Sunday, March 01, 2009

Wine festival brush with fame

Alan and I went to a wine expo yesterday with our neighbors. Over 300 wines from about 40 wineries from our state. The wines were excellent. But imagine my surprise when I had a brush with celebrity. Here's a picture...




Can you tell who it is? I know it's his back but just imagine him in a purple suit, fur coat and a big hat with a feather. It is none other than Venus Flytrap himself!! He's otherwise known (or is he?) as Tim Reid. Now you see it, don't you?




Whenever I see a celebrity I usually do not go up and talk to them. They are strangers after all. I just gawk. I don't even have the balls to take a full frontal picture. I could never be a paparazzi. Alan and I did try and take a stealthy photo of him. It pretty much sucks too but I did get a profile. You see over Alan's shoulder behind the purple woman. There's Venus!!


Here's a couple of shots of some very bad fashion choices that I noticed during the fest.

<--------Ladies, stay away from short dresses with boots.


Fancy dress with bright white tennis shoes, interesting----->




Alan and I used to go wine tasting all the time before kids. We have a booming wine business in my state. I remember when Alan would map out wine trips for us to take, "In this campaign, we'll hit at least 5 wineries," he'd say. It was quite a good time. I had to restrain myself yesterday and limit my tastings since Alan was the designated drinker and I was the designated driver. But I still left with a smile on my face.

5 comments:

Dr Zibbs said...

You should have gone up to him and said, "I loved you as the bartender on the Love Boat. What's Captain Stubing REALLY like?"

Anonymous said...

I loved WKRP.

C said...

your outting sounds like SO much fun. diane and i like to go whining too, as we call it! ;)

venus, oh venus,
how is your penis,
does it wobble to and fro
may i call you bro-
venus, oh dear venus....


C

Real Live Lesbian said...

Now that sounds like fun! I wish we had more wines in TN...most are too sweet for me.

I bet I could have found plenty at that festival! Fun!

(heading to take off my white shoes)

kim said...

I'd love to do a wine tasting..as long as I didn't have to spit it into one of those creepy urns..bleh!