Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Meeting Ben


This morning we decided to take Evan and his new boogie board and go snorkeling at Hanauma Bay. It's too bad that Hanauma Bay happens to be closed on Tuesdays. So we kept driving up the windward coast to Kailua Beach. It was beautiful as always, and we were able to see some large sea turtles swimming and munching on man-o-wars, which was really neat. Despite some waves, Evan was really excited to use his boogie board.

But, I must say, the highlight of my day was riding on an elevator next to Michael Emerson (Ben from Lost). I couldn't help but tap him on the shoulder and ask if I could get a picture with him. The funny thing was, right before we left the condo to drop Jon off at work, I went back and said, "Let me grab the camera in case we see anything cool while we're out." Evan and I were looking out the glass window on the elevator, so we weren't even facing the door to see people as they get on the elevator, but next thing I know, out of the corner of my eye I see "Ben" standing next to me. As embarassed as I was to ask, I did anyway. The man was extremely nice and gracious, and I am embarassed to admit that I was giddy afterwards. It would have been one thing to see a castmember somewhere on a set, it was quite random to have one of the stars of the show walk onto the same elevator.