Chicago has its fair share of famous natives, and there are a few that even still own real estate here along Lake Michigan. However, this city is not like L.A. or New York where celebrities crawl the streets as often as homeless people.
Therefore, when we do host a few famous ones, it is a pretty big deal.
Last night, I was invited to attend the screening of the new season of "My Boys," a TBS show that is set in Chicago. Three of the cast members all attended, too, and it was quite fun.
As you can see, Kristen, Katie and I met and talked to the cast, and had fun getting to laugh with Kyle Howard (very cute in a boyish way) and Reid Scott (downright hot). I spoke with Michael Bunin, too, but he wasn't around for the above photo. Interestingly enough, Michael knows and is friendly with my cousin Molly through Improv Olympic in L.A., and he was nothing short of hilarious. And totally real, which is always refreshing.
All in all it was fun to meet them, yet we didn't act like those girls who hung around, clinging to their every word, just hoping that the guys would fall in love, pluck them from the mundane reality of Chicago life, and whisk them off into the sunset of Los Angeles. Yeah, right, ladies. It was funny watching the "cougars" wait, ready to pounce.
Simultaneously, my friend Katie got a call from her boyfriend Jeff who was dining and cocktailing at Park Grill at Millennium Park. Apparently he was enjoying the musical stylings of a friend who was playing there, and looked up to see Jack Johnson at the bar. Jack Johnson! Having cocktails!
Jeff walked up to him and shared a few words, and was thrilled to meet the star. Katie and Jeff are actually heading up to Alpine Valley in Wisconsin tomorrow to see Jack Johnson's show, so it was a dream to get to talk to him, just like a regular guy, on a random Thursday. Hoorah! He was as nice as you'd assume he was!
Lookout New York. We're chomping at your heels as the coolest urban city celebrities like to roam.
And, there are fewer homeless people to step over as you do.
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3 comments:
So, you SAY that you weren't THAT girl at the bar. Remember that time at Duck Bar (is that right??? probably making that up. we sat at a very WARM table{because it was summer} in the window of a narrowish bar). You SWORE you knew this girl who was there. You *knew* her because she was on either the Bach or Lorette and realized it halfway through the convo. EMBARRASSING. Not truly relating to blogly mentioned evening (which sounds great, BTW), but still, a funny *celeb* sighting in Chitown nonetheless.
Yes, Jenny is right. I have done that twice - saw someone in Chicago at a bar and thought I recognized them, only to realize that they were from the Bachelorette or The Real World.
I actually did meet Dr. McDreamy Dempsey last summer and talked to him for about 15 minutes. Now his is my new Boyfriend. Too bad about his wife and babies. Just never stop pushing that grocery cart!
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