Thursday, May 26, 2011

I saw Cal Ripken

The other day at work, I was looking out the window and I saw a man who sort of looked like my Uncle John from a distance. He was sort of on the larger side and bald. My co-worker then shouted, "Hey, it's Cal Ripken!" And it was. He and his wife had parked across the street from my office in their matching black Chevy Tahoes and went to eat lunch at Golden West Cafe, the restaurant directly across the street from Hampden Family Center.

We have huge storefront windows (in which I was gawking), and I tried taking a decent photo with my phone. I think he saw me, and I felt bad being so intrusive, so I hid behind a chair and tried again. I failed to get one, but my other co-worker who has an office upstairs snapped this shot:

To those of you who know John Lennon, resident of Lexington, KY: doesn't he look like him? Albeit a slightly thinner, fancier version?

The IronMan is a huge celebrity in Baltimore, so I'm glad I got to spot him.

The very next day at the same time, his wife and daughter pulled up to eat there again, but sadly, he did not join them.

4 comments:

  1. Very cool! Cal Ripken, Jr. was one of Tim's heroes in 3rd grade. He dressed up as him for Halloween! That was the year Cal Ripken broke the most consecutive games record. We didn't have cable so Tim couldn't watch, but he had a really nice 3rd grade teacher and she taped it for us on her VCR and gave Tim the tape! That's so great you got to see him!
    Wynne

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  2. yup, always thought he looked like Uncle John. Those EYES!
    ~Mom

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  3. I'll show this to Uncle John - he'll laugh! It DOES look lilt a thinner, fancier version of him. Good description!! Aunt Diane

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  4. ahaha. Yeah, I emailed this picture to Uncle John the other day, but I didn't say anything about it being a thinner, fancier version. ahaha.

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