My life on the "D" list

So last year we had a fantabulous time going to the Sundance Film Festival, and don’t overestimate me and think I attended any films while I was there. We strictly went to gawk at celebs, which we did, quite successfully.

This year, we decided to try it again because we had so much fun last year, despite how cold it was and we were. We were a little better prepared this year with warm weather attire.

We were also prepared with a map and a schedule and a spreadsheet that Steve made (don’t you just love CPA’s) detailing where and when each celeb we were interested in seeing would be at each screening venue.

So we got there and parked at a LDS church near the high school which was also serving as a screening venue. We trudged the block from the parking lot to the venue and we found that Park City has slightly more snow than at home.


This is not a snow bank, the snow is really 5+ feet deep. Craziness. As we made our way to the front of the school we noticed a back door with some celeb on-lookers hanging around. We hung out there for a few minutes and then came the entourage of D list celebrities.

There was this guy named Pablo Schreiber.

Not sure why or how he is famous. But a lot of people were taking pictures of him and getting his autograph, so we did too.

Another guy named Josh Radnor.
He is famous for his roll on “How I Met Your Mother” Which apparently is very popular although I’ve never seen it. He also wrote and directed the movie we saw him at.

And then…and here’s the big one Malin Ackerman.
She plays a supporting supporting actress in a lot of D list movies such as Couple Retreat and The Proposal.

Danny McBride. I believe he is famous for being in all the dirty “R” rated movies (like Pineapple Express) I would never consider seeing.
And yeah…gooh. Doesn’t he just look like a dirt bag? Did I really get that close to him?

After we left that venue we caught a shuttle to the racket club (also transformed into a screening venue) to see if we could catch Kristin Stewart (Bella the Vampire lover) (and seriously what is she thinking when she could be with a werewolf who is way hotter and less likely to kill her).

We hung around there for a little while. Got a hot chocolate. Made friends with the Sundance Volunteer workers. Found my friend Amy Cook O’Brien whom I work with at the Valley Journals who was volunteering there.

After a while we really started to notice that there were no crowds of on-lookers doing what we were doing, which we took to mean that we were either in the wrong place or there at the wrong time. Yep. Her movie was the next day. Oops. So we caught a shuttle to Main Street to see if there were any celebs walking on Main Street.

We got back on the bus which was extremely crowded. We felt like sardines in there.

We met a couple of 20 year-old guys who were trying to find the place The Fray was playing. They picked our brains for our vast knowledge of Sundance happenings hoping we could help them find a direct route because they were slightly disabled. One of them was a week out from having his ACL repaired and the other one was a week out from having shoulder surgery. Here we were trying to keep these boys from hurting themselves on this super crowded bus where we were all standing together swaying as the bus moved.

We were able to get them to the venue…an art gallery where the band was. Unfortunately, once we arrived, it was obvious that we would not be admitted as the line was a mile long and the Fire Marshall was standing at the door counting people in and out. And double unfortunately…one of the boys was under 21 and it was a 21 and older venue. Bummer. But it was fun to hang out with some random boys for an hour.

It was a really snowing. It snowed all day. They were big white puffy flakes too. It was actually very pretty and quite enjoyable if you were able to block out the fact that later we’d have to drive back down the canyon in it.

We traipsed up and down Main Street for a while and didn’t see a single celebrity cruising the town. So we decided to call it a day and get a nice dinner then pick up the children. We took another long bus ride several blocks back to our car, this time on an empty bus (thankfully).

After shedding off all of our many layers of warmness, we ate at one of our favorite places…The Red Rock. It was delicious, because we were especially hungry. I had a diet coke with lemon and a Chicken Schnitzel with horseradish mashed potatoes and green beans. Steve had the same thing, minus the coke if you can believe that.

So we really didn’t see all that many celebrities or many that were worth seeing, but Steve and I did get to spend the entire day together outside. It was super fun and we loved every second of it.

See you next year Sundance 2011 who is in? If you come you have to have warm boots (not regular boots) Coat, scarf, hat and snow pants. It’s a long day. You’ll need the layers.

Special thanks to Bob and Hana for watching our children and especially when one of the was apparently sick. Sorry guys.

Post note: We had planned to go back for a second day at Sundance to see some bigger premieres and more “A” list celebrities, but Sunny had other plans. We spent the night up with her crying. We were unaware of her ear infection and puss filled sore throat. So we took her to the MD instead of taking ourselves back up the canyon…Kids. She’s feeling better now after a few days on the pink stuff.