So I'm digging this whole celebrity revisitation thing I have going on...
It's funny, when you move to New York you think you are going to meet celebrities if you land the right high profile position. The reality is, just work with the public. I worked at Newsbar on University. It's a bit of wealthy area. It's not necessarily residential, some blocks are. But tons of famous people would come in every day.
David Lee Roth went out a lot. Not much of a surprise. I had seen him many times already. When I graduated from High School, I had a major crush on DJ Keoki, who really liked me cause I was underage. He DJ'ed Thursdays at Save the Robots, so he let me put together a little guest list on the night I was graduating. There weren't many events going on that night, so it was quite dead. John Norris and David Lee Roth were both there though. It didn't really surprise me to see him there. I had read he went out a lot.
Later, I'd see Roth at Tunnel a couple of times, I think I may have even smoked pot with him. It should come as no surprise that he fit right in that environment. It was a bunch of crazy fun seeking party people.
But he lived in the village and he would come into Newsbar all the time. This was around when he was busted for buying pot in Washington Square Park. He was awesome though, I always made sure I waited on him cause he would pay for a moccachino with 40 bucks and give me the change. Awesome..Awesome dude!
One day he comes in obviously baked out of his mind. I'm at the register ringing him up, and he's reading the menu. The name of the drink he usually got was a double tall iced mocha. So he said it out loud twice...moves his face in a little closer and says..."kinda sounds like a strain of weed in year 2012 don't it..." and let's out a quintessential Van Halen song sounding laugh. Then he put his change in the tip cup.
I don't think I ever saw him again....Here's to you Senor Lee Roth!
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