Jess215

In Paris in September I was rushing around in St. Germain when a man ran up to me and asked was I Juliette Greco - he thought she lived in the neighborhood! I was very flattered until I remembered that she is probably about 80.....

doonhamer

I used to be, in my then little corner of the world, although nowadays, you'd have to find some pretty old rugby fans to get one who remembers me

flanneruk

Is being called famous necessarily a good thing?

I do a few columns. I occasionally meet people who read them, and politeness usually forces them to be kind about them.

I bumped into one reader - a university lecturer - at a conference a year ago who told me she used my pieces as training material for her classes. "Oh, you're famous for them", she said.

Somehow, I can't shake off the suspicion that wasn't altogether a compliment.

nanabee

is there a connection between Ke1th and the Keith in Marginel/Marginela's travel posts?

nanabee

Martha
I loved the Johnny Downs show in the 50's.

I won a prize for a drawing I submitted on his show. That was my last and only claim to local fame!

dutyfree

Hey LynnieD-I was on Romper Room too on WGN in Chicago in 1955. I was sooooooo great that they asked me back for a second week. (I am sure that its because I lifted my skirt while Miss Rosemary was reading a story?)

I am also quite famous as "the Skygoddess" on my international airline that I fly for...........

hypatia

I have often wondered about it too.

However as the posts indicate, most people are not famous or are not going to say so...it doesn't matter if they did say as most of us wouldn't believe it anyway.
Also what difference does it make since we cannot be followed and photographed here.

Some celebs do blogs like Rosie...so what..why shouldn't they.. Well maybe not the Donald..

Working clebs have assistants and agents working on their travel plans.
So the more interesting question is which famous people with a lot of time on their hands are travel junkies and like to chat online!!

Kellye

DinPa,
I actually have met Charles Barkely. He is from Leeds, Alabama which is a very small place, as is my husband, 1 graduating class apart, and they know each other. He will probably always remember me as that crazy white lady who "isn't a fan"--yes, there's a story in there but it is only really amusing if you were there. I always smile when I remember it though.

If you are an MTV viewer, I teach at Hoover High School, of Two-A-Days fame (or infamy) and taught several of the kids in that show each year. I very emphatically told them no when they asked to tape in my classroom though, so no fame (or, thank goodness, infamy) here!

DinPa

I was actually working at the 76er's summer basketball camp in the Pocono's when Sir Charles was playing for the sixers. He came up to camp and gave one of the best speeches a person could give to young ones who looked up to him. It changed my whole idea of him and I have loved him ever since. You just had to be there to hear his story and the message he was giving to the kids. He also gave away every piece of his clothing except his shorts and went home without shoes, socks, or his shirt that he wore that day. Fortunately, both my sons were with me at camp that week and they also heard his message and figured out they probably wouldn't be a pro basketball player, so maybe education wasn't such a bad thing after all.

dave

lcuy

Nanabee- you do know that your mother had Johnny Downs as her Realtor, don't you? And he lived right around the corner from Acacia Way! I got to spend one morning in his car looking at houses. That got me some fame in class the next school day!

Kellye

Charles has a good solid background. I'm not surprised to hear that. My husband says he is a good guy.

markrosy

From their posts above I think someone has just become infamous in this little world!

Fame is when people stop and simply can't speak to you - think of the reaction when Julia Roberts turns up to the dinner party in Notting Hill. I'm sorry receiving flowers from someone who bombs cilians or shags dizzy PAs doesn't count.