Encounters With Celebrities/David Copperfield

The first time that I saw David Copperfield was at the opening of the ill-fated Fashion Cafe in Rockerfeller Center in New York City back in 1994. A former friend of mine named Jade had the ability to put herself onto a guestlist by fabricating a name of someone famous and that name would usually be of someone who had passed away. She wanted to meet Michael Stipe so that he could possible produce a movie out of a poem that she had written about River Pheonix.

There was no interaction between me and David Copperfield back then because he was with Claudia Schiffer who was his wife back then and he was not accessible. I encountered him again a few years later in front of a Marc Jacobs fashion show that was being done for the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in the Maritime Hotel in New York City.

I was at the entrance of the show while watching the models leave and he appeared so I walked with him in the hopes of him getting me into the afterparty but no dice. That's usually a trick that an unknown person could use to get into a private and high-profile party.

The show was located across the street from the projects in Chelsea and the kids were throwing rocks at the people as they were going to the private party which made for a big scene. The kids also stold some of the gift bags that were meant for the fashion show and private party guests which I found to be a bit funny because it was like the kids were saying that they desereved the bags. It was also funny to watch the huge bodyguards swatting these kids away while dodging the pebbles and rocks.

P.S: I love models.

Encounters With Celebrities/Wyclef Jean

This is one of the coolest encounters that I've had. I was living in Miami at the time and I would frequent a karaoke place that was Collins Avenue called Studio. I actually made it into the Miami Herald where they wrote an article that was about the place which I thought was cool. Wyclef Jean happened to be in Miami to shoot a video and came into the place with his entourage.

I had already been singing and took a rest. People were taking photographs of him but this was before cameras were prominent in cell phones. I took to the stage and told Wyclef Jean using the microphone that he better be bigger than Michael Jackson. I chose the song called The Loveboat which was the theme song for the show with the same title while Wyclef danced. How cool is it to have a celebrity dance while you are singing something?

He then took to the microphone after a few songs but I didn't dance. I just watched and listened. I would usually stay until closing which is what I did that night and had a good time! Miami rocks and I just might move back there. It's just one of the places where you can relax and have a good time. It's a place that is solely just for fun.