Tonight we had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. This is a normal stop on our rotation and we typically hit CPK every couple of weeks. We were having an early dinner (a little before 5pm) so the restaurant was quite empty with only about 4-5 tables filled. We were about halfway through our meal when a few guys wearing "USA Basketball" shirts walked in. They were kind of looking around deciding where to sit and walked over to us. One of them said "I am so sorry but your nice quiet dinner is about to be interrupted."
At that moment, LeBron James led the majority of the USA men's basketball team into CPK. Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, Chris Paul, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Darren Williams and Dominique Wilkins all followed him in to enjoy a nice "American" meal.
We couldn't figure out why they didn't stop down for some local fare as we assume pig's feet, duck tongue, etc would be good protein boosters prior to the Olympiad, but their loss was our gain as we got to dine right next to this year's "Dream Team" and their traveling party (coaches, trainers, etc).
Little did we know that about one year ago to the day that we were swiping sugar packets to take home to put on our Cheerios, that in that very spot Kobe Bryant would thank us for wishing them good luck and we'd get to hear LeBron James look at our kids and say "how are you all doing tonight?"
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Where's the Camera?
Posted by Scott, Annie, Juliet and Lillie at 8:45 PM
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About Me
- Scott, Annie, Juliet and Lillie
- After having lived our entire lives in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas, there's really only one logical place for us to move to next. Yep, that's right ... Shanghai, China. Follow along with us on our journey to the Orient as we learn Mandarin, feast on chicken feet, and experience Asia!
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I think the important question is when LeBron James asked the girls how they were doing, did Lillie proceed to talk his ear off for 20 minutes?!?!
What a great story!
- Em
How cool!! As we watched the opening games last night we thought about you and what a fabulous time it is to be in China. Can't wait to hear if you see any more celebs. Are you getting to go to any of the games? We miss you guys!!
~ The Adams Family
Hi Anne,
I do not know if you remember me or not, but I am Monica Sepulveda Schuetze. I have run into a lot of people that know you here since we have moved back to Fort Worth (Keller). Anyhow, I teach and I met a friend of yours who was substitute teaching at our school. Anyhow, at that time we were in the midst of an international adoption from Guatemala, inwhich in the end (after 18 mos) we did not complete the placement. But she told me how she had a friend how was adopting a child and they live in China. And I thought, wow, I know someone that lives in China too, so we relized that we were both talking about you! We are now adopting from Mexico, as Guatemalan adoptions have been shut down from the US gov.
After the seeing the opening ceremonies on TV the other night I was thinking about you, and I remember Charity Hambrick Schmidt telling me you had a blog. Well I found it and it was great to read and learn about you and your family. I hope all is well. Take Care,
Monica
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