My first celebrity encounter in NYC

Sunday, August 28, 2005

I had my first celebrity encounter in New York last night.

I should have suspected I might, because Chen and I went to the world premiere of Little Manhattan as part of the last night of Central Park Film Festival. Little Manhattan is a family film that makes the Upper West Side as much of a character as the two kids that fall in love for the first time. The film makes NYC kids seem extremely precocious, but not in a dangerous way. What I really enjoyed was how it caters to New Yorkers, because it mentions lesser known - and even mundane - places in the city, like Fairway and Duane Reade. The main character even wears a Strand t-shirt at the beginning. Nice.

The best decription of the film is “cute.” You might want to check it out when it comes out in theatres near you.

By the way, the celebrity I stood right next to while nearly getting an autograph… Close enough to chat and see that she is not perfect, but rather humble and normal is…

Cynthia Nixon, of Sex and the City fame! She plays the main character’s mom in Little Manhattan.