WAIT FOR IT...NEIL PATRICK HARRIS...WAIT FOR IT...

Philadelphia was hit with the largest snow storm in 10 years the weekend we moved into our new home - as a result we have to wait for the snow melt off our roof so Comcast can wire the place up for cable and Internet.

The other night my mother suggested I plug the TV in and see if we get any reception without the cable company - John worked some magic on our complicated TV and we now get NBC and CBS.

Winter Olympics on NBC - You would think this would be the ideal channel to have this week, but as much as we have tried to watch them - we both find it incredibly boring.

Dark Side of CBS - I tried to watch the CBS show with LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell last night. It was really-really bad – the acting, plot line, dialogue – all awful! I know why O'Donnell never made it as a serious actor - he's nice to look at, but that’s his only game.

Bright Side - On Monday night we watched How I Met You Mother (HIMYM) – a great TV show. I've written about it in the past as I was drawn in over the summer after seeing Neil Patrick Harris (NPH) in a Philly restaurant.

The acting is genius, plot lines align to what my generation is dealing with and the best part - it’s actually funny!

Dear HIMYM Producers - If I could make one tweak to your hilarious sitcom – end your show with Neil Patrick Harris (NPH) being a gay sex fiend instead of the slutty straight character he currently portrays.

NPH Street Credentials – He’s become a gay leader of sorts in the world of Hollywood celebrity. Since coming out of the closet in 2006, in addition to his role on HIMYM, Harris has found success as a host of a major network award show, singin' on Broadway and has shown his comedic chops in various small budget films.

Why This Will Work - If you haven't seen the show, it's told through the eyes of the main character, Ted - he tells his kids about his life when he was single and "how he met their mother."

Viewers are left to guess who he ends up with and the story lines leave bread crumbs of information to help viewers figure out the ending.

NOTE – When speaking to your children, portraying your best friend as a slutty gay man is difficult, but making him straight and “macho” is probably deemed acceptable in today’s society.

This sentiment is obviously difficult for me to swallow. I hope for true equality for every slutty person out there, gay or straight. But I believe this to be the reality of today…no matter how much it sucks – literally and figuratively.

On My Soap Box – Folks, we are living in 2010 and more gay characters deserve a prominent place within the boob tube and silver screen.

Will & Grace in the 90’s was pretty awesome. Broke Back Mountain was a milestone movie. Today we need to bring out a multitude of diverse characters displaying campy humor, perverse dialogue and show a character like the one NPH portrays on HIMYM – one that is extremely slutty, lost count of the number of trysts he’s had BUT make him confidently homosexual.

Making Neil Patrick Harris a gay character isn’t going to solve anything for the LGBT community, but it might add another dimension in the not so diverse network TV landscape.

Would this be a shocking conclusion to an amazing show – YES - And that’s what this viewer craves!

By The Way – The show isn’t ending any time soon, just offering up my idea in advance – getting it out there in the open…awwww I feel better!

HOW ENJOYING 'HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER' MAKES ME AN OLD FART

Unique, charming, hilarious and uplifting - it's very rare for a half-hour comedy to take you full circle in emotions and leave you craving more!

How I Met Your Mother is new to my life, but will forever be on my list of "Must See TV." I started watching this summer - after I had dinner near Neil Patrick Harris and saw I Love You Man with Jason Segel - two of the main stars of the show.

WHATS WEIRD: It's a comedy on CBS. I've always thought CBS was network for the old geezer and purple hairs of the country. Instead it hosts the freshest comedies, coolest reality shows (Big Brother, Survivor and Amazing Race) and a sweet new drama called The Good Wife with Julianna Margulies (loved her on E.R. and she rocked it out in the premiere episode).

Dare I say I've become a fan of CBS? Life is getting very weird in Philadelphia - maybe because I'm surrounded by a lot of old people, buildings, ideas, and did I say old people? I believe enjoying CBS instead of the WB means I'm growing up...but you have my permission to shoot me when I start writing how much I enjoyed PBS on Friday and Saturday night!

DINNER ACROSS FROM NEIL PATRICK HARRIS AND AMY SEDARIS

Caption: 

From the Philadelphia set of the 2010 movie "The Best and Brightest." 

photo found on: www.afterelton.com

As seen on facebook: 

KSLATZ and John just had dinner across from Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser) and his boyfriend, Amy Sedaris, Bonnie Summerville (look her up on IMDB) and the guy from the MAC/PC Commercials (not Justin Long, the other dude) who were all filming a movie called The Best and The Brightest. Dinner was delicious. We also met our first paparazzi - the Philly Chit Chat dude - and when we left dinner he gave us all the gossip about the film.

THE AFTERNOON:

My daily afternoon dog walk brought a sweet discovery this week...I found a movie was being filmed down the street from my house. The film crew spilled outside of a brownstone as I walked the girls home from playing Frisbee. 

When I got home John called and I pitched him my idea for dinner - chicken, cheese and veggie scrambled eggs. He laughed at me and we decided to go out for dinner. I told him I saw a restaurant on my way home from the dog park and we should try it. What he didn't know was that this restaurant was directly across the street from house with all of the movie filming going on.

AT THE RESTAURANT...

We sat at a perfect table in the front window of Audry Claire restaurant. We talked about the yelp.com reviews we both had read as we are typical yelpers - always reading the reviews and hardly ever leaving a review!  

There was several small groups of people in the restaurant. I didn't immediately see any celebrities around the room so turned my attention outside. I told John I hoped one would walk by so I could point them out to him, as he acts like a school girl every time he sees one. 

Boom - out of the corner of my eye I see Neil Patrick Harris across the dining room from us eating with a group of people - he had been there the whole time! 

I said, "John, look it's Doogie Howser!" 

I then asked if I was too loud when I said "Doogie." Thankfully he said no.  

The man sitting across the table from him was his cute boyfriend. Next to the bf was two beautiful blond woman. I immediately thought they were interns but I figured out one of them is Amy Sedaris - who is laugh-out-loud hilarious and adorable! (I would very much enjoy meeting her brother - the famous author David Sedaris) 

John and I immediately halt all conversation and listen across the room. We were far enough away for it to be cool, yet close enough to hear most of what was going down at their table. 

From what I gathered, the other pretty blond woman (who I now know to be actress Bonnie Sommerville) tried to pay the bill and asked, "Do you take discovery card?" Neil Patrick Harris (NPH) laughed and said, "Do you mean Discover Card?"

The whole table giggled about it. NPH's boyfriend jumped up and ran across the street to get money from the cash machine. When he came back he brought a bottle of alcohol and handed it to NPH...it's a BYOB restaurant.

A man with an ear piece arrived and took Miss Sommerville to the set, holding an umbrella over her head as they crossed the street since it started to rain. 

Minutes later they all have a loud conversation with the waitstaff  - talking about: the cool mood in the restaurant - no loud music - very chill environment - nice breezes with the windows open, etc. Basically how much they enjoyed eating and drinking there. 

They paid the bill and headed over to the movie set. 

When they left I paid attention to NPH who is very skinny, super cute and just a normal looking guy - but there were more wrinkles than I expected. I believe he was in costume...he wore a dress shirt and khaki's. 

Amy Sedaris was so short and cute...and wore a colorful-artsy T-shirt with some wickedly-cool-thick-rimmed glasses. 

It was just fun to see them all interact with each other, very much like being across the lunch room at school but the kids across from you work on TV/movies. 

When they left we finished our meal, John did his immediate post on facebook and tried to send a tweet on twitter but he couldn't figure it out on my phone. 

OUR RUN IN WITH THE PAPARAZZI: 

We walked home so we would pass the movie set and saw a member of the paparazzi. I actually asked him if he was paparazzi and he said he runs Philly Chit Chat blog. 

He asked us if we saw the cover of the Enquirer and we said we hadn't (we later figured out he meant the Philadelphia Inquirer - the local paper - not the famous tabloid). He said he got yelled at by the crew as they said they didn't like the picture in the paper and he couldn't take any more pictures. 

He told them, "Does it look like this is my first day on the job?" 

Which made use both laugh because he reeked of paparazzi - it was a smell anyone would recognize - he knew his rights as a camera stalker! 

END...

I love that John and I always have so much fun together whenever we go out! When we got home we laughed more about the whole night and jumped on facebook to let the world know we dined with movie stars!