Just a couple blocks down from my home (on the mainland), I ordered a handful of French macaroons and a roasted red pepper & goat cheese sandwich. “See that guy over there--he’s a famous actor,” the cashier at the counter informed me with a knowing look. I look over my shoulder to the man with the hat. “Really, I didn’t know,” I reply. In fact, I had just placed my laptop on the small table just six inches to his left.
Not having owned a television in over a decade, and watching TV just a couple times every three months or so, pop culture knowledge certainly is not my forte. Friends and family who know this accommodatingly fill me in on the latest music, movie and TV show updates I need to know to stay plugged in to the 21st century.
Chewing a salt-topped caramel-filled chocolate macaroon in front of my computer screen, the man sitting on my right speaks of Steven Spielberg and attending a party hosted by Prince. Yes, ‘the’ Prince. And I chuckle to myself that Prince’s name is now again Prince.
As I sink my teeth in the pesto lined ciabatta bread, I wonder what brings this Hollywood actor to my neck of the woods? I conclude that perhaps he is hiding from the paparazzi--especially as he makes child-visitation arrangements with a dark haired woman who I presume is his former wife--or simply that he is enjoying life in a quieter part of town.
I am told by the cashier that another actor frequents the little café. She tells me it is the guy who played the foil of Johnny Depp’s character in the Captain Hook movie. I give her a blank stare as question marks float over my head, then nod in appreciation that even movie stars—just like any other person—often enjoy the indulgence of a simple and sweet day.
Un-star struck, I block out the Hollywood jabber, and resume the work set aside for the afternoon.
And oh yes, the man to my right played a leading role on a movie with Will Ferrell …or something like that.
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