Nearly everyone has had some brush with fame, but who have you sat down with and had beer (or other beverage)?
For me, there are three people who loosely qualify as famous. Once when I was in Grad School I ran into Bruce Hornsby at a local watering hole in Williamsburg, he joined us at our table and we talked about the music industry for a bit - he bought the table a round and good times were had by all.
Second was at a tailgate party at one of the houses that surround Lambeau Field, Bart Starr was there and I had a chance to talk with him for a while - very magnanimous with his time, and given his status in Green Bay, I was surprised to see people just let him mingle. I had gotten his autograph when I was a kid, so it was pretty cool to have a chance to actually talk to him as an adult.
Third was more fleeting - I had met up with a bunch of friends in Atlanta to watch the Super Bowl, one of the girls had invited a sorority sister from University of Florida, and she brought a date - Jason Varitek, who was still at Georgia Tech at the time, but if I recall correctly, this was before his senior season, after he had turned down a contract after his junior season. Very quiet guy, mostly kept to himself.
For me, there are three people who loosely qualify as famous. Once when I was in Grad School I ran into Bruce Hornsby at a local watering hole in Williamsburg, he joined us at our table and we talked about the music industry for a bit - he bought the table a round and good times were had by all.
Second was at a tailgate party at one of the houses that surround Lambeau Field, Bart Starr was there and I had a chance to talk with him for a while - very magnanimous with his time, and given his status in Green Bay, I was surprised to see people just let him mingle. I had gotten his autograph when I was a kid, so it was pretty cool to have a chance to actually talk to him as an adult.
Third was more fleeting - I had met up with a bunch of friends in Atlanta to watch the Super Bowl, one of the girls had invited a sorority sister from University of Florida, and she brought a date - Jason Varitek, who was still at Georgia Tech at the time, but if I recall correctly, this was before his senior season, after he had turned down a contract after his junior season. Very quiet guy, mostly kept to himself.