Recent Pathetic Brushes With Fame

Don't ever play any kind of trivia game with me, 'cause I will blow you out of the water. I have no head for numbers or science, but pop culture is one of my strengths. We were playing a trivia game on the airplane where you go up against other passengers on the same flight. The game gave your seat number, and your stats, and yes, I was the winner.

Here are a few of some lesser known celebrities we have seen lately. This doesn't include David Letterman et al.

Cherry Jones
The actress with the Cutest Name, we spotted leaving "Gypsy".
This actress has had supporting roles in every M.Night Shyamalan movie and was Matt Damon's mother in "Ocean's 12."

Vincent Pastore

The Scariest Celebrity; we spotted him in New York, walking down Broadway.
Most recently on the "Apprentice" and we all know he met a fishy ending in the "Soprano's" as Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero.

Bobbi Brown
(my photo)
The Richest Celebrity; we spotted her signing autographs at Bloomingdale's
For those who don't read "In Style" or visit many cosmetics counters, Bobbi Brown has a mega cosmetics line, and was made known to me when Barbara Walters did the Monica Lewinsky interview and everyone was scrambling to find out who's lipstick she was wearing.


Laurell K. Hamilton
The most graphic/goth celebrity.
Known for her scary as hell vampire novels featuring that very human vampire executioner; Anita Blake. This was at a book signing in SLC.


Trumpet roll please...for the most fun and ridiculous celebrity spotting ever!


Bertini
That creepy male model from America's Next Top Model Cycle 4. My kids and I will watch this re-run every time, just to watch him steal the show from that Meany Keenyah.
I saw him in front of St Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Ave. The minute he started talking I knew it was him. If you have 9 minutes to spare you can watch it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWLkChagKZ4&feature=PlayList&p=71EEF363C2CB7082&index=52
or just fast forward through it.
(me and the girls are the only ones who care)

Yes,We Are Coming Home..Tomorrow

You few readers of my blog are probably thinking...crap, another blog from New York? I am so sick of this woman and her stupid adventures. When is she going to come home to her husband and children? Well, I am coming home after I tell you about the Yankee's/Red Sox game. Oh my gosh, I had so much fun watching the Yankee fans screaming at the Red Sox fans in the stands. There was this one guy who was so loud; he was sitting about 5 rows behind us and I kid you not, he single handedly started about 4 stadium wide cheers! Anyhoo...he started to get so drunk and profane that he was caught in the act throwing things at people in red. The cops came up in two's and took his ass down! Manny Ramirez hit two home run's, and the Yankee fans were furious at their star pitcher the "useless", Mike Mussina, (I quote directly from a Yankee fan, I remain NEUTRAL).

• 200 dollars Yankee tickets(Behind Home Plate!)
• 12 dollars Cracker Jacks
• 5 dollars peanuts
• 8 dollars Subway tickets
• 15 dollars Pizza and pop (1 of each)
• 10 dollars disposable camera (I forgot my fancy camera)
• Last season for Yankee Stadium and a MLB game with my daughter... PRICELESS.

How many people can say they saw the fabulous, amazing, stupendous, ledgendary Patty Lupone in one of the most famous roles ever created for the Broadway stage!? Well, I am an ingnoramous when I say I had no idea that there were so many famous songs from Gypsy! Three famous ones.."Let Me Entertain You", (Ginger Grant sang that on Gilligans Island), "Wherever We Go" (Marcia Brady and Carol Brady sang that on the Brady Bunch) "Everything's Coming up Roses"(made famous by the LOUD Ethyl Merman).

One of my family's favorite movies is "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar", with Patrick Swayze, and Wesley Snipes. Well there are several references in that movie that come from "Gypsy"; Remember when Patrick is dressed up in drag for the first time as Miss Vita Boheme, and he looks in the mirror and says.."Here comes momma!"? Well, straight from Gypsy.

This is The Glad(and slightly indulged) Housewife signing off from The Big Apple, and saying farewell to a fabulous town!

Harlem is Hot!

Here are a few photo's of our recent visit to Harlem. It really is experiencing a Renaissance. I was very uplifted with what I saw. Where once a dilapitaed building lurked, it is now a vital new affordble housing building with business like: M.A.C. Cosmetics, Lane Bryant, Aeropostle, and Starbucks,as flagship stores. To deter the past problems like, Slumlord difficulties, crackhouses etc... If you buy a building in Harlem you must live in it. A few years ago, Brownstone townhouses used to sell for a few thousand dollars, they are now selling for several Hundred Thousand Dollars and crime is at an all time low. Harlem residents are learning skills and receiving higher educations thus bringing vital dollars into the area.

It was great seeing great landmarks like the Apollo Theatre, and the Cotton Club. I was amazed to learn that the second largest religion was Islam in Harlem, next to Southern Baptism as its largest denomination. Did you know that all "Madam Alexander" dolls are all born in Harlem?

Nightlife in New York

The POPE is in town this weekend, hence, the blue lit Empire State Building, this is the view from our hotel window, by the way.

This is my father sacrificing what is left of his hearing, by entertaining Christina's desire to visit as many Hard Rock Cafe's as possible before she dies.We got great tickets for the musical "HAIRSPRAY".
Here is a totally bootlegged photo I took of the dancers. The fat lady in the red is actually George Wendt, the actor from "Cheer's" who played "Norm".

Bronx is Up, Battery Down

Behind the buildingshown here is the Manhattan New York Temple. It is a small building in a city full of giants. Imagine our surprise when we looked up and saw Moroni poking up over the this building here in the foreground.

Here I am at the show in high spirits. The guest was Amy Poelher, from "Baby Mama", with Tina Fey, she is the surrogate mother in the film. Check it out on Friday and see if you can hear me laughing. The lady guitarist Felicia is way prettier in person. The band does play through the breaks. The set looks smaller in person. Letterman is larger than life. You can understand why he is successful.

Christina is scared of the pretty moth; at the Museum of Natural History. It was larger than the span of a man's hand. They had a great butterfly exhibit where you can go into a "tropical climate" (nothing new there right?) and get up close and personal with the butterflies.

Navigating New York

Littly Italy, charming, but no Italians left in this neighborhood.
Lady Liberty in the background. Cute girl in foreground.
On the free fantastic Staten Island Ferry. The skyline is hard to look at without the Twin Towers. I am sure Native New Yorkers still hate to even look out the ferry windows. On a lighter note, I look really fat, cause I am hiding a fanny pack under the coat. (And cause I eat too much)

Top of the Rock. (Rockefeller Center)

Broadway Babies

Okay, just a quick little blog to let you know we have arrived in one piece. (Times Square)

Is this up or down? Well it is up, in fact it is Trump Towers on Fifth Avenue. The door man was about 7 ft. tall.

The Doorman at the F.A.O. Schwartz Toy Store.