Tue 14 Jun 2011
I was out having a late lunch with Mr. W, his newly graduated son (B.S. in Bio), and his daughter on Friday when I got a text from an old district attorney pal that I hadn’t had contact with in awhile.
DA Joe: Are you at Open Sesame right now?
me: No, at Ruth’s Chris in Irvine. Do I have a doppelganger?
DA Joe: There is a woman who looks like you but eyesight is not what it used to be
DA Joe: You do, I should take a picture
me: Take a picture! 😀 If she’s hideous I’ll have to hunt you down and kick you.
(I was thinking about this.)
DA Joe: No she is hot
me: Whew! Really, take a pic!
DA Joe: Kind of afraid to take a picture
DA Joe: If I can do it subtly I will
DA Joe: I think my lunch companions would trip
me: “Excuse me, I’m sorry to bother you, but I thought you were a friend of mine until I just texted her & found out she’s not here. She wants a picture, do you mind if we take one together? My name’s Joe, I’m harmless, I promise.”
(I figured that’d help him hook up, too, if that’s what he wants.)
DA Joe: Too late she just left
me: Gah! What a tease you are.
Where the heck is Open Sesame? Has anyone seen “me” there? Send me a picture!
Ohhhh I wish he had gotten the pic!! I want to see your twinkie!! And I know if you later find out it was Sandra Oh you’re gonna be MAD!! 🙂
Open Sesame Grill is an authentic Lebanese Restaurant located in Long Beach, California Eat-in, Take-out and Catering available. (I copied that from the website). There used to be twin me in Whittier. The weird record store owner was friends with her and kept waving at me until he realized his mistake. Funny when that happens.
Flat Coke – I wish he’d gotten the pic, too, altho after I asked him for it I started having second thoughts. Cuz what if it WAS Sandra Oh?
Maggie – ooh, I’m not sure if I’d ever had Lebanese food. Long Beach makes sense. It’s interesting that someone who’s actual friends with someone makes a misidentification (as opposed to someone saying, “I think that girl goes to my gym, but I’m not sure”), you figure the “other” you must look really similar to how your friend sees the actual you in his/her head.