this is something I started doing when I lived in NY, vastly increased doing when I moved to LA, and now wish I’d started doing sooner
basically, I keep a list in my notes app and every time I recognize a celebrity in public (of any variety, A-Z list), I’ll add their name to it. I started in 2019 and I’m now up to 129 people (!)
as it grew, I broke names into categories:
1. actors & hollywood related sightings (filmmakers, reality tv stars, etc)
2. music related sightings (excluding an artist at their own concert/not the same as a concert log)
3. spotted at an event or somewhere expected (for ex: at a q&a, in a meeting, accepting an award, at a live-taping, a party etc etc)
4. “big on the internet” (aka the micro celebs and tiktokers like james charles and harry daniels)
5. honorable mentions & the ultra niche (for ex: jeremy meeks & jojo siwa’s car)
it’s fun to revisit & update as i grow older and have more encounters. here are a few of mine, i love that they each have a story:
