Photo of the Day: The Back of Someone's Head
[Photographs: Erin Zimmer]
That's not just the back of any head. Can you guess who? Behold the matching face, after the jump.
It's Paula Deen, y'all. Here she is mid-cackle at the New York City Wine & Food Festival's Down South Up North dinner over the weekend, where she ate sweet potato bourbon mash, fried chicken, and pork shoulder with the 300 other people who packed into Hill Country. Whenever she moved an inch, she'd get bombarded with freakishly happy fans begging for a picture.
At one point I was standing right behind her buttery goodness, and I thought, "wow, I could really touch her right now if I wanted to."
And sure enough, I did touch her when we shared this precious moment together. It was a crazy blur of a few seconds—I'm pretty sure she smooched my cheek. Also, her eyes are an insane shade of ice blue.
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19 Comments:
Y'all.
cmbarrytx at 8:34PM on 10/12/09
Yeah, Erin's the better-looking of the two. :-)
LunaPierCook at 8:40PM on 10/12/09
Eww - can't believe I clicked through for her.
finewinendine at 8:53PM on 10/12/09
love it. say what you will about Paula, it would be sweet to meet her!
_greenbean at 9:56PM on 10/12/09
I want to meet Paula. It's my goal in life, y'all!
katherinegb at 10:59PM on 10/12/09
"I just wanna say, the back of yo head is ridiculous"
ChickenFinger5 at 11:27PM on 10/12/09
Up above, we've had very mixed opinions on her restaurant. I've never been there, but four or five years David Steingarten, who travels the world eating and writing it up in the "Weekend" section of the Wall Street Jounral
(how's that for a dream gig!?) ate there and gave it a VERY negative review. Don't remember the details, but it was four or five thumbs down.
MikeLM at 3:08AM on 10/13/09
If I had a buzz that would be a buzz-kill.
smallkitchen at 7:25AM on 10/13/09
Paula may not be a haute couture frou-frou chef, and maybe she uses way more butter than is necessary, but you can't fault her for being a successful, happy woman, doing what she loves, and surrounding herself with family. I admire her spunk and her sparkly eyes. Thanks for the post!!!
juliebugsmama at 7:41AM on 10/13/09
"Hey ya'll!" I love Paula Dean - she is a Southern Belle and seems really down to earth.
Lvn4life at 9:33AM on 10/13/09
I hate that I guessed who that was before clicking through :-)
BrooklynBaker at 9:45AM on 10/13/09
Man, there are some serious haters out there for Paula and I don't get it. She seems like such a sweetie!!! Let the woman eat her butter in peace!
jessers7 at 9:46AM on 10/13/09
Am I the only one who was SURE it was Kenny Shopsin's mop?
muiges at 10:12AM on 10/13/09
muiges, no, Shopsin was my first guess too! Thank you for confirming I am not (entirely) crazy.
jm chen at 10:20AM on 10/13/09
That's me retirement grease!
Burger365 at 10:46AM on 10/13/09
Oh my god, that's so funny...I was sure it was Kenny Shopsin too! Hilarious.
LizLemon at 11:25AM on 10/13/09
was she drunk again?
sblatteis at 1:15PM on 10/13/09
woo hoo, I guessed right!
orchidgirl at 4:27PM on 10/13/09
Whew, tough room.
chanterelle at 9:46PM on 10/13/09