Last Friday, around 2:30PM, I was working diligently as usual, and I got a text from my mom. She regularly sends anywhere from 3 to 17 texts every day since I taught her how to use T9Word (big mistake), but this one actually caught my attention:
"I saw Ellen Degeneres she gave me popcorn"
Despite her lack of punctuation, I was intrigued so I called her back to find out what the heck she was talking about. It turns out that Ellen DeGeneres was in Chicago this weekend filming her talk show, and she had a segment where she was handing out Garrett's popcorn to people on the street.
Quick aside: For non-Chicagoans, Garrett's is a "gourmet" popcorn shop on Michigan Avenue that garners huge lines of tourists ([side]walk blockers as I call them) looking for mediocre sweet and salty treats. It's not as big a tourist trap as Navy Pier, but there's really nothing special about the popcorn. There are very few places worth standing in a long line for food, and this isn't one of them. I would however recommend Hot Doug's and my favorite authentic local Mexican place, Chipotle, to tourists and Chicagoans alike looking to quell their hunger.
So, I DVR'ed the Tuesday show to see if I could catch a glimpse of the scene in question and, to my great pleasure, I spotted Momerino within seconds (hooray!):
Celebrities besides Momerino on the show included Robin Williams and recently dismissed American Idol contestants Michael Johns and Carly Smithson. And if you think I name-dropped those celebrities to up our Google cachet, you'd be absolutely correct. I did notice that Ellen does a fair amount of dancing, and while she's great at it, she's not in the same league as this guy.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Momerino the international celebrity (for 2 seconds)
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Wow! Thanks for the Chipotle tip. Until today, I'd never been in one before (I always felt a little intimated, whenever I would walk by, it looked too much like a locals only place). With your encouragement, I finally ventured in for lunch today. Now that is what I call authentic Mexican! From the foul tasting salsa, the paperboard tortills chip, the sour-teflon like tortillas and dainty portions, it felt just like my favorite back alley taqueria (aka ChiChis). Only disappointment was that I didn't see fried ice cream on the menu.
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