Celebrities

So, being in NYC I have had a few celebrity encounters.
The first was at the Today Show. They are doing a summer concert series where you can attend free concerts at the Rockefeller Plaza. Christina Aguilera was performing and my friend Megan wanted to go. We decided to get there at 6 am. And....that was too late. Bummer. We were at the concert but so far back that I couldn't see anything! (Although I could hear her and we were even there for the run throughs so I'm pretty sure I heard Fighter like 7 times.)

We decided to go to the back of the stage because we could tell that not many people were back there. When we got there we noticed a line of people waiting to file in to the back of the stage. We kinda just stood around plotting our next move, when a security guard said, "Do you girls want in". Um...duh. He let us in and even though we were in the back. We were totally close. I even shook Al Roker's hand!



Xtina can sing! Some of her new songs are good too!!



Then last Sunday we went to the Tony awards. We left at around 12 and the awards didn't start til 6. We were pretty much the first people there. So Channing and I decided to get sushi before and then we headed back out to wait...



And wait...



The celebs should be grateful for my dedication. Look how incredibly wet I am in that picture! It was cold too!

Anyway, eventually the people started arriving. Most stars stayed on the Red Carpet, but some came over to visit the fans like...



Harry Potter! Hay-Po! He was so close that I felt it was necessary to touch his arm. After I did that the security guard shook his finger at me with a scolding glare. Daniel Radcliffe is really tiny.

We managed to get Paula Abdul, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Sanchez from the New York Jets, and Will Schuster from Glee to wave at us. That was sweet. We thought the night of celeb sight seeing was over when all of a sudden WILL SMITH stepped out of the last car to pull up. He came over and I shook his hand!



Here he is coming toward us!



This was after he touched my hand! You can see me! So exciting!

I'm sure there will be more fun stories to come!
-Han

Birthday Weekend

So, I'm not so good at this blogging thing. I mean, really this lack of blogging isn't helping me land a book and movie contract a la the Julie and Julia blog. So anyway, I can't just cram all of my adventures in to one post, so I'll do a little at a time and hopefully eventually catch up. So this post is about my birthday.

My birthday was May 28th and I turned 22. For my birthday my dad came to visit! We had a blast.
First we went on the Staten Island Ferry. This is a free ride past the Statue of Liberty to Staten Island. We took pictures and tried to explore Staten Island, but then we quickly realized you can't really do much without a car, so we went back. On the way back we took a picture in front of a bridge that we thought was the Brooklyn Bridge...it wasn't.



Also...notice dad's face. hehe.

So another great story I love, Dad has found that he has a bit of a heart for the homeless. We were going into the subway and there was this guy asking for change and dad was like "you know, I have some here in my pocket". He put the change in the man's cup. The man then proceeded to say "bless you man, you're awesome" as he was extending his fist for a fist pound. Then my dad and the homeless man shared in a brotherly fist pound. It was heartwarming, and semi-hilarious.

Dad took me to see West Side Story on Friday night. I was happy and shocked. (He isn't much into people breaking into coordinated, harmonizing, and unison dance and song) But it was nice and we had fun. I especially enjoyed the moment during intermission when dad texted mom saying it was "half-time". ha.

Saturday we set out for Yankee Stadium. It was pretty much amazing. Did you know that Yankee stadium has a Sushi Bar. Yep. Talk about classy!
Favorite Moments
1. Swisher's walk-up song was "Push It" by salt n peppa. hahaha
2. When Jeter gets on base they have a screen flash that says "Jeter Meter" so clever!
3. This guy.



4. The overwhelming presence of Yankees fans. I didn't feel like a minority.

Things that were NOT my favorite
1. The fact that people where different teams shirts to this game. I can respect that they may be wearing a Cleveland shirt because that is who the Yanks were playing, but why were people wearing Cubs shirts? I even saw one Football Jersey! Come on pal...wrong sport. I developed a pet peeve when i saw this. Kinda like my pet peeve about mixing different team paraphernalia.
2. If you were wondering, the Yankees do not allow air tight containers into their stadium. So, those of us who brought our spray SPF 30 to the game had to throw it away and buy a $5 mini-tube inside.

On the way home dad got to experience some Subway entertainment when a little old man with no teeth spoke and sang a monologue in which he was supposed to be a man and his wife arguing about something. It was interesting.
When we finally got home, (which was late. That game lasted forever!)We went upstairs and the Getz family had a cake for me! It was so nice! And the cake was delish!

Sunday dad and I went to Central Park. We got a Jamba Juice and walked around. It was a really pretty day. Dad kept pointing out different parts of the park convincing me that it was where they filmed Home Alone or other scenes from movies...of course I believed him. I never learn.

We walked down 5th Avenue and saw them filming scenes for The Smurfs movie. Neil Patrick Harris is in it! He wasn't there though. It was an extras scene at FAO Schwarz.

And that was pretty much our weekend. We had so much fun! It was definitely one of the best birthdays I have ever had. Thank you all for your calls and texts. I'm lucky to have so many great friends! Love you all!
-Han