Just about five minutes after I was seated at a prime table for seeing people or just being left alone, I saw a great pair of athletic female legs in a killer backless black dress walk elegantly but briskly by me, followed by a man in a dark grey suit with an upright walk and very tightly combed and moused hair. The man turned out to be the legendary actor and author George Hamilton, who I'm told is a regular at The Polo Lounge.
Then Hamilton and his lovely, leggy blonde female companion were seated at a round booth already occupied by a man who looked very much like Stephen Fry, who was also with a female companion. I'd never seen Fry in person before. It just so happens that Fry and I follow each other on Twitter, so I messaged him to confirm this. An update soon, assuming he answers back.
Well Stephen Fry was kind enough to send a message that it was indeed, him. He was with the British composer Leslie Bricusse and his wife and...Mr. Kirk Douglas was in the corner.
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| Stephen Fry at The Apple iPad Introduction |
My view was obstructed by another group at a table more in the foreground from Mr. Fry and such that I missed Mr. Douglas. Moreover, I was consumed in The Sunday New York Times' article on the growing Internet culture in New York. Ignorance is bliss.
What's Stephen Fry up to? That wasn't the focus of our Twitter messaging, but Mr. Fry does have a rather interesting social network at The New Adventures of Stephen Fry, and of course he recently finished his 50-state tour of America.
Even more recently, Fry was a special guest at the introduction of the Apple iPad.
With all that, the title "Actor and Presenter" is too limiting for Stephen Fry; renaissance man is more appropriate.
Stay tuned.
