A Sunday Stroll with Phil Dunphy

This was a great weekend.  My community group rented an awesome cabin in Big Bear and had a glorious time together in the snowy mountains.  (Another blog post on this lovely trip coming soon).  The highlight of the weekend, however, occurred after we returned to LA.  

My wonderful friends, Garrett, Katie, Cody, and I decided to walk to one of the enticing lunch hot spots in downtown Culver City near Katie and Cody's apartment.  Katie had told me that months ago that Ty Burrell (who plays the always hilarious Phil Dunphy on my new favorite television comedy, Modern Family) lives near her and that she had seen him out and about several times.  (Sidenote: If you don't watch this show yet, you absolutely need to start.  It is beyond funny.  I die laughing every single episode.)  

Knowing about Katie/Cody's exciting neighbor,  I mentioned as we began our walk that I wished we would see him.  As Katie and I discussed how awesome that would be, I was certain that it wouldn't happen.  I learned at a young age that if I verbalized something I was daydreaming about , then that automatically prevented it from actually happening.  One of life's annoying laws of cause and effect or something like that.  

To every law, though, there are occasional exceptions.  And very lucky for us, today was one of those occasions.  We stopped at a street corner and Garrett and I were looking into a new cafe/market.  As we turned around, MUCH to our surprise, we saw Katie shaking Ty Burrell's hand!  Apparently she just saw that it was him and said 'Hi Ty... I just want to say I love your show and think you're hilarious.'  Thank goodness she did!  This led to him meeting all of us and walking/talking with us for a good 10 minutes.  He made some funny jokes, he discussed the latest episode of Modern Family with us, he suggested some good restaurants for lunch, he asked us what we did, he made fun of the fact that he was going to a "meeting" about a new project at Rush Street ("It's so loud and drunk-y in there," he said....hahah).  Basically, he was the nicest, coolest guy ever. I hope Katie and Cody see him again soon and continue to develop the budding friendship we started today on that nice little stroll... a few more run-ins like that, and it's only a matter of time until Phil Dunphy's coming over for a dinner party. ;-)  

Currently listening to: my "sleepy time" playlist

I am a sleepy girl after that fun weekend trip.  I listen to this playlist almost every single night before bed.  Here are my last few lullabies that have played....

• "Annie" by Dave Barnes
• "Falling Slowly" by Kris Allen
• "Celtic Beauty" from the Boondock Saints soundtrack
• "Come Away With Me" by Norah Jones
• "Claire De Lune" by The APM Orchestra

Sweet dreams... 

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