CELEBRITY SKIN

It's actually been a terrific month, this February, for celebrity sightings. A week ago the Sports Bunny took me to LA where she was working. We were at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood and on Saturday, just before dusk, I went for a run. When I returned I was walking through the pool area--the bar there has been featured in "Entourage"--and I did a double-take. Is that--no? Yes! It's Colin Farrell!

So I text the Sports Bunny, who is working, "Colin Farrell at pool bar."

An hour or so later she returns. She seems kind of interested in finding him, but not as much as I'd though she'd be. Anyway, by this time he has left. "Oh well," she says. "But that must have been cool. Will Ferrell."

"No," I say. "Read your text again."

She does. And her reaction? Well, it was like every Elaine Benes "GET OUT!" moment you've ever seen.

But that night only improved. We went to meet Johntourager Moose at a restaurant in LA. We just wanted to say Hi (Moose was taking high-level meetings at a booth, as is her wont) and so after doing so we grabbed a seat at the bar. The restaurant, Ammo, has just five seats at the bar ( author's note: Gilmore Girls just came on; the rest of this entry promises to be disjointed--make that more disjointed--than usual) and yes, at one point I did the muscle pose and proclaimed, "Guns AND Ammo!"

And nobody laughed.

Anyway, we're seated at the bar, having a drink and an argument ("What part of 'Colin Farrell' did you misread?"), when a couple sits down next to us. Just the four of us at this five-seat bar. "I think the guy sitting next to me is famous," SB whispers.

I gaze. Well, I loved "Just Friends" and "Van Wilder" and if you didn't, I cannot do anything about that. So, yeah, it was Ryan Reynolds . And we're thinking this is cool for about five minutes until Moose approaches. We nudge her and point (oh, I'm so sure we were cool and inconspicuous). And Moose's niece, Ruby, who was also there, gives us the Could you be any dumber? look. Because, yeah, the woman with Reynolds whom we didn't even notice was Scarlett Johansson.

And after reading all this, would you believe that I've never had a subscription to "Us Weekly" or "People". I don't even read TMZ.com. Seriously.

Great line from Gilmore Girls:

Rory: "Why should I worry about being pretty if I fail all my tests?

Lorelai: "Oh, kid, you have it all wrong."