Wednesday, February 23, 2011

WEEK 1 - SHAMELESS NAME-DROPPING AND STAR-SPOTTING

According to wikipedia, the definition of celebrity (sometimes referred to as a celeb in popular culture) is a person who is easily recognized in a society or culture.  

This next section is dedicated to our good friend Carso, who we know loves to hear about all the wonderful things people experienced in New York (jesus christ).  Forgive us for our shameless name-dropping but being from the sleepy town of Brisbane, we are not accustomed to being exposed to the celebrity animal in it's natural habitat (unless you consider seeing one of the Broncos in a toilet cubicle a noteworthy brush with fame).


Here is a list of all the celebs we've seen in the past two weeks.  We promise this will be the first and last post of this nature.


Where: Bedlam
Website: http://bedlamnyc.com/BEDLAMNYC/Home.html
Area: East Village
Who: Michael Stipe leaving the bar
Spotted by: Kate who briefly chatted to him before he jumped into a cab

and also
Who: One of the Olsen twins (don't know which one)
Spotted by: Tim & Bek




Where: Trump Soho Hotel
Website: http://www.trumpsoho.com/flash/index.html
Area: Soho
Who: Jessica Alba waiting for her driver
Spotted by: Kate, Tim, Bek, Quinny & Laura



Where: Outside 24 Hour Fitness (our gym)
Area: Soho
Who: Tina Fey aka Liz Lemon filming a scene for 30 Rock
Spotted by: Tim

Where: Late Show, Ed Sullivan Theatre
Website: http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/
Area: Theatre District
Who: David Letterman & Forest Whitaker
Spotted by: Kate,Tim, Bek, Quinny & Sarah N who were in the studio audience


Where: Wendy Williams Show (talk show)
Website: http://www.wendyshow.com/
Area: Midtown
Who: James Earl Jones aka voice of Darth Vader
Spotted by: Kate & Bek who were in the studio audience

Where: Bowery Hotel
Website: http://www.theboweryhotel.com/
Area: Lower East Side
Who: Kate Bosworth drinking in the hotel bar
Spotted by: Tim who was toasting the new Mr & Mrs Quinn in same bar




We should also note that Bon Jovi is a member of our gym and can apparently be seen early on Saturday & Sunday mornings training, which means our chances of seeing him are fairly slim.

Sorry we don't have any pics of these celebs, but most were camera shy.  And as the great Michael Stipe so eloquently told Kate at 2am outside Bedlam, "now is neither the time nor the place" for a photo.  Bummer!!!!