Published Sept. 10, 2009

Debra Christofferson has a problem: She sees famous people. It shouldn’t be a surprise, as she lives in Los Angeles. Last year 25.6 million people visited L.A. County, and most of them probably would have counted spotting an Oscar or Emmy winner as something worth updating their Facebook status over. But these days, when Christofferson has a celebrity sighting, it most often comes near the audition room. The actor—best known for playing Lila, the bearded lady, on the defunct HBO series “Carnivàle”—tells a story about going to read for a guest-star role on a cable-TV series. (more…)

The working-class Italian, Russian and Irish folks who populated Bay Ridge back when it spawned Saturday Night Fever are still representing, although an army of ex–Park Slope stroller-pushers now rolls among them. But fear not: The Bugaboo-to-adult ratio is still highly in favor of the grown-ups. Yay, grown-ups! [Read]

Hosting NPR’s The Bryant Park Project Jan. 8 and Jan. 9

Published June 6, 2007