Did any of you ever see the Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen movie, It Takes Two?
For the most part, I could not stand MK and Ashley Olsen movies. I mean, hello! All the plots were exactly the same: girls go to foreign country, girls meet cute boys with hot accents, girls save foreign country from peril, girls and cute boys with hot accents get together and live happily ever after.
Luckily, It Takes Two was different. Can’t say it was my favorite movie, but I have seen it quite a few times. One of the movie’s biggest intrigues for me was this concept it introduced: the possibility of identical strangers. For months, I kept an eye out for “the other Katie,” convinced she was around somewhere.
Well, on Saturday, I found my twin:
Yes, yes, I know we’re not really identical. But hey, neither are Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. I swear we did not plan to both wear jeans, pink shirts, and black vests. It was twin sense at work. Plus, we share a mutual love of Artisana coconut butter… but maybe that’s not twin sense; that’s just common sense!
She even brought me some Raw Carrot Cake Bites!
Seriously, sweetest girl ever! We met at Whole Foods, and we talked non-stop about everything from blogging to food to life in general. I almost missed meeting this amazing girl, though! It was pure luck (or maybe fate) that our paths crossed:
I emailed Kelsey, because she’d won one of my giveaways, and she replied, “Ya know, I’m actually going to Dallas in a few weeks, to visit friends. If you want to hold on to the bars til then, you could give them to me in person.” As someone who envies all Californians and New Yorkers, with your routine blogger meet ups, I jumped at the chance for a blogger meet-up of my own. Our meeting was so much fun (albeit way, way to short!). She is absolutely one of the sweetest girls one could ever hope to meet. (Oops, I already said that! Ah, but it’s worth repeating, because it is so true!) Oh, and the Raw Carrot Cake Bites she made me? They were even better than the ones I make!
Has anyone ever told you that you look like someone else?
Perhaps someone famous? And have you ever wanted to be a twin?
How fun!! 🙂
I’ve gotten Drew Barrymore many times but i think it’s just because we sound alike!
Molly Ringwald.
Once.
Claire Danes.
Once.
Otherwise I guess I’m just too unique-looking? [Or maybe it is because I’m actually famous and everyone else is compared to ME?]
Considering you have a blog, someone might just be saying that! “Hey, you look like that girl, Sarah, from the Smart Kitchen Blog.” Hehe 🙂
That’s so cute!
But you really should be ashamed to admit that you’ve even seen a Mary-Kate and Ashley movie. Seriously ashamed. 🙂
LOLOL!
*Hides in corner*
Oh Katie, your post absolutely made my DAY! I’m sitting over here smiling like crazy and “aww’ing” every 5 seconds. Hahaha. I am extremely glad that it worked out and I feel so blessed to have gotten to meet you! It was just so cool and you are amazing. I really hope we can do it again soon. I should be coming up to Dallas sometime in November… hehe. 🙂
By the way, I’m ashamed to admit that I used to love those MK & Ashley movies. I wasn’t so much a fan of the older, teenage ones with all the guys. I was about 8 or 9 so that was gross to me. I liked the little ones where they solved mysteries. 🙂
Oh I remember the little ones! I lived in Japan when they were popular, but I remember that I moved back and everyone was talking about them… and people couldn’t believe I had no idea who they were. “What, were you living in outer space, Katie?” No, no. Just Asia! 😉
i’ve gotten jennifer gray before… not too sure how i feel about it though…
enjoy your weekend 🙂
Apparantly there is somone named brittany at my college who looks like me. Three different people have stopped me, then been like, “Oh, sorry. You’re not Brittany.” Hehe. I would have had a real twin, but it was stillborn. Maybe they only thought it was…
Yes, I’ve been told I look like another girl from another school. When I saw her photo, I was surprised how much we did look alike. I don’t think I want a twin, but if I had to I want to have a boy twin 🙂
I WAS OBSESSED with wanting a twin when I was little! Maybe it’s because I don’t have a sibling at all. I made all my friends dress up in the same outfits as me, and once a year we had “twin day” at our school (you know how some schools do crazy hat day? Ours had twin day). That was my favorite day of the year, no joke.
One of my friend’s younger brothers has told me a million times I look like Charlize Theron — I have no idea why he thinks that and I’ve never heard it from someone else! He had a crush on me, what can I say? 🙂
My only “twins” are my sisters — we look alike and hear that all the time, but I think that is normal for siblings, right?
I always wished I looked more like my sister. You see, I actually AM a twin, but no one ever believed us because we look SO different!
In middke school, paople thought a girl on m D.I. (destination imagination) team, looked a lot like me! We agreed that we DID have matching straight brown hair, and maybe a couple other features, but we are opposite in personalities. We were good friends, though. We both had pet rats and loved them!
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Aw, you two girls are so pretty. Must be the healthy eating thing ;). What a fun sounding meet up!
I’ve been told I favor Michelle Trachtenberg. She was on Buffy the Vampire Slayer? And Gossip Girl too I think. But I don’t watch it!
LOL she’s EVIL on Gossip Girl! 😉
(Still pretty though!)
And I wanted to KILL her on Buffy. Ugh. Dawn was so damn annoying.
But yes, VERY pretty. Great skin/hair on that girl.
So true, Dawn had issues! I love Spikie!
ohmygod i was OBSESSED with the mary-kay and ashley movies!!!! they were my favorite, despite the predictable plots (and really, really awful acting. i recently rewatched passport to paris and DANG. awful!)
people have told me i look like kate winslet, which makes me heart happy. i have a massive girl crush on her :)! i’ve gotten grace kelly once, to which i thought was an odd comparison! and lindsey lohan. no thanks 😉
How funny! My bff and I used to accidentally dress identically alllll the time. We also watched EVERY Mary Kate and Ashley movie and played their video games. Middle school was the best.
I don’t think I look like anyone else =( Hopefully I can find my identical stranger someday!
Aw such a cute twin picture – sweet outfit !
I wanted to be a twin when I saw The Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan 🙂
I get told I look like Anne Hathaway on what feels like a weekly basis. And probably more so when I had bangs. I feel like I resemble her a bit, and have her coloring, but I don’t think I look THAT much like her!
Occasionally I will also get Jennifer Love Hewitt.
And Katie, I think you look like Emma Roberts, but prettier 🙂
Wow, Janna, you are so incredibly sweet!!
And p.s. I can TOTALLY see the Anne Hathaway thing! You’re both beautiful :).