Sighting at the National Bridal Show
Posted on | January 26, 2010 | No Comments
First let me say that I will be adding a rather comprehensive article on the amazing weekend at the National Bridal Show at the Direct Energy Centre. We would like to thank all the MANY people that stopped by our booth, we were nearly overwhelmed with the response, and actually ran out of the over 2000 pieces of printed material that we brought with us.
But this post is about the rather strange encounter we had there. First let me bring you back a year.
On February 1st of 2009, I was out enjoying a rather memorable Superbowl XLIII where my Pittsburgh Steelers picked up their 6th Superbowl ring. Much eating, drinking, and general merriment was had by all.
As per usual, I had booked the Monday off, as did my friend Ed. At around lunch time when we were finally able to stand vertically, we decided a pigout was in order, so we made our way to the local Mandarin buffet, with a plan to hit the couch after to watch a movie.
During what must have been the 2nd or 3rd plate, Ed got my attention. Please bear in mind that this was a Monday afternoon, so the restaurant wasn’t very busy. I turn around to see a slightly overweight grown man (in his 50’s), dressed in a bright green dress that flared out in an outrageous tutu, a giant green hat, a black purse and black combat boots. The shade of green we are talking about reminds me of a leprechaun. 
As a matter of fact looking at the image I found on Google Image Search, the hat was also very similar.
Now this gentleman was by himself, and was absolutely mesmerizing. It was such a ridiculous outfit and situation, everyone in the restaurant was snickering.
Adding to the intregue, he was completely serious, never cracking a smile, and completely engulfed in his food. It was this seriousness in his demeanor that made us doubt the only reason he was in this outfit was that he had placed a wager on the Arizona Cardinals, and was serving out his punishment.
Although I’ve only told this story to a few select people, I would have told MANY more had I had a camera on me at the time to accompany this story. It was a story that only Ed and I could truly relish.
Now, almost a full year later, I find myself working our booth at the bridal show. Beside us we have a great lady named Deniz, a true entrepreneur, and owner of Designs by Deniz.
During a time in the show where traffic was light, Deniz called me over rather hurriedly. Upon rounding the corner, my jaw dropped as I set my eyes on the very same gentleman making his way around the show. The exact same guy, in nearly the exact same outfit, 58.3 kilometers away from his original sighting. The only variance I could find was that he was wearing some black ballet slippers.
I will apologize for the poor image quality, I was trying to be somewhat discreet, and was using my iPhone. You can only imagine what creative words Ed used when I sent him a text with those images.
I don’t think there’s really much I can add to this posting, please feel free to comment if you’ve encountered him!
To prove that a picture is worth a thousand words, I present you the man in the green dress:
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