Australia
Britney Spears moment: “1, 2, 3 model, me, you, and me. Got one minute of dreams and I’m caught in between Countin'”
Jaws dropped and speechless, Janae and I had no clue where we were going, but couldn’t speak due to excitement. We followed Jason through a million securities and thousands of 12 year old girls and then like a circus ringleader opening the curtains, he lifted the rope to a mini red velvet couch-like seat in the front row! This was ours!?!
Rachel Hunter moment: “YES the guys are crazy!! Broome on the west coast petrified forrest. Amazing swim with the dolphins just north of Perth! Cuddle a kangaroo. Bondi beach suburb in Sydney AMAZING resturants food etc! Sharks!”
We had yummy breakfast at 2:30pm and the most amazing bruschetta on big pieces of bread slathered with pesto and topped with strips of tomato and feta cheese. Then since I’m a cookie monster at heart I just couldn’t walk out without the big M&M cookie.
David Arquette moment: “I have, but I was young. I’ll get Aussie friends to chime in. Walk from Bondi to Bronte (and further if you are up for it to Coogee)”
People kept saying, “oh you are so lucky you got to see the Sculptures by the Sea! It’s only here for two weeks a year.” There were some fun sculptures, like shoes that looked like they were made of sand. However, for me, climbing over all the nerdy tourists taking pictures of every item even remotely resembling art…is not that fun.
Naomi Watts: “Icebergs Bondi Beach is the best!”
I’m freaking out about the girls and then all of a sudden the road ahead starts breaking and these transformer things are digging up the road and then from the depths of the earth rises a large blue all-earthly superhero. He has his arms crossed and he’s staring down and says. “You won’t go further into these soils. Turn around. Go. Go.”
Andy Samberg: “Never been. Have the beer?”
Picture the tall, pasty dude from Knotting Hill, the one who runs around in his tighty whities.
The kid then has the audacity to yell: “Are you sure you’re okay? I have a somewhat inappropriate question but…. can I borrow your laptop for my friend?”
Carly Segal moment: “Slam the whole cookie into your mouth!”
Make hot chocolate and then bite the ends off of a TimTam. Put one end in the hot chocolate and sip like the cookie is a straw and righhhhhhhhhhhht when it starts to feel squishy, Slam the whole cookie into your mouth. Pure. Chocolate. Amazingness!
Jake Brown moment: “Stay at the Beach Road Hotel”
We ended up finding Jake because she heard his laugh outside a bar as we were wondering by. Next thing you know I’m watching a youtube video of Jake falling 65 feet onto a hardwood skate ramp, hitting so hard his shoes pop off his feet.
“So he’s done skating then, right?” I said.
Janae laughs, “Ang he just won another gold medal!”
Alan Cumming: “I have left three tix for you at the studio box office for friday at 7pm. can’t wait to see you. in byron we are staying with a friend would love to hear your tips on friday come to the dressing room after and have a drinkie love from alan x”
Quoting Alan(in a southern lesbian accent): “If wishes were fishes we’d all take a swim”. I’m on the swim of a lifetime in the most beautiful waters in the world….thank you fairy godmother Alan!
Jack McBrayer moment: “Keep mental notes on your favorite things to do so you can tell McBrayer what to do whenever he finally travels there…”
Before I had time for to think about the ramifications for my actions I tied up my tennies, downed my iced skinny mocha with a scoop of ice cream (yeah that’s how they served it ha), and jumped into the…uh passenger seat. Details Angie details. I ran around the car, jumped in the driver’s seat and pulled out of the hotel and headed in the direction of the lighthouse.
MC Hammer: “Hammertime at Billboard. 9pm tonight.”
Ben Schwerin, my well-traveled friend, always seems to send me to people who end up staying in my life no matter what country they are in, so when Ben said I should meet his friend Max Markson from Sydney I knew I had to get to it. Lucky for me Max happened to be in Melbourne with MC Hammer at the same time I was there for my quick stint.