The story of a thirty-something girl trying to make things happen in Washington, DC.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Celebrity Spotting at the Smithsonian

Last Thursday I took a tour of the Air and Space Museum. The place is beyond huge and overwhelms my museum-loving heart. A tour is the only way to get a little something out of a museum visit if you feel that overwhelming feeling.
Anyway, the tour was great and all--my tour guide Bobbe, has been there since before the museum opened 32 years ago. She was fun, fresh and super-knowledgeable. But still--planes don't do much for me, so I was not totally paying attention after the first 20 minutes. Good thing, since it freed me up to do a little people watching. While kind of listening to the story of Charles Lindbergh I noticed some security guards scampering around looking very official. I knew something was up. And sure enough, there was Joan Rivers right there next to me on her own (private) tour with her grand kids (I presume)! Wow, I have never seen that much plastic surgery up close! Amazing! She's just a little thing too. No more than five feet. I stared a bit, but nobody else even noticed... they were all being good tourists, listening intently to Bobbe. Too bad for them! You snooze you lose! Or in this case, you snooze, you get to see Joan Rivers!
Check out Joan's blog and you can read about her D.C. trip! (Scroll down a bit.)
http://www.joanriversblog.com/blog/

By the way, I wasn't totally sure if it actually was Joan until today when my friends at the Natural History Museum confirmed my sighting.

2 comments:

{Myra} said...

hahaha...that's hilarious. I also liked your comment on her blog. I think I got you hooked on the blogging world!

James said...

Wow - I never see anyone famous around here...unless you consider nascar people famous... I went out to Joan's blog and saw your comments...YOU ARE FAMOUS!! On Joan's blog....wow.