So a year ago I went to go see my good friend Jackie in LA.
I had never been to LA before and was having so much fun seeing all the sites and doing "the tourist" thing. I just happened to check the internet and saw on Letters to Twilight
THE picture...I think you know the one I'm talking about but just in case here it is.
Rob & Kristen exiting the Bobby Long concert at the Hotel Cafe.
The crazy thing is that I had looked up who was going to be playing at the Hotel Cafe while I was in town because alot of my favorite artists often play there. I had seen that Bobby was going to be playing, and I would have liked to see him because I genuinely like him and that kind of british indie music but I knew my friend who is very much an R&B girl would have hated it. So I didn't bother even bringing it up as an option. (She told me later she would have been happy to have gone *facepalm)
I hate myself now for not going...oh well but as you will see I think I got an even better show!
So I knew R&K were in LA..so I got thinking wouldn't that be cool if I saw them. (I had wanted to see at least one celebrity while in the BH (Beverly Hills)..cause that's the "Hollywood" thing to do right? So I got thinking where would they be? I love pop culture so of course the first place I thought was the Chateau Marmont the most "swankified place in town" (guess the quote and you win). It didn't really seem like "them" to stay there but I took a chance because I had wanted to drive past it anyways just because of the landmark that it is(JimBelushi, Marilyn Monroe, anyone who is anyone in Hollywood has stayed there at one point or another). So one day while we were in Beverly Hills, for what was probably our 4th Sprinkles run (I think we ended up going 6 times, they are THAT good!) My friend Jackie agreed to drive me by (she had no knowledge of who I was "actually" looking for).
So we drove by and I'm looking up and I see a guy in a blue shirt with his back to the street standing in one window in the window right next to it I see a set of girls feet. Curious I had my friend drive past again and that is when I saw it..she, him, them! He was in one window looking down at the street below with a Pepsi in his hand wearing a blue shirt, and hair dis-shuffled as ever. She was in a towel and green bikini top with her wet mullet of a hair cut in the next window over. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera ready so there is no picture of it but it is seared in my memory.
That is when I lost it...I couldn't hold it in any longer and I fan girled..
I straight out fan girled (you can all be second-hand embarrassed for me now). I am ashamed to say this and I hope your all my friends after I admit this but I got so excited that I forgot to breathe, my friend Jackie had to pull over on Sunset Blvd while I dry heaved on the corner(sorry to paint the picture but it had to be said) I composed myself enough so I could have my friend Jackie drive around again. I gave my camera to her cousin Ryan who had the best camera angle and had him snap away.
Its kinda a little blurry and Rob turned right as Ryan took the picture but I can assure you its him...how do I know.
Exibit A) Pepsi...everyone knows that Rob spent the Summer of 09 filming Remember Me. There was alot of set pictures...too many if you ask me it was Rob overload (Robaload?) Anyways in many pictures he had a can of Pepsi. He loves his Coke, Pepsi, basically any soda..this was the Summer of Pepsi though. The can was still in view even after Rob wasn't in the window anymore just sitting on the window seal.
Exibit B) The blue shirt...Rob has this problem..he makes millions and could buy anything he wants yet he doesn't. He spends his money on expensive guitars, hot pockets and trips to Good Will)Anyways he has a very limited wardrobe. I like to joke around that he has about 10 outfits he rotates through. So the previous day he was seen driving a Porsche around LA wearing a blue short sleeved shirt..and in this picture you will see its the same shirt.
xibit C) The Porsche...at expensive/fancy hotels its normal for them to have cars for their guests to check out and use while they are staying there. I saw this line up of Porsches in front of the CM (including the green one I believe he was driving that week).
The next night Bobby Long was playing again but we thought what are the odds that they would go back especially after getting caught the night before. Turns out pretty darn good. They ended up going back three times. Now I don't know how different each show would be, but I give them props for supporting his and all the Britpacks shows over and over again. I have to wonder though how many times Bobby, Sam and the other members have seen Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. I am guessing not as many times as Rob & Kristen have seen their shows..guess they have some catching up to do ;-)
So there is my "Robsten" story...It wasn't as up close as some people get, or have gotten but for that I'm actually grateful. I don't know if I would ever want to "meet" them. I would be too embarrassed and I would never approach them if I saw them in person, plus it might ruin the "mystery" for me. I just think they are ordinary people like you and me. They just get to be in million dollar blockbuster sagas and she just gets to kiss (and more ;-) the guy I wish I was kissing!
* I have never lived down this story with my friend Jackie and her cousin Ryan, or even my family. It is brought up on a almost monthly basis and has spawned many nicknames.
*love me through it!
*I also ended up seeing Jay Leno, and Lo from The Hills too...but I think the Robsten wins!
Feel free to fangirl with me below!
