day1: In Search of a Celebrity in Soho...
BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT OF ME NOT TO MENTION THAT LAST NIGHT I DID MANAGE TO MAKE IT TO GOLD BAR, AND YES IT WAS AS FAB AS PROMISED WITH AN ORDER OF DISCO FRIES AND A SIGHTING OF ONE HALF THE GROUP GNARLS BARKLEY, AND IF YOU STILL DON'T KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT IT'S CEE-LO.
BUT GETTING BACK TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND......
TODAY MARKED NYC'S FIRST OFFICIAL BEAUTIFUL WEATHER DAY AND I HAD TO PARTAKE IN THE FESTIVITIES OF BASKING IN THE SUN ON THE OVERLY POPULATED UNEVEN STREETS OF SOHO. STARING OUT THE WINDOW AT THIS SUNNY CLOUDLESS DAY I JUST KNEW FOR SURE WITH WEATHER LIKE THIS THE STREETS OF SOHO WOULD BE CRAWLING WITH CELEBRITIES, SO I GRAB MY CAMERA, AND WITH DREAMS OF MOCKING THE PAPARAZZI AND BEFRIENDING CHRIS AND GWYNETH I HEAD FOR THE DOOR.
MY FIRST STOP IS THIS COOL JAPANESE MARKET CALLED SUNRISE MART LOCATED AT 498 BROOME STREET. CELEBS LOVE SUSHI RIGHT? I WALK IN AND IMMEDIATELY TAG THIS SPOT AS MY NEW FAVORITE. ANYTHING JAPANESE, KOREN, AND CHINESE YOU COULD EVER WANT WAS IN THERE. I START PICKING UP STUFF I DIDN'T EVEN NEED JUST BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN IN JAPANESE WITH THOSE CUTE LITTLE BUBBLY CHARACTERS AND BRIGHT COLORS. I LOOK AROUND A LITTLE LONGER, AND NO STARS ARE IN SIGHT, SO I SCARF DOWN MY RICE ROLL AND LEAVE.
I'M PEEKING THROUGH SHOP WINDOWS, STARING SKEPTICALLY AT EVERYONE WEARING OVER SIZED SUN GLASSES AND/OR A BASEBALL CAP.... WHICH WAS A LITTLE AWKWARD BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS WEARING OVER SIZED SUN GLASSES AND/OR A BASEBALL CAP. BUT I JUST COULDN'T FIND ANY CELEBRITIES. I EVEN MADE A PIT STOP AT THIS GLAMMED OUT PET SHOP. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A SIGN IN THE WINDOW THAT SAID "EVERYTHING MUST GO" HOPEFULLY THAT MEANS THAT HORRIBLE TREND OF DRESSING YOUR POOR POOCH IN TACKY, SHRUNKEN DOWN, PRE-TEEN GIRLS CLOTHING IS FINALLY OVER.
OUT OF THE BLUE I TURN TO MY LEFT AND THERE IS THIS CREEPY STREET WALKER TRYING TO GET MY ATTENTION. I QUICKLY DART MY ATTENTION ELSE WHERE PRAYING HE STOPS LOOKING IN MY DIRECTION. I PUT A LITTLE PEP IN MY STEP AND START ZIG ZAGING THROUGH CROWDS OF PEOPLE TO THROW HIM OFF BUT I GET DISTRACTED BY THIS GUY STANDING DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OF ARMANI EXCHANGE WITH TWO GLOW STICKS IN HAND HAVING WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE AND TURRETS ATTACK ALL AT ONCE, AND HE'S BEING VIDEO TAPPED BY A FILM CREW. HE WAS NO SUPERSTAR BUT HE DID HAVE A CAMERA CREW AND AT THIS POINT I'D TAKE ANYTHING. JUST AS I START SNAPPING AWAY, THE MANAGER OF A/E COMES OUT DEMANDING THAT HE REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE ENTRANCE. I DECIDE TO WALK AWAY BEFORE THINGS GET UGLY.
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I TURN UP A LITTLE ALLEY WAY DECIDING TO TAKE THE LONGER WAY BACK TO WORK AND WHILE WAITING FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY TO CROSS THE STREET ONCE AGAIN MY CREEPY LITTLE FRIEND IS BY MY SIDE BREATHING ON MY CHEEK. THIS TIME I'M BEYOND FREAKED OUT AND MY BRISK WALK TURNS INTO A SLIGHT JOG. FINALLY I MAKE IT BACK TO MY OFFICE RELIEVED TO HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM MY STALKER, BUT A LITTLE SADDENED AT THE FACT THAT I SPOTTED NOT ONE CELEBRITY. OH WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW.
Labels: cee-lo, gnarls barkley, gold bar, soho, sunrise mart
By: StarvingCelebrity | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 11:52 AM | | 
