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| Julia wearing same shorts I saw her in at Disneyworld Dolphin Hotel... ...the press never found out she was there! |
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In
1999 our family flew out west to LA and San Francisco to help my
stepson, Jeff, check out possible law schools. He chose Loyola Law
School and is now a full fledged lawyer in L.A. Time marches on.
Please
keep in mind I was not a Julia Roberts fan to this time...didn’t
particularly like Pretty Woman and hadn’t seen her in anything else.
My
wife and her folks were crazy about a Jewish bakery called Diamonds on
Fairfax near Hollywood. I dropped them off and parked the car about a
block away.
There
is a nice little produce store next to the bakery and as I ambled down
the sidewalk I noticed this good looking brunette walking out with a bag
of goodies. She stopped at the curb...apparently waiting to be picked
up. As I got near...she turned and looked at me...I looked back. She
was vaguely familiar but I couldn’t place the face. She smiled at
me...kinda like "Well he knows who I am” type response and then a car
pulled up and she got in . Just as I turned to enter the bakery I
realized it was Julia Roberts. I walked inside and told everyone...but
of course they didn’t pay much attention...too busy picking out the the
goodies for later munching. On top of that they didn’t believe me.
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My
second encounter with Julia was in the Dolphin Hotel at Disneyworld a
couple of years later. She had jettisoned Ben Bratt and stole a married
man, Dan Moder, for her husband. They had been married only a couple
of weeks earlier at her ranch in New Mexico so I was really surprised
that she was at Disneyworld in Orlando. My son and I were walking to
the small cafeteria in the lower level of the Dolphin...but as we
approached the seating area my eagle eye spotted this absolutely
stunning brunette in beige shorts (great legs) talking to a couple of
small children. (I found a pic of her in the beige shorts later and
posted it as proof...see above)
Her
back was to me...so I couldn’t see her face...but as we passed closely
by...very close..(I could have tapped her butt)....I heard her voice and
immediately knew it was Julia. No one else sounds like that!
She was giving the kids her orders of the day about visiting the Magic Kingdom.
Since
Los Angeles I had become a fan...and had devoured several of her films
by that time....my favorites were Knotting Hill and Runaway Bride.
Before I could get a beat on the face they turned and walked down the
corridor. I didn’t want to embarrass my son so we continued on into
the cafeteria. After we had ordered some breakfast I excused myself and
went to the house phone and dialed the operator. There was no
“Roberts” registered...but there was a “Moder”(not her
husband)....Julia’s new married name. I believe it was her new
Step-Father...a big wheel in Hollywood.
Apparently
Julia got away with that visit to Disneyworld in Orlando unnoticed.
Hard to imagine that the tabloids didn’t pick up the story. My guess is
that she wanted to make a good impression on the kids in the Moder
family so she brought them all to Orlando. Or she may have been there
with her brother Eric’s daughter...Emma...whom she cares for quite a
bit. (Emma, of course, is now a hot teen movie star.)
Anyway...the
real question here is how did she get away with going there and not
being spotted by the tabs? Someday I’d like to get verification that
she, indeed, was the lovely brunette with the distinctive “Julia
Roberts” voice in the cafeteria of the Dolphin Hotel.
My wonderful son, of course, thought his Dad had flipped.
And one final thought on Julia.
I had a webpage to serve the national late night talk show and I did a few car and movie reviews on it.
I
had just seen America’s Sweetharts with Julia and John Cusack and
Catherine Zeta-Jones...and had written a pretty nice review which was
posted quickly.
I got an IM (instant message) on AOL...from a female that started “hey movie guy”.
She went on to mention that I liked the movie and “you like Julia Roberts, huh?” Then asked me what movie Julia was best in.
I thought about it and typed “Steel Magnolias”.
“Not Erin Brockovich”.....
“Nope...she was fantastic in Steel Magnolias.”
Then the communication ended.
I
thought about that IM for years...and wondered if Julia was testing the
response to her new flick American’s Sweethearts by searching the
internet for any reviews.
Who ever it was that night...she seemed upset that I didn’t pick EB.
One wonders. Sorry Julia.
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