YOB: #16. Try To Meet Someone Famous (Part 2)

By Lara

I was rather skeptical about this item on the Year of the Birthday list when Beth suggested it. I knew from the beginning that she wanted the famous person to be Duff from Ace of Cakes. I also knew that I could not afford a cake from their store. I assuaged my skepticism by thinking we would seriously bend the definition of "famous" in order to meet the objective.

I was driving to work two mornings before Beth arrived for the much anticipated "See a Hockey Game" when I heard the local radio host interviewing Mary Alice from Ace of Cakes. They were having a bake sale at the Inner Harbor. It was open to the public. Duff would be there. PERFECT!

I started teasing Beth about a surprise. She absolutely loves Duff, and had no idea what we were going to do. I finally broke down and told her the night before. She was incredibly excited. Did I mention that she loves Duff?

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YOB: #16. Try To Meet Someone Famous

By Beth

I am a big fan of food. Perhaps this is why I also hate size two people and avoid them by going to the beach in the winter. The older I get, the more exercise I have to do to burn off the food I eat so I don’t end up weighing three tons. I think eventually I’ll have to accomplish everything on my daily to do list in exercise form. That or stop eating.

Being a fan of food, I watch the Food Network regularly. I was introduced to the show Ace of Cakes years ago while watching reruns. I couldn’t believe that what I was seeing was an actual cake! It was amazing, the people on the show were hilarious and I was hooked. It used to be a regular Tuesday night thing for my mom and me, sometimes the kids too. Now that we have DVR, I can watch it anytime I want. Duff Goldman is funny and amazingly talented. Mary Alice is awesome and Geoff, although quiet, has a dry wit to him that I find so attractive!

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