A former NFL player lives like a half mile from me now in a diff neighborhood but is building a house like five houses down from us in our neighborhood. He was probably like a mid-level player. Not someone you would know if you didn't follow football at all but if you were a football fan you probably would have heard of him.
Yes. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Chris Ballew (Presidents of the United States of America, Caspar Babypants) and his wife (artist Kate Endle), Amanda Knox (umm, accused of murder), and Terry Brooks (fantasy author) all live in my part of Seattle. Actually, I'm not sure Knox does. Her dad does, though. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) used to live here, but when he got divorced he moved somewhere else. Last I knew, his ex still owned the house--it was right around the corner from my old apartment. Vedder's place is closest to us now--about 1.5 miles away.
Oh, in grad school I lived in Barack Obama's neighborhood. My roommate worked as a camp counselor at the JCC over the summer and watched his girls. Michelle Obama would come to pick them up.
Yes. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Chris Ballew (Presidents of the United States of America, Caspar Babypants) and his wife (artist Kate Endle), Amanda Knox (umm, accused of murder), and Terry Brooks (fantasy author) all live in my part of Seattle. Actually, I'm not sure Knox does. Her dad does, though. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) used to live here, but when he got divorced he moved somewhere else. Last I knew, his ex still owned the house--it was right around the corner from my old apartment. Vedder's place is closest to us now--about 1.5 miles away.
I've got you beat! Eddie lives about a block from us. If I go in the neighbors backyard I can spy on his pool!!! And yes, I've done before. And I didn't see anything!!
Post by karinothing on Feb 9, 2013 14:16:38 GMT -5
I guess it depends how close. I am a couple miles from the President One of the pitchers for the nationals use to live in my building (not sure if he does anymore). I think we also have a DC United player. And at one time there was someone that lived her with a security detail (but I have no clue who it was). catbus my husband would be very jealous that you live next to Eddie Vedder.
At least 20 Packer players/coaches lived in my neighborhood growing up.
A former Bear's quarterback lived in my old condo building in Chicago. Oprah and Steadman were a block away. Lots of celebrities stayed at the long term housing next to my Chicago condo, too. I bumped into Heath Ledger with Michelle Williams and Shia LeBeouf.
Tom Brady and Giselle lived about 10 blocks away from my current place. They moved but they must still have a place nearby because I've seen her a couple of times.
Yes. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Chris Ballew (Presidents of the United States of America, Caspar Babypants) and his wife (artist Kate Endle), Amanda Knox (umm, accused of murder), and Terry Brooks (fantasy author) all live in my part of Seattle. Actually, I'm not sure Knox does. Her dad does, though. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) used to live here, but when he got divorced he moved somewhere else. Last I knew, his ex still owned the house--it was right around the corner from my old apartment. Vedder's place is closest to us now--about 1.5 miles away.
I've got you beat! Eddie lives about a block from us. If I go in the neighbors backyard I can spy on his pool!!! And yes, I've done before. And I didn't see anything!!
LOL. I totally thought of you when I wrote that. karinothing, your H should be most jealous of joenali. H's friend is a huge Pearl Jam fan. When he came to visit, he joked about camping out in Vedder's driveway. Well, we *think* he was joking...
We live a few houses down from a MLB coach when he's in town (we don't have an MLB team and he coaches across the country). He was a pretty good player when he played and is probably one of a handful of famous people from our city... It's a boring place.
Internationally known major singing star #1 local news anchor one of the top local weathermen A famous rapper- 4 miles 2 current NFL players (off season) several former NFL players The mother of a well known country singer (her bought her house for her).
Post by Velvetshady on Feb 9, 2013 15:08:30 GMT -5
The Salahis are probably the best known (well, only Tareq now since she ran off...)
We bought our house/land from a former long-term CA Congressman who was the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee. He still owned the house next to us when DH bought and when he made an attempt to run for President(another house was built between us later and he sold the house after he retired from Congress--he still owns most of the land near us).
I live in S. Fl. Lots of famous people have homes here. In my neighborhood there's no one, but in the big giant homes across the intercoastal (about a mile away) there are a lot.
I live in an area with a dearth of famous people. I'm in the Philly outer burbs, but no actors, news anchors, or athletes would really live out my way. I work near where some dead famous people have lived, like Woodrow Wilson and Albert Einstein, but that is ~20 miles away from where I live.
Jon Bon Jovi grew up in my hometown, but he hasn't lived there in a long time. His childhood house was given away in an MTV contest when I was a kid. Dule Hill (The West Wing and Psych) and one of the actors from Sesame Street also grew up in my town (I had cousins who went were friends with both of them in HS). A girl I went to HS with is a model/actress. You might recognize her face, but not her name.
In HS, DH dated a girl who was an actress on the new Knight Rider series and landed on the Maxim Hot 100 list. John DeLorean and Mike Tyson lived not far from my ILs when DH was a kid.