| For a couple of decades I went to an upper west side gym that had scores of celebrities, many in broadcast journalism and media, but actors, sometimes stars (I took aerobics taught by Janine Turner before she did Northern Exposure and entered right wing punditry; Sesame Street's Maria, Philip Casnoff and wife, Roxanne Hart, were often in my classes.) Almost everyone of note was left alone -- small club, small pool, small locker rooms -- but when we got big celebs, like Raquel Welch after Woman of the Year, we'd stare. She would smile back -- usually in sunglasses. We always hoped she'd sign up for the cardio -- you had to, not enough machines. So that we might hear someone call out, "Welch!" Never happened with her, but did with Tim Matheson. I love NY. |
