Posted by
Katy Grimes on Friday, August 29, 2008 1:22:53 PM
Politicians are so predictable.
Last evening my husband and I had a date… a lovely dinner and bottle of wine at a cool downtown restaurant. When we first arrived at the restaurant, the hostess tried to seat us in a booth exactly in the middle of the noisy bar. The crowd around our table was three deep with singles celebrating Friday eve.
We asked to be moved. While we were waiting for another table, I leaned against the booth. From the corner of my eye I saw… no, it couldn’t be… there, in the flesh was Papa Don Perata. I nudged my husband and discretely pointed at Godfather Don. As Don and his overall-wearing guest walked by, never one to pass up a great confrontation, my husband said, “Hey! It’s my favorite politician.” Perata looked at both of us, checked out my legs, and then said “Really?” He appeared excited to think he may have had a couple of fans in the bar. But then my husband deflated him. “No, not really,” he said. Don mumbled something about Arnold and turned to leave.
You gotta love ‘em… Politicians cannot afford to snub anyone. We could have been big donors, or trial attorneys. You never know.
In the 1990’s when Willie Brown was still in power, we were at a downtown restaurant with my husband’s three older boys for a fancy night out. Willie Brown was at the restaurant with a couple of babes. Ny husband spotted him and said to the boys, “Hey, there’s Willie. One of the boys asked if he knew Willie. “OF course. Watch,” he said. As WIllie walked by flanked by blondes, my husband thrust his hand out and said “Willie! How are you?” As Willie gave a hearty handshake and hug, he then turned to our family and chatted up us for a minute. As he walked away all of the boys had looks of shock on their faces. My husband and I couldn’t keep straight faces. We finally explained to the boys that there isn’t a politician alive who would snub someone saying hi out in public - could be a big donor or some lofty Judge.
You gotta love ‘em.