about the food at Bridgeport cuz we love their beer!
Having lived and worked in LA, I’ve seen & met tons of actors, sports people, etc. You sorta get used to it. Then when I was away for a while, it got exciting again – mostly when you see them when you least expect to.
It was funniest when I worked at a Paint Your Own Ceramic store in Santa Monica because celebs would come in all the time, and we’d have to interact because I was there to help them. You just had to treat them like normal people which was kinda easy because everyone around there was used to it.
When I lived in NY, I saw Susan Sarandon and, later, Adrien Brody. Here in Seattle, I’ve only seen Michael McDonald from Mad TV.
Hope you get your energy back! Thanks for the good wishes this week. I’ll let you know what I hear!
Lisa Eirene
I’ve been disappointed by Bridgeport’s food before. I wanted to give it another try. Meh. 🙁
That’s cool that you saw so many celebrities in LA. I’d probably be less excited about it too if it was a daily occurrence…
Lisa
I lived in Nashville for a while, so I would randomly see country music artists. I saw George Jones and his wife eating lunch at a Mexican restaurant outside Nashville TN. Vince Gill was eating at a small pizza place that I went to once. Martina McBride was shopping in Williams Sonoma with her daughter. I saw Ronnie Dunn at Costco and at the Nashville Airport with Kix Brooks. I also saw Keith Urban, Leigh Ann Womack, and Del McCoury (a bluegrass artist) at the Nashville Airport. While stopping to eat in Asheville, NC I saw Andy McDowell.
The very first famous person I ever saw (I wouldn’t call this person a celebrity), was Amy Carter. This was during the Carter presidency and she was with her secret service detail, but neither parent was with her. We were in the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park having a snack. They walked in and sat at the table behind us and I was looking right at her. Being only 8 or 9, I thought it was pretty cool.
Lisa Eirene
I think seeing the Secret Service would be exciting!
Diane Fit to the Finish
I’ve met a few celebrities, and it was pretty exciting – even if I didn’t “like them” too much! It’s almost like they are magic or something!
Your garden looks great!
Lisa Eirene
Thanks Diane! 🙂
Yeah, isn’t it funny how you may not be into the celebrity but once you see/meet them it’s suddenly exciting!
Jess
The most famous person I have met is the mother from Everybody Loves Raymond. She is very short.
I used to work at a restaurant that used to get a lot of celebs, but just NZ ones. I have served about 15 ‘famous’ people; singers, actors, news presenters etc.
Lisa Eirene
That’s cool. I never saw Everybody loves Raymond but I like her on “The Middle.” 😉