3/07/2005 10:58:00 AM|||Joel VandenBrink|||

So yesterday some friends and I decided to head to our favorite park in Seattle, Gasworks park. It is right on Lake Union and has an incredible view of downtown Seattle. Well, Brooke and I arrived slightly early (in good dutch tradition) and started looking for a spot to set our blanket. Somewhere in this process I got a glimpse of what looked like Dave Matthews, and since he lives in the area the possibility was real that it could be him. He was walking along with his two daughters eating an apple. Nobody was bugging him, so I had my doubts. But eventually he spoke, and sure enough he had a South African accent. It was him, it really was dave matthews. After quickly deciding whether or not i wanted to act like a stalker I decided to remain 'unnoticed.' Well eventually Brooke and I put on blanket down on a hill, and to our surprise, dave came walking up the same hill, practically an arms length away -- and plopped his stuff down 10-15 feet behind us. There we were, sitting in a random park on a beautiful seattle day and dave matthews (along with his two daughters and eventually his wife) was sitting right behind us. How does that happen? and even more, how do people not bug him? I think this says something about how cool of a city seattle is. Famous people can take walks in the park and not be bugged.

Eventually my friends and I had the opportunity to entertain Dave by tossing a frisbee around the park while he and his daughters watched us. All I wanted to say was, "I saw you in concert at Comerica park in Detroit." Or something really nerdy like that, but instead I gave him the head nod, as to say, "I know who you are, but I shall leave you alone." Eventually he left and we finally got the chance to talk about how weird it was, and how cool.

peace
joel

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