A Day with Facebook Fabio

     I started watching Top Chef at the inception of the series.  Some chefs were awesome and some were jerks but they each brought an ingredient that made the show tasty.  Then there was Fabio.  He was a skilled chef and a handsome Italian but he was kind and funny and genuine.  He has a pet turtle that he takes for walks for goodness sake.  So while other chefs have come and gone out of the limelight I have tried to keep tabs on him and how his career is shaping up.  I followed him on Twitter and if you read my blog then you know we communicated once and I got very excited about it.  It just might have been my "do the new" for the day.  I also follow him on FB.  Well, yesterday he posted a link to an event that is happening at Mt. Airy Casino in the Pennsylvania.  Ummmmm....that's like ten minutes away.  Ohhhhhh AND it's on September 8th.  My head almost popped off with excitement. What could be better than facing the big 4-0...maybe acting like I'm 15?!?  So I added a comment to thread to let him know that it was indeed so close to me and on my birthday.  He responded later on in the thread with this: "if i do not see you happy birthday".  Giddy. I was giddy.  Did he write it?  Of COURSE he did.  (Yes, I know famous people have publicists and interns solely for this job of social media but this is me and Fabs...HE WROTE IT!) I thought "liking" my comment was great but to add a whole line of text to ME.  I was swooning.  It doesn't take much though...let's be honest.  So I woke up early this morning and purchased two tickets as a birthday gift to me.  I made it this far serving up goodness to others and I will reward myself with a sampling of goodies that someone is serving up to me.  See you on the 8th Viviani! I'll be the giggling idiot with the birthday tiara and sash winking the whole time...