Saying I lived in SoHo certainly sounds like I was living lavishly, but I assure you that I wasn't enjoying much of what makes SoHo famous . . . and desirable to live in. Smashed into my 500 sq ft apartment with my two craigslist roommates, I couldn't afford to take advantage of many of the posh restaurants and bars in our immediate vicinity. Despite loving shopping, I couldn't really shop at any of the cute little boutiques scattered around the thirty block radius below Houston Street that constitutes one of the most coveted neighborhoods in all of Manhattan, at least until I got a little infusion from my parents. For Christmas 2005, my parents gave me an American Express gift card with money on it earmarked for a purchase from one of the shops in my 'hood. I bought this shirt, which was marked down 75% to $95 because one of the little beads was missing . . .
One of the perks of living in SoHo was that people who can afford to live there quite lavishly, often do. It is a mecca of celebrity sightings. I'm often pretty oblivious to who's around me while I'm walking, so I'm sure I missed many that sharper eyes would have caught. As I was reminded yesterday when I took a little trip back to my old block -- walking in SoHo, celebrities or no celebrities, can be a bit perilous. The sheer number of people, mostly slow-walking, map-waving, funny-pack-wearing tourists, makes it really difficult to walk at any pace above glacial. I often end up (as I did yesterday) walking in the street rather than even dealing with the sidewalks.
But I digress . . . back to celebrities. I've seen Debra Messing, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and a whole slew of Saturday Night Live cast members. My best celebrity sighting EVER, though, was Bon Jovi. And not because Bon Jovi ranks higher on some list than the others, but because he filmed a video in the park right outside of my window! There were screaming fans pressed up against the chain link fence, and yet, there I was, sitting in my open window enjoying the show for free!
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