black wednesday

it's still the same. i wonder when all these will end.

anyway, i forgot to tell the story about my birthday dinner last night. it was held at this new restaurant along melrose called 'taste.' it's a stone's throw away from the more famous (and pricey!) lucques and ago, the hip restaurant owned by robert de niro and christopher walken and friends. it's a few blacks away from dolce, this cool resto owned by ashton kutcher.

since our reservation was at 9:00 pm, and we had to wait for two of our friends, we decided to stroll towards urth caffe and get some tea and cake. ibang klase. nauna ang dessert, which by the way was a nice pot of 'peaceful mind' blend and a chocolate blackout cake.

rewind. before we found a parking near 'taste,' my eyes wandered and outside lucques, i saw this all-too-familiar guy. he was on the fone. i stared longer and realized who it was. ryan philippe. mr. witherspoon. in da flesh. some of my girl-friends could kill me right now.

we made a quick right turn and another right, so we could get a closer parking. sure. no luck. but ryan was still there. we watched him get inside lucques and join a girl by the resto's bar (thank you windows!). we peered to see if reese was inside. she was not. it was another girl. uh-oh!

anyway, my friends and i watched 'wedding crashers' today and we had a hoot. it's one hell of a funny movie. risque and really funny. we were laughing so hard during most parts of the movie. rachel mcadams (the notebook) was simply beautiful. owenw ilson and vince vaughn were natural comedians. we wanted to do a marathon but something prevented us from doing so.

also, today's the first day of the grove's summer concert series, so the pond was transformed into a stage. john stevens (the dorky guy from ai season 3) and minnie driver were the day's main performers.

which brings me back to ryan philippe's wife. reese has a new movie and it's like 'ghost.' mark ruffallo co-stars and the movie's quite promising. i like reese. i think it's called 'just like heaven.'