From San Jose-
The sun was bright and birds were flitting about on a morning fit for a Disney princess as friends Cindy James and Norm Dean sat and sipped outside a Starbucks in downtown Oakland on Tuesday, boldly and blissfully ignoring the royal wedding.
"No, I don't really think much about it," said James, 46, of Antioch, when pressed to think about it. "Here, our celebrities are our royalty. That's who people in America care about. Their every move is all over the magazines in the stores. So do we really need to borrow that kind of thing from across the pond?"
Cheeky American.
It's now down to a matter of hours before William and Kate tie the knot. Are you sitting on pins and needles, preferably commemorative ones with the official image of the royal couple emblazoned on each tiny point? Or, are you feeling a bit blase? If the latter, you may be in the majority. Despite the onslaught of TV and Internet coverage in the weeks leading up to the wedding and expectations of nearly 2 billion viewers worldwide, some media surveys show that little more than 20 percent of Americans plan to watch the nuptials in full, and certainly not in the wee hours Friday when it airs live -- although DVRs and YouTube may indeed go into regal overdrive.
More here-
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-living/ci_17941826?nclick_check=1
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