Being a new dad in LA is crazy.  I often take my daughter out for walks.  Like you'd imagine, you get lots of smiles from people and have this unspoken camaraderie with other parent-child pairs as you pass them.  So I'm out the other day and who do I have one of these "hey-we're-both-parents-isn't-it-great-but-also-hard" moments with?  Former supermodel and Rod Stewart spouse Rachael Hunter.  She seemed to be about seven feet tall.  I think she lives around here since I saw her at the mall a while back. 

Truth be told, I am in the minority of fathers who push the stroller.  It doesn't seem that strange to me and I certainly have no problem with it, but yesterday, some guy in his car stopped when he saw me and said "Hey, you don't see a lot of dads pushing their babies around.  I'm going through a custody case right now and I just want to tell you what a great thing you're doing.  Keep it up."  Again, I don't think it's any big deal, but if you say so, I'll take the compliment.   

I had a bunch of errands to do and, later in the day, I had the dreaded chore of taking the baby to the post office.  In the long line, again, lots of smiles.  This time there was much attention coming from the mother and her teenage daughter in front of me.  On my way out (it took me forever to get out of there like it always does) the teenage girl comes up to me and says "If you ever need me to babysit, give me a call."  She then proceeds to hand me her card.  She had written in "babysitter" on the card because this wasn't the job that she had them printed for.  She, of course, was an actress.  A mini-picture of her headshot was on there as well as "SAG/AFTRA" and her agency info.   That a fourteen year old girl (she handwrote in her age as well) has a business card like this just floored me.  I should have said "We'd love to use you, but we're deciding to go another way."  I'm sure she wouldn't want the gig anyway.  We only pay guild plus ten.