Julia Roberts, that's my cappucino!

A funny thing happened to me this weekend.

I saw Julia Roberts. Mo and I were in Greenwich Village walking around on Sunday, and we passed by Dean & Deluca over on University and 11th.

Hey, let's try out the coffee over here, I said to Mo. It looks like a pretty cool place.

So, we walked in and proceeded to join the long line in front of the counter. As I was eyeing the different muffins and brownies on display, Mo whispered excitedly into my ear.

"You'll never guess who's in the line"

I shrugged, and cranned my neck. But alas, I was too short and couldn't see anything. Mo stepped to the side and said look again. So I did. And that's when I saw the profile, then I saw the hair. Lo and behold, it was Julia Roberts.

The line moved up, and she was now at the front of the line. "Large cappucino", her distinctive voice said.

The line moved up little by little, as people were served. But Julia Roberts and the woman she was with were still waiting. The man at the counter asked to take my order. Any brownie with chocolate in it I declared firmly and a large cappucino. Then I glanced beside me and realized that I was standing right next to Julia Roberts.

No one in the cafe had done anything but stare at her discreetly at this point. So who was I to break tradition? With her dark sunglasses and down-played demener, I was sure she didn't want to be gawked over. So I played it cool... (ie. I was too stunned to do anything) and just gawked quietly beside her.

Mo's order of a double espresso was called, followed by a large cappucino.

"I think that cappucino is mine" she announced as it almost went by her.

Actually, I think they screwed up her order and forgot to make her cappucino. That would be why she was standing there for so long, yet she didn't make a fuss over it.

So, Julia Roberts walked off with the cappucino made for me.

Yessiree, New York is cool.

For those of you curious on what she looked like. Her hair was a little shaggier than in the pictures, as if she had just washed it but didn't style. She wore dark sunglasses and no makeup that I could see. And she wore black pants, a red shirt and a big ol' black sweater.

And she still looked as good as she does in the movies.

Oh yes, and Mo said something to her. He said, "Excuse me" so he could get around her to pay. Yep... my husband is so cool. Cooler than me anyway.