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May 13, 2010: I went to Chicago with my best friends for Mindy's 40th birthday. We went to the Oprah Show and ended up in a commercial. Funnest day of my life. And it all started because I asked Nate Berkus to go out for a bagel.
We made it in Nate's commercials. Catch these on NBC during the summer of 2010. Special thanks to A.S. of Chicago and S.T. of Harpo for the Oprah tickets. Look at what you created!
May 13, 2010 - The Nate Berkus Dazzle Ambassadors Arrive in Chicago:
Seriously thought we were cute until we realized we looked like
cotton candy stuck in the middle of Christmas.
cotton candy stuck in the middle of Christmas.
From L to R: Dee Dee, Lisa, Kate, Mindy, and me.
Poor choices make great stories: The Nate Berkus Dazzle Ambassadors celebrating our promotion. Yes, we are sitting on a planter but because it was only 5" tall, it effectively canceled itself out. “Lunch at Harpo” turned out to be “lunch on the curb”. One of the funnier moments of our day.
Bobby Morgan, Harpo’s parking attendant, was so fun and charming that he could have easily been mistaken as a Dazzle Ambassador. When he stumbled upon us eating on the ground, he didn't pass judgment and we loved him for this. Look at him enjoying the love.
We didn't meet Oprah but hanging out with Abe Thompson was just as close. We ran into him just as we were leaving the studio for the day. He is Harpo's unofficial mayor and is one of Oprah's close friends. I met Abe in November 2009 and although our meeting was brief, it was clear that Abe was loved by all of Chicago. He is a man of great character and treats everyone with great dignity and respect. The world needs to clone this man.
He looks like a baby but this mover and shaker is Erik Logan, president of Harpo Studios. Oprah hires happy people. Like all of the other Harpo staffers that we had met that day, Erik was a joy to be around and took time out of his day to talk with us. What a great way to end the day!
I LOVE YOU, NATE BERKUS. Really, I do.
Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Nate Berkus Show
This day is dedicated to my 80-something and 90-year old neighbors, Stu and Jean Sigafoos, for giddily following Nate and me from the beginning. When I told them I met Nate, they already knew who he was.
