I’ve been really really bad again at keeping up with posts. Just like TJ, my work gets pretty crazy at quarter time. And finding computer time at home is even worse these days.

So, what’s been going on?? Well the last week in September was not only my anniversary, but also my husbands birthday. So to celebrate his birthday, our anniversary and also my mom’s birthday, we went to Benihana. It’s one of mine and Dave’s favorite restaurants. It’s rather pricey, so we only make it there about once a year. With us (Dave, Gavin & I) was my mother, Dave’s mother and her husband, and Dave’s 21yr old nephew, Chris. We’re seated at a table and at the next table over is Roy Williams of the Detroit Lions with his family. That was pretty cool. Then towards the end of our dinner, a couple is sat at another table next to us. They were facing my mom and I. My mom nudges me and asks me.. "Who does that girl look like?" in that ‘I already know but do you’ tone. I look up and she looks just like Katharine McPhee. My mom is convinced it’s her. My father-in-law and Dave’s nephew are betting whether or not they are a couple because the guy looked so much older. My mom calls my sister in Indiana and tells her we’re sitting across from Katharine McPhee.. I tell her, "Mom, it’s not her." She’s begging me to take out my camera. The one time I don’t have my digital, and all I have is my camera phone. I told my mom that anything I take with my phone isn’t going to turn out, they are too far away. So, pretending to be calculating the tip on my phone, I take a picture and show my mom that you can’t see shit in the picture. She agrees. As we leave, my mom walks up to the couple and says to the gal that she looks just like Katharine McPhee. She tells my mom that she hears that a lot.

So here we are 2 weeks later and my mom and I are in a laundry mat washing my heavy quilt.  She’s panning through a People Magazine. She suddenly asks me, "Do you remember that guy that was with the Katharine McPhee look-a-like at the restaurant?" I sort of remember him, but not really. She then shows me a picture in the People magazine of Katharine McPhee and her "older" boyfriend. It WAS them! I’ve been scouring the internet, trying to find out why they were in Detroit. American Idol tour was already through Detroit back in August. The only thing I can figure is that maybe there’s a play in town that he is either performing in or admin of. Here are my phone pictures, yes they are a terrible quality, but you can still get the image. You can see a pinch of Nick Cokas, her boyfriend, in the first phone picture. The receding hairline matches the one from People Magazine (first image below). Click images for larger view. Sorry about my finger in a couple of them, I was trying to be inconspicuous.

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