I was off to NYC this weekend with my pals for my annual visit. When I was single, I used to go monthly. Then, I got married and went quarterly, now, sadly, it is an annual treat.
Basically, I stay with my dearest Joseph (without hubby and kids!) and my girlfriends stay in a nearby hotel. What makes it really fun is that it just puts me in the Christmas spirit.
I've been doing alot of things recently to get me in the spirit from our annual Christmas tree cutting ceremony, to watching as many of my Christmas favorites as I can (White Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Year Without a Santa Claus) but nothing gets me going quite as much as my New York trip.
So, on to the stalking. My "celebrity sightings" seem to be feast or famine when I go. This year, we were a bit up. We saw Andy Samberg, Seth Meyers, Lucy Liu, Fred Schneider (from the B52's) and who I'm pretty sure is Giuliani (I'm counting him anyway).
I have to say I'm a pretty cool cat when it comes to celebrities. I mean, I don't gawk or take pictures. I know they are just normal folks trying to go into a paper store or head to the bank or whatever.
But, since my SNL radar was up, I had hoped to see who Joseph calls my "girl crush", Tina Fey. I just love her. I'm not kidding. She's so amazing. Smart, hilarious and a UVA grad! How can you not love that! I'm also such a huge fan of 30 Rock, I just can't stand it.
AND I totally think we could be friends. She's a brunette, I'm brunette (mostly), she's a mom, I'm a mom, she wears glasses, I wear glasses, she knows Alec Baldwin, I once saw him in a bar. See, so much to chat about already!
That said, I think I might fall apart if I met her.
It might be another Bill/Felicity moment.
Let's go back to 1999, shall we?
Joseph and I once met William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman on the street in NY. We had seen an off-broadway play with "Bill". We were standing outside of the theatre just chatting away about the play when I notice Felicity Huffman standing next to me. I turn to her and completely blurt out very loudly "Sports Night is my favorite show!" She looks at me and says, "thanks?" Embarassed, I walk away. Joseph laughed at me and said, "nice work, way to be cool." Then, all of a sudden out of nowhere, Bill Macy is standing next to us. He looks right at Joseph and says, "do I know you?" Joseph very sheepishly, "uh, no, we're just really big fans." I chime in, "yeah, big fans." He said, "thanks?" And they walked away, hand in hand.
We can now only get within 300 feet of them but it was totally worth it.
Maybe it's better I didn't run in to Tina.
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Let's not forget that Kevin Costner moment at the stoplight! Whenever I catch myself singing with the radio in the car, I think about you and that moment! :)
Yes, another shining moment in my life. Boy, I have all the luck, don't I???
A. I am watching 30 Rock as I write.
B. I think people who say that they aren't impressed by ANY celebraties are telling big fat fibs.
C. My parents, for whatever reason, are good friends with Lucy Arnez and her husband. (Lucy Arnez daughter of Lucille Ball- like MY BIGGEST IDOL OF ALL TIME!!!!!! ) Occasionally, my mom has mention the idea of trying to have me meet Lucy. I get all nutsy just thinking about it....r-e-s-t-r-a-i-n-i-g order would be mine I'm sure.
D. You must have really good STAR karma- I've been in New York a lot, and I have never seen that many stars.
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