Posts Tagged ‘famous’

I realized that I have never done a post on this subject— but for good reason as its only been recently that I have even seen any celebrities in NYC. When I first moved here 3 yrs. ago, I’d head to the city and not TRY, but still try to look for some celeb sightings– yet I always came up empty. The real disappointing part was when I’d get home I’d hop onto one of the many gossip websites during my nightly internet surfing and see where celebs were spotted just blocks away from where I was (i.e. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, etc). Now though, if I am to pass one on the street, I don’t really notice them–wait, who am I kidding? I totally notice them!

Before I name names, its important that I give my readers the low down, so when you visit this fine city you are prepared. Its fine to get all giddy, but keep it cool, after all—-this isn’t LA.

NYC is different than LA. In LA, celebs are out and about and from what I hear (and have witnessed), they WANT to be seen. They make themselves visible and many go to places that other celebs hang at so to guarantee that their picture is taken. In NYC, celebs want to just fit in. Many of them live here and perhaps even the same ones that go to LA to be seen, come to NYC to just be.

So–for that reason, if a celeb is sighted in NY–it is so NOT cool to go up to them and a) gush; b) ask for an autograph; c) tell them you are their biggest fan; d) ask for a picture with them (side note: I have yet to see Jon Bon Jovi or David Beckham in person and if I do, all rules go out the window as I WILL do all of the above).

So the top 3 people that I’d categorize as celebs that I have seen in the past couple months are in order of appearance. I’ve also added some commentary and attached pics that are all readily available on the internet.

1. Kiefer Sutherland. Sat in front of me on the plane from Seattle to NY. He is short and thin. He was wearing skinny jeans. He did look though like he could have saved us all from a dire emergency if necessary as he is Jack Bauer (24). But seriously–the skinny jeans. No. Just no.

2. Elvis Costello. Saw this classic music man in Soho walking amongst the locals carrying some shopping bags. He was cool So cool. Definitely a highlight for me.

3. Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor (Ben Stiller’s wife or Marsha from the Brady Bunch remake movies): On 5th Ave right outside Tiffany’s. As with Keifer, Ben is short, very, very short and was sporting some crazy wild gray messy hair that only he could pull off. His wife–gorgeous.

Who have you seen?