Yesterday was my friend Gretchen’s wedding. She’s an old high school friend, and she got married in downtown Baton Rouge. My mom and Larry watched the boys while I went to the wedding with a bunch of other friends from high school.

After the very lovely wedding, my friend Erin and I were leaving the hotel where everyone was staying and set off to walk a few blocks to a nearby bar. As we were walking, Erin noticed a woman walking a few steps ahead of us. She was dressed very casually and Erin said, “Is that Liv Tyler?”

A man walking with her affirmed it and Erin and I talked to her a little. Erin was cool, asking her where they were going and giving her a recommendation for a fattening artichoke appetizer when she heard their destination. I just gushed a few times about how pretty she is, like the deeply uncool person I am, and they went on their way.

Erin and I went ahead to the bar, congratulating ourselves on our good luck.

Later, as I was waiting to get my car back from the hotel valet, my new BFF Liv and her people were coming back from dinner. She remembered me and thanked me for the artichoke recommendation. Okay, so she got me and Erin mixed up, but that’s cool! Even better…she ate a fattening artichoke dish!