Paul Newman, whose passing we mourn this week, was one of my favorites, and not only because I met him once. When I was at Yale, his movie Slap Shot "premiered" at the local movie theater, the one right on Broadway. (He had been a Yalie, of course.) If you paid $22 you got a chance to go to a little cocktail party at Commons after show and meet Paul Newman! So I got dressed up in my best pantsuit and went. I remember it was really just some cheese and crackers on a table, and a line of people waiting patiently to shake hands with Paul Newman. There was no conversation, just the hand shake and some pleasantries. I remember first of all that he was shorter than I would have expected, about my height (5' 8"), his genuine smile and friendliness under the circumstances, and... the blue eyes! Yep. Paul Newman was my movie star.
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- Pictures of the mess at my dad's house in after Hurricane Ike, September 12, 2008.
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- July 2006 in Salamanca for summer semester at the University of Salamanca. Larry took these pictures when he visited the weekend of July 14.
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People should read this.
Posted by: Marijke | April 26, 2009 at 08:01 PM