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Forgive me if this is vaguely off-topic, as it involves only half of our celebrated pairing, but I needed to share with others who'd appreciate the story (as I tried telling it to my mother and sister when I got home and just got blank stares).
So I was at the gym, and watching this Restaurant Revamp show with Bobby Flay, right? And he's going into this restaurant in NYC to help stop it from going under, so the first thing he does is eats there to check it out. The shot is of him walking in with this woman, and it's dark and she's bundled up, but she vaguely resembles Alex Cabot. So when he begins to introduce the bit, it goes something like this:
Bobby (this bit's very paraphrased, but it was something like this): "And of course, I had assistance in my evaluation from--"
Me (jokingly): "New York's Assistant District Attorney for Special Victims, Alexandra Cabot!"
Bobby: "--my wife, Stephanie."
Me: *jawdrop*
So naturally, I kept watching that show. I was not aware that Chef Bobby F. (as I alliteratively like to call him) was married to our illustrious she-of-the-strong-jaw-profile.
Some thoughts: they kept framing shots like they were almost purposely trying not to focus on Stephanie, which irked me, naturally. I mean, I know it's Bobby's show, but there was a time or two where he asked her her opinion on something, and they kept the camera on him while she responded, which just seemed rude, even from a non-SVU fanpoint (get it? It's "standpoint," but not. LOLdork). But she did this really cute fan!mouth thing when the pizza was really hot, and was really courteous to the waitstaff (even though Bobby's narration voiceover was trying to cover it up), and was wearing one of her trademark long trenchycoat things on the way out of the last shot they showed her, and I was thoroughly more captivated by that show than I otherwise would have been. Mostly because every time I thought about changing it, I would go "but wait, what if they bring her back out to try some of the new stuff Bobby's making the restaurant do?". And/or remembered that I started watching it in the first place because there was nothing else on.
(Episode BFSP04 according to the Food Network website, in case anybody was curious. There are a bunch of upcoming repeat showtimes listed on the website, too. I didn't catch the last 5 minutes or so, but I'm pretty sure she's only in that bit at the beginning, so don't bother staying up for the rest of it.)
So I was at the gym, and watching this Restaurant Revamp show with Bobby Flay, right? And he's going into this restaurant in NYC to help stop it from going under, so the first thing he does is eats there to check it out. The shot is of him walking in with this woman, and it's dark and she's bundled up, but she vaguely resembles Alex Cabot. So when he begins to introduce the bit, it goes something like this:
Bobby (this bit's very paraphrased, but it was something like this): "And of course, I had assistance in my evaluation from--"
Me (jokingly): "New York's Assistant District Attorney for Special Victims, Alexandra Cabot!"
Bobby: "--my wife, Stephanie."
Me: *jawdrop*
So naturally, I kept watching that show. I was not aware that Chef Bobby F. (as I alliteratively like to call him) was married to our illustrious she-of-the-strong-jaw-profile.
Some thoughts: they kept framing shots like they were almost purposely trying not to focus on Stephanie, which irked me, naturally. I mean, I know it's Bobby's show, but there was a time or two where he asked her her opinion on something, and they kept the camera on him while she responded, which just seemed rude, even from a non-SVU fanpoint (get it? It's "standpoint," but not. LOLdork). But she did this really cute fan!mouth thing when the pizza was really hot, and was really courteous to the waitstaff (even though Bobby's narration voiceover was trying to cover it up), and was wearing one of her trademark long trenchycoat things on the way out of the last shot they showed her, and I was thoroughly more captivated by that show than I otherwise would have been. Mostly because every time I thought about changing it, I would go "but wait, what if they bring her back out to try some of the new stuff Bobby's making the restaurant do?". And/or remembered that I started watching it in the first place because there was nothing else on.
(Episode BFSP04 according to the Food Network website, in case anybody was curious. There are a bunch of upcoming repeat showtimes listed on the website, too. I didn't catch the last 5 minutes or so, but I'm pretty sure she's only in that bit at the beginning, so don't bother staying up for the rest of it.)