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STROLLING WITH SASHA COHEN AND JOHNNY WEIR

Nice day yesterday for a walk through the Public Gardens. When you're walking with Olympic figure skaters Sasha Cohen and Johnny Weir, though, you tend to draw more than a few looks. Well, not me. But them. You know what I mean. I got to enjoy a little walk-and-talk with the two skaters, which made for a very informal interview. They'd talk, I'd find something to interject and we'd go from there. Until we reached the Swan Boats. Yes, that was my idea. Johnny was more than up for jumping on the boat, while Sasha? As the kids say...not so much. Our photographer, Matthew West, overheard little miss Sasha saying "this is so tacky" as she made her way aboard the boat. That didn't stop them from smiling (see above).

Or from answering even my silly questions. Here is one such verbal exchange, inspired by the Sasha-lovin' Thighmaster...

ME: Has there ever been a better skating movie than The Cutting Edge?
WEIR: There are no good skating movies.
ME: So I'm going to put you down for a no, there's nothing better than The Cutting Edge.
COHEN: There's nothing better than The Cutting Edge.
WEIR: Except maybe The Cutting Edge 2, with stunt double Amber Corwin!
COHEN: Can you believe she did that?

Tittering followed. Apparently, Corwin performed the stunts for Moira Kelly all those years ago. Corwin was on last year's Champions On Ice tour. That's your trivia for the day.

And now, for the rest of the story, starting with my Pulitzer-winning first sentence:

Sasha Cohen has lost her pants.

For the record, Sasha Cohen is tiny. When she was talking about her pants, her handler mentioned that they're hardly even a size zero. Try pixie, I say. She looks fragile enough to snap if you fell on her. So...don't fall on her. Falling for her is fine, though, Thighmaster.