A Celebrity Sighting

Whether you like them or not, it's exciting to be in close—or somewhat close proximity—with a celebrity: a celebrity sighting. Maybe even a photo with, as easy as that is with a cell phone these days.

For myself, I've had a few, but not enough to talk about, and few of whom are still alive. Longevity gets surrounded by death. This is not about my celebrity sightings, but rather my granddaughter's. A far more contemporary sighting.

Having Easter dinner at my oldest daughter's home in Pleasantville, NY. (My wife, has passed the baton on preparing holiday meals.) My son-in law prompted his daughter, my 14 year-old granddaughter to tell me who she saw at the movies the other night at the 7:30 showing of Sinners at the Chappaqua cinema. (She's was off for Easter spring break.)

"Bill Clinton."
"Wow, really, where?"
"At the Chappaqua Cinema on Thursday night."
"Was he with any sketchy females?"
"No, just Hillary."
"Wow."

Clinton sightings are not uncommon, since Chappaqua is the adjacent hamlet to Pleasantville. Chappaqua is in New Castle Township; Pleasantville is in Mount Pleasant. They are the same in many ways, other than the median income. Chappaqua is lots more. Chappaqua is within walking distance of the family home in Pleasantville.

Bill and Hillary were taking in a showing of Sinners. I asked my granddaughter about the movie and she said it's "violent." She and her girlfriend sat close enough to the Clintons in their reserved seats to observe that Bill is wearing a hearing aid. She said Hillary looked good.

A small security detail surrounded the Clintons. My granddaughter didn't get a selfie with the power couple.

I don't remember when the Clintons started calling Chappaqua home. Hillary of course was twice elected U.S. Senator for New York; served as Obama's Secretary of state, and famously ran for president in 2016, only to be dfeate4d by a real estate developer from Queens. The ignominy will never wear off.

I related my story to a dedicated reader who was surprised to hear I had a 14 year-old granddaughter. Perhaps not as surprised as I am, especially when I consider she has an 18 year-old sister who is in her freshman year at Penn State, studying nursing.

Life if full of nice surprises.

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