Just Another Day In New York
So, Wednesday afternoon I’m leaving the office and get on the elevator and there’s this big guy in there fidgeting with his PDA. Jeans, a black sport coat, some kinda shirt or other, and a ball cap pulled down on his head. He’s unshaven and could have easily passed for a bum if his clothes weren’t clean. I press the button to go down and he says in a low, husky voice, “Hey, how you doing man.” I say hey back and then realize I recognized the voice.
“You’re Danny Glover,” I say.
“Yeah, how you doing man.”
The elevator reaches the lobby and as the door opened, he actually dropped the PDA, letting out an expletive along the way. I want to stay and commiserate having broken one the same way about a year ago, but it seems to still be working, so I just leave.
I make my way uptown to my other gig, where I settle in for the next five hours, working the appetizer station. A short time later a guy takes a seat at the bar who I recognize because I’m such a big sports fan. You’d have to be to know who he is. My co-worker only knew him because he comes in a lot, apparently to chat up one of the waitresses. I fill him on all the work the guy has done and he seemed moderately impressed.
The night went easy enough but about 45 minutes before closing, another semi-celeb walked in with a friend and stayed to enjoy the food and the jazz combo playing. Before the night was over, he had the sweet potato ravioli and the barbecue pizza, both of which I prepared. No particular honor in that, I try to make them perfect for everyone who eats there.
After closing and the long subway ride uptown, my five block walk from the train to my apartment was interrupted by screams and cries from tenants in a building along the way. Their building was on fire and smoke was flowing from a sixth floor window. Fire trucks arrived within seconds and the problem was brought under control, but not before the neighborhood got a good show.
In any other city, all of this might even be newsworthy.
Posted by bernie at September 22, 2005 3:12 PMTrackBack
you should've looked Danny in the eye and said "everything you did to me, I done already did to you."
Posted by: nOva at September 23, 2005 10:34 AMYou've had a brush with greatness day! I never saw celebs when I was in NYC :o(
Posted by: The LoveHater at September 23, 2005 6:48 PMi'd gladly trade those experiences you've had it over life, such as it has been, for a little bit here.
Posted by: ej at September 24, 2005 7:24 PMYou showed restraint, because if I had met Danny Glover I would be tempted to quote lines from "Lethal Weapon" or "The Color Purple"..lol
Posted by: HumanityCritic at September 24, 2005 7:26 PMThat is such a New York Story! Anywhere else (like here!) folks would have been falling all over those people, particularly Mr Glover. Ah, life in THE City.
Posted by: ReggieH at September 25, 2005 10:25 AM