The Terrible Catsafterme

There was absolutely no good reason why it took so long to get through the line to see Olivia d’Abo. There seemed to be only a few people in front of me, yet it took nearly 20 minutes of standing there before we moved forward. Those 20 minutes were at least spent staring at Olivia and admiring her beauty. And I guess, it must have been her friendliness that kept her chatting with fans who clearly wanted to gawk as long as they could when she appeared at the Chiller Theatre Show in Parsippany, New Jersey, on Saturday, October 30, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Continuing on with the great Twin Peaks cast reunion from the Hollywood Show on Saturday, October 9, 2010, are the final three cast members of the show. (See the other major posting here). One of the most enigmatic of all of the characters in the show was the Log Lady, who had propensity for carrying and communicating with – yes, you guessed it – a log. She actually had a name in the show – it was Margaret Lanterman – but fans of Twin Peaks just knew her best as the Log Lady. Read the rest of this entry »

Our family wrapped up its trilogy of wedding receptions at the Eagles Nest on September 29, 2001. This ‘tradition’ had begun with my wedding to Lisa in 1999, continued with my cousin Lori’s wedding in 2000, and was now seeing its third occurrence following my Mom and Bob’s wedding. Several of the key ingredients were once again present. Namely my uncle Jim was manning the DJ station using some of my CDs and the beer was flowing like water at the helm of Ed the bartender. The catering of the buffet was provided by Davidson’s. After the wedding photos were taken, the wedding party made their entrance at the Eagles Nest, where the wedding-goers were already waiting. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes certain celebrities fall into the ‘just because’ category. They don’t particularly mean that much to me, but for some reason the idea of getting an autograph from and photo with them just sounds appealing. Maybe it’s because the value of $20 is getting less and less to me. Who knows? But in this particular case, pop performer Stacey Q fall into this category. She was there, present, and accounted for at the Hollywood Show on April 24, 2010, so I went ahead and got  an autograph from her. Read the rest of this entry »