I have agreed to baby-sit tomorrow night only because there is a small chance that I will get to meet Allie Lewis.

This means nothing to pretty much everyone else on Earth except me. You see, I am a Martha Stewart fan. Add the adjective “huge” in there. I think she is a brilliant businesswoman. I liked her version of the Apprentice better. I believe that she was wronged when she was sent to jail/camp cupcake. I adore all her publications. And that is where Allie Lewis comes in. She is the Senior Associate Food Editor for Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food magazine, the only Martha mag I actually had my own personal subscription to (until my last four issues were held up in the post-Katrina mail block of 2005). Anyway, she is also one of the hosts of the television show based on this magazine. You may be thinking, “I’ve never heard of this show,” and that is because I am the only American under the age of 75 who watches PBS. Allie is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, too, and she is in town visiting friends. Friends that I sometimes baby-sit for and then abuse when PBS stars come to visit.

She was the only host of the show who didn’t send Tim to the moon. I enjoyed endlessly pissing him off by abusing his Tivo to record Everyday Food. In the end, he chose the Tivo over me, but I am pretty sure it recommends a food show or two now and then.