Back in November, I had a close encounter with one of my current favorite celebs. Camille takes a gymnastics class once a week, in a fairly industrial neighborhood in northern Sherman Oaks. This is the same place I spotted Francie from Alias. The place is packed with little girls and their mommies. So one day at gymnastics class, Camille and I arrive late and rushed into the bathroom to get changed into a leotard (for Camille, not me). There are a couple of moms standing in the bathroom. I see the stalls are occupied so I say something loony and frazzled like "please excuse us because we must change right there in the middle of the bathroom," and then I make eye contact with one of the moms. I believe my eyes pop open when I realized it is Maya Rudolph. Apparently her 9-year old daughter Pearl in a different class and is a regular. I think she's pretty amazing in everything I've seen her in, but is usually being some over-the-top character, so it was funny to see her as a plain old Mom in a bun. Other people in the place basically fell over themselves the whole time. One gal made some comment about how she needed to move her purse to make room for Maya to sit, one mom who is there all the time deliberately went up to say "Hi Maya" to which Maya was all like "hey", I barely know you. I later learned that Maya Rudolph has 4 kids, which is humanizing but kind of makes me think what's the point of that. It does explain why she's looked slightly chubby and maybe pregnant for the past 5 years straight.
Maya Rudolph, looking glam
I had another celeb sighting at the zoo earlier this week. A friend and I were watching our little ones at the zoo playground, when a very minor but very recognizable celebrity walked past: Rodger Berman. For those of you who don't know, RoDger is Rachel Zoe's bizarre husband. His hair was, as usual, carefully tucked behind his ears, and he was wearing a signature too-tight leather necklace (which was the item that made me notice him, because what normal dude wears those). We then noticed he was hovering behind little Sky-Sky, who was wearing an odd one-piece outfit (possibly sleeper?) and his long, curly locks. Rachel was nowhere in sight, but we all know, they have a newborn so she's probably snoozing at home.
Rodger and signature leather choker, with Rachel Zoe
Another Rodger shot, clearly years later but sporting a different leather necklace (because you can't have too many)
