Well, the world is just chock full of cool happenings. My dear friend Jeff Berman came into the city today to do some work, and I met him at SoundTrack, the studio where he was working. Jeff was kind enough to introduce me to a couple of his friends there, Roy and John.
Jeff (on the right) and his friend, Roy
And before we could head off to the lost and found at Penn Station (a very long story that I might just share with you some day), John needed a few moments with Jeff... so I cooled my heels in the lobby of the studio. Who do you think passed through the lobby on a break from her looping session? None other than Jessica Lange. I nearly fainted.
And, of course, I was faced with the age old quandry: Do I act like a puling sycophant and grovel at the just-met celebrity's feet, telling her how much I adore her body of work, or do I play it cool? My decision was made for me. She was gone so quickly I didn't have a chance to work up a good suck-up.
It did, however, consitute only my second celebrity sighting for this trip (the first was Yoko Ono in Central Park - not far from Strawberry Fields. She smiled and nodded to me. I was impressed.), which is kinda odd, since my last trip to New York City only lasted, like, three days, and I saw more celebrities than you can shake a stick at.
Anyway, seeing Jessica Lange was a pretty cool treat. It would have made the day one to remember all on it's own.
So Jeff took me out to dinner at the fabulous Cafe Un Deux Trois, on 44th Street. It was amazing. We discovered that there was going to be a twenty minute wait for our table, so we made for the bar and had some cocktails. And who do we see having dinner at Cafe 123, but Treat Williams! Treat, by the way, is holding up pretty darn well for a guy approaching 50!
So all in all, it was a damn fine day. And I still have this Sunday to look forward to!
Jeff (on the right) and his friend, Roy
And before we could head off to the lost and found at Penn Station (a very long story that I might just share with you some day), John needed a few moments with Jeff... so I cooled my heels in the lobby of the studio. Who do you think passed through the lobby on a break from her looping session? None other than Jessica Lange. I nearly fainted.
And, of course, I was faced with the age old quandry: Do I act like a puling sycophant and grovel at the just-met celebrity's feet, telling her how much I adore her body of work, or do I play it cool? My decision was made for me. She was gone so quickly I didn't have a chance to work up a good suck-up.
It did, however, consitute only my second celebrity sighting for this trip (the first was Yoko Ono in Central Park - not far from Strawberry Fields. She smiled and nodded to me. I was impressed.), which is kinda odd, since my last trip to New York City only lasted, like, three days, and I saw more celebrities than you can shake a stick at.
Anyway, seeing Jessica Lange was a pretty cool treat. It would have made the day one to remember all on it's own.
So Jeff took me out to dinner at the fabulous Cafe Un Deux Trois, on 44th Street. It was amazing. We discovered that there was going to be a twenty minute wait for our table, so we made for the bar and had some cocktails. And who do we see having dinner at Cafe 123, but Treat Williams! Treat, by the way, is holding up pretty darn well for a guy approaching 50!
So all in all, it was a damn fine day. And I still have this Sunday to look forward to!
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