"There's No Place Like Home" / Best Friend in My Head!!!
Ok, so I am a strong believer in foreshadowing...just like when Dorothy was bitching about how she wanted to get far, far away from home, "somewhere over the rainbow" to be exact, and then the next thing she knew her house was flying around in a tornado, and her ass definitely wasn't in Kansas anymore. Well, ladies and gents, I had my own foreshadowing experience w/in the last 24 hours. So yesterday, as I am taking a "long lunch" in the city with my BFF Ashley Boone, I get a message from none other than Cassie B. saying, "Hey girl, I just saw your favorite person, Wendy Williams in Bryant Park, and she looked great..."
ShitMotherFuckerFuckShit I thought...If only I had decided to pursue marketing, taken a sexy job in NYC - I would be spotting Wendy Williams on my lunch breaks, and not sitting on the corner of 17th & JFK laughing at people and their crazy outfits. (Sidenote: Yesterday, Ashley and I spotted a grown ass lady wearing a white linen dress, w/ multi-colored embroidered flowers, white, I repeat, WHITE hosiery, pink fold-over socks (that we all wore circa 1989 in the 1st grade), and white and pink Sketchers, if only she had worn the light-up LA GEARS, I would have definitely been taken back.)
ANYWAYS, BACK TO THE STORY... so yesterday I arrived at the Swarthmore stop at roughly 5:50 - flipped my radio to #1 (Power 99) to catch my last few minutes w/ Miss Wendy, and I heard, "Liberty Place, 1628 Chestnut Street." First thought - Can there be another Liberty place on a chestnut street other than the one in Philly (right around the corner from my office)?!? Second thought - what day??? Third thought - damnit, I hope this isn't an old re-broadcasted taping! Miss Wendy interrupted my thoughts to say, "So we will be LIVE from Philly tomorrow at our sister station Power 99!" OhHellzzztotheYESSSS!!! Detour to th Barnes & Nobles to pick up Miss Wendy's newest book "Drama is her middle Name - The Ritz Harper Chronicles #1," then rush home to do a little Pro Bono babysitting for my little cousin Drew.
Despite getting only 4 hours of sleep last night - I woke up feeling very C for CRUNK as I knew I would get a chance to meet the self proclaimed, "Queen of All Media." I got through my morning of facebook, gmail and of course WORK, and fled to Borders express in Liberty at 11:30. Now here's the deal, on her show she said she would be there at 11:45, the internet said 12:30, but when I called the store they said 11:30. So, we all know what that means, it was scheduled for 11:30, she told us 11:45 on the air, (so we wouldn't get pissed for having to wait an hour), the internet said 12:30 b/c some (one bubble short of a bubblebath) store associate probably input the wrong time.
Well, Miss Wendy in all of her glory arrived at noon a.k.a (11:30 celebrity time) - FABULOUS AS EVER - now according to Cassandra's blog - I know that the term FABULOUS must not be used lightly. But Wendy looked FABULOUS, now, Miss Wendy is a character and with that character came her implants that were pushed up to her chin, big full blond weave, bright RED lipstick (yes, even though it was red it looked great) and a diamond ring the size of a small child on her left ring finger..."SISTERS DOIN' IT FOR OURSELVES!" I was approximately 30 people back in the line filled with "How you doin's", young black 20 somethins, and of course Wendy's one token white girl. However, we all bonded and were friendly over our shared love of WW. Ok so it went a little something like this:
The fabulous Erin Richelle: Hi Miss Wendy! (slightly starstruck)
The fabulous Miss Wendy: Well hello there!
The fabulous Erin Richelle: How are you doing??? (I would have gone for the total how you doin' - but I have to be ME...Miss Wendy's from the burbs too...so she knew the deal)
The fabulous Miss Wendy: Girl, do you have to ask??? (seeming slightly tired)
The fabulous Erin Richelle: I know Miss Wendy, but thank you so much for coming to Philly and letting us meet you and love you!!! (suburban girl voice, really big smile)
The fabulous Miss Wendy: No, thank you for listening and letting me love you!!!
So, I got my book autographed and a picture with Miss Wendy. Moral of the story: Yesterday, this time I was wishing that I was in NYC - so I could see Miss Wendy. Now, what if I had been like dumbass Dorothy and wished so hard, tha I landed in the middle of NYC, with munchkins from the Village telling me to follow the urine soaked streets to meet the wonderful Wendy Williams, I would have never met her, b/c she would have been in Philadelphia. Just like Dorothy, I realize that if I ever go looking for my hearts desire (or just want to meet one of my favorite celebs) I need not go any further than my own backyward, i.e., Philadelphia ... there's no place like Philly, there's no place like Philly, there's no place like Philly!!!
Fave Celebs to Meet before (I or they) die List:
Bill Cosby: 04/26/01 (penn relays)
Coach John Chaney: 02/19/05?? (robins center - ur v. temple)
Wendy Williams: 06/22/06 (borders express - liberty place)
Charles Barkley: TBA
ShitMotherFuckerFuckShit I thought...If only I had decided to pursue marketing, taken a sexy job in NYC - I would be spotting Wendy Williams on my lunch breaks, and not sitting on the corner of 17th & JFK laughing at people and their crazy outfits. (Sidenote: Yesterday, Ashley and I spotted a grown ass lady wearing a white linen dress, w/ multi-colored embroidered flowers, white, I repeat, WHITE hosiery, pink fold-over socks (that we all wore circa 1989 in the 1st grade), and white and pink Sketchers, if only she had worn the light-up LA GEARS, I would have definitely been taken back.)
ANYWAYS, BACK TO THE STORY... so yesterday I arrived at the Swarthmore stop at roughly 5:50 - flipped my radio to #1 (Power 99) to catch my last few minutes w/ Miss Wendy, and I heard, "Liberty Place, 1628 Chestnut Street." First thought - Can there be another Liberty place on a chestnut street other than the one in Philly (right around the corner from my office)?!? Second thought - what day??? Third thought - damnit, I hope this isn't an old re-broadcasted taping! Miss Wendy interrupted my thoughts to say, "So we will be LIVE from Philly tomorrow at our sister station Power 99!" OhHellzzztotheYESSSS!!! Detour to th Barnes & Nobles to pick up Miss Wendy's newest book "Drama is her middle Name - The Ritz Harper Chronicles #1," then rush home to do a little Pro Bono babysitting for my little cousin Drew.
Despite getting only 4 hours of sleep last night - I woke up feeling very C for CRUNK as I knew I would get a chance to meet the self proclaimed, "Queen of All Media." I got through my morning of facebook, gmail and of course WORK, and fled to Borders express in Liberty at 11:30. Now here's the deal, on her show she said she would be there at 11:45, the internet said 12:30, but when I called the store they said 11:30. So, we all know what that means, it was scheduled for 11:30, she told us 11:45 on the air, (so we wouldn't get pissed for having to wait an hour), the internet said 12:30 b/c some (one bubble short of a bubblebath) store associate probably input the wrong time.
Well, Miss Wendy in all of her glory arrived at noon a.k.a (11:30 celebrity time) - FABULOUS AS EVER - now according to Cassandra's blog - I know that the term FABULOUS must not be used lightly. But Wendy looked FABULOUS, now, Miss Wendy is a character and with that character came her implants that were pushed up to her chin, big full blond weave, bright RED lipstick (yes, even though it was red it looked great) and a diamond ring the size of a small child on her left ring finger..."SISTERS DOIN' IT FOR OURSELVES!" I was approximately 30 people back in the line filled with "How you doin's", young black 20 somethins, and of course Wendy's one token white girl. However, we all bonded and were friendly over our shared love of WW. Ok so it went a little something like this:
The fabulous Erin Richelle: Hi Miss Wendy! (slightly starstruck)
The fabulous Miss Wendy: Well hello there!
The fabulous Erin Richelle: How are you doing??? (I would have gone for the total how you doin' - but I have to be ME...Miss Wendy's from the burbs too...so she knew the deal)
The fabulous Miss Wendy: Girl, do you have to ask??? (seeming slightly tired)
The fabulous Erin Richelle: I know Miss Wendy, but thank you so much for coming to Philly and letting us meet you and love you!!! (suburban girl voice, really big smile)
The fabulous Miss Wendy: No, thank you for listening and letting me love you!!!
So, I got my book autographed and a picture with Miss Wendy. Moral of the story: Yesterday, this time I was wishing that I was in NYC - so I could see Miss Wendy. Now, what if I had been like dumbass Dorothy and wished so hard, tha I landed in the middle of NYC, with munchkins from the Village telling me to follow the urine soaked streets to meet the wonderful Wendy Williams, I would have never met her, b/c she would have been in Philadelphia. Just like Dorothy, I realize that if I ever go looking for my hearts desire (or just want to meet one of my favorite celebs) I need not go any further than my own backyward, i.e., Philadelphia ... there's no place like Philly, there's no place like Philly, there's no place like Philly!!!
Fave Celebs to Meet before (I or they) die List:
Bill Cosby: 04/26/01 (penn relays)
Coach John Chaney: 02/19/05?? (robins center - ur v. temple)
Wendy Williams: 06/22/06 (borders express - liberty place)
Charles Barkley: TBA
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