I had the BEST celeb sighting last night! I was out with a friend at a bar in Chelsea and got into a cab to head home. I get in and there's this really nice looking phone on the seat, so I figured, the person's gonna call, I'll figure out how to give it back at some point. We had to make a stop so we barely took the cab like, around the corner, and the phone starts ringing over and over. The ring tone was Big Poppa by Notorious BIG, so I thought, whoever owns this is cool!
Well with the stop finished, the phone rings again so I finally answer it. The person says, oh are you in a cab? I said, no but I found your phone in one, luckily for you we didn't go far, where are you? He says, 9th and 23rd, and I said, oh! We're on 24th and 7th, we can meet you at 8th and 23rd. He says oh thanks man, I'm wearing a red baseball cap.
So we walk over to the Gap on 8th Avenue, my friend and I wait for a minute or two. This sexy guy in shorts, red cap, sweat jacket and flip flops is approaching the corner, so I wave, and he waves. He crosses the street and approaches us, and now, he sounded kinda sexy on the phone, deep voice, kinda homeboyish. He gets closer, he's smiling to get his phone back and I go, Oh my @!#$%% God, it's you! My friend had no idea who is was....it was Bobby Cannavale!! I was tipsy and I was like, this guy's a great actor! He's all, oh thanks, and thanks so much for the phone. He asks, is it condescending to offer you a reward? I was like, oh man the reward was that it was you! (OK so I was quite tipsy!)
He's not a household name, but he's been on lots of TV shows (the bodyguard who comes on to Keith on Six Feet Under, a boyfriend of Will's, etc.) His bio is here:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134072/ and here's a pic of him:
. I was so star struck, even though it was already late as anything, I was sooo excited for the rest of the night!
Juan
