It’s a good thing we walked 2 miles to church this morning. Our effort to save $8 in bus fares was richly rewarded. Here comes another dorky fan moment for the Cool Family!
As the previous post mentioned, we decided to walk to church. East Side to West Side, across Central Park around 10am. As usual, Cool Dad and I argued about which path to take while standing in front of the Great Lawn. We took the path I had originally planned for us (you’re welcome, CD).
A few moments later, CD was pushing the stroller and I was walking by his side. We noticed some men in black suits with radio earpieces. I casually looked up and noticed a very familiar man walking with two women. He was walking RIGHT past us and his face was shining in the sun. The sunglasses and height triggered my memory–BONO!
Here comes the dorky part. I stopped dead in my tracks after he passed, grabbed CD’s arm, and said “That’s Bono!” We both looked back and saw police golf carts following the group. And “casually” we turned the stroller to follow them. Yeah…we were really playing it cool. There’s no way we looked suspicious at all. [-10 cool points]
As we followed, the group seemed to be gaining speed and leaving us behind. We strained our eyes to see the back of his glorious head and noticed three people were trailing behind and then veered to a separate path to the right. The men in black continued around the Great Lawn.
“Surely the security guys wouldn’t leave Bono and his two ladies (we think one was his wife Ali) to fend for themselves,” we thought. This clever security tactic led us away from the man himself, as two of the security guys made an interesting loop ahead of us. They ended up coming right toward us. One guy on each side of us, while they headed back to where we last saw Bono.
“Say hi to Bono for us,” we said politely as we continued on to church. (Okay, we just wished we had said that.)
The moral of the story: Always listen to your wife when it comes to directions. You might end up running into the biggest and coolest rock star in the world.
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I love that you guys are settling in and loving it!! I am totally jealous!
i’m sure there is plenty of work for dentists up here!
you know you would have followed him more if it wasnt for the security guys.. ha ha,,, where’s the camera phone…
i’m ashamed that we weren’t bold enough to follow more. it’s not like we were breaking the law by changing direction while walking in Central Park.
CM – your descriptions crack me up! “His face was shining in the sun…” Too funny!
Isn’t it sad that people like Bono have to walk accompanied by secret service-like security – mostly because people like us would accost them if they were alone?
photoqueen–it really was shining in the sun, i promise! haha
amy–i was thinking the same thing afterwards. although in my vivid imagination, i think the lady that was walking with Bono and his wife was probably somebody really important and the reason for the extra tight security. i suggested queen noor of jordan (who has been seen hanging out with bono in the past) to CD but he thinks i’m just crazy!
That’s so cool!! I totally would have followed them too!! The perks of living in a celebrity filled city!
awesomeness…