One of my Favorite Things

I love running in to people I know unexpectedly. I have had friends who absolutely hate it when this happens. They say it makes them nervous. Not me! I think it's fun.

I wonder if this is because of my aunt, who lives in New Orleans. (well, in a suburb) Every time I go anywhere with Gigi, she sees someone she knows. I make fun of her for it but secretly I think it's really really cool. One time, she called to order po boys for us for dinner, and about halfway through the order, she says, "Is this so-and-so? Hey! It's Gigi!" and I just started laughing. She even knows the guy who takes phone orders! She defended this by saying, "but he's my po boy guy!" I don't know about the rest of you, but I generally don't know the people who answer the phone at either my pizza place or my Chinese take out place.

Anyway. Last night, on my way to book club, I was riding down the escalator at Columbia Heights Metro, when someone yells out my name. It was my friend Rebeccah! She was riding the escalator up, so we had a brief in-escalator-passing conversation.