Celebrity Sighting Again

In the spirit of this unplanned transition in theme from "Confessions of Sensitive Man" to "Confessions of a Starstruck Man," I had experienced yet another celebrity sighting. Last week, I attended a charity event for victims of domestic violence, and it was pretty fancy to say the least. I was wearing a tux for the first time ever (a partner at my firm pretended to order food with me), and the venue in one of the Chelsea Piers off the West side of Manhattan was absolutely gorgeous.

While I was chowing down free wasabi chips, risotto balls, tuna skewers and other lovely hors d'oeuvres (and numerous glasses of cheap pinot grigio), a tall man and a stunning woman entered the room. I had no idea who the man was, but he was escorted by no one other than Emmy awarding Mariska Hargitay (http://www.mariska.com/), best actress from surviving NBC spinoff, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. I tried to get her autograph on my hors d'oeuvre napkin, but I was too late, because I didn't swallow my food in time and couldn't whip out a pen quickly enough. Plus, the ink of the pen would not have found space on that poor napkin due to an overabundance of food oil smeared all over it.

I also feared she might give me her champagne glass thinking I am collecting empty dishes.

This comes a few weeks after my good friend appears in the opening scene of an SVU episode, as she discovers the body of a dead student under an elevator (see previous post of Friend on SVU).

Good times.