Last night Al's brother was in town, so we took him out to a neat restaurant in Burlingame. While waiting at the bar for a table, a guy leaned over from an adjacent stool and said, "hi! you're Lori and Al, aren't you?" I smiled and acknowledged that we were while desperately searching my brain for some fragment of memory, some clue to where I might have met this person. "I've read your website!" he continued. "I saw you play at Logitech on Monday. I've just started playing, myself."
We were a bit fascinated and unnerved at the same time by our celebrity. Al felt like he'd been dragged into the spotlight by my penchant for blogging; after all, he's never even commented on a post, much less written one himself (at least not in this diary). Al's brother, meanwhile, thought it was pretty neat. As for me, I was glad to have encouraged another fledgling hockey player, but was embarrassed that the fellow had seen Monday's game, which certainly wasn't one of my best. (I can only hope that he was there long enough to see me get a decent shot on goal, but not so long that he saw me skate around ineffectually while making snarky remarks to #44 and his cohorts).
I think I would have been more prepared to be recognized if it had happened at an ice rink or in a hockey store or even at a tournament rather than a restaurant; it's all about context. In any case, welcome to the game, Henry. Hope to see you on the ice sometime.
Posted by Lori in | June 13, 2003·01:45 PM
That's awesome. Congratulations on your anniversary, and good luck with the hockey!
Posted by: Lori at June 17, 2003 3:42 PM
I hope I didn’t freak you out. I found this site when I was looking for information about getting into hockey. My son (6yr) and my nephew (12yr) wanted to play hockey so I decided to play also. I
usually take them skating twice a week at Logitech.
This site has helped set expectations and kept me from getting discouraged about my skating.
The restaurant was great. It was my 10yr-wedding anniversary.
Posted by: Henry at June 13, 2003 3:26 PM