Dear Taylor and Jake:

I’m so happy to hear that, according to many gossip magazines and blogs, you’re falling in love in Park Slope. It was fun to see a picture of the two of you on Fifth Avenue on the cover of US Magazine. You both looked super happy: Taylor was holding a Gorilla Coffee coffee cup and Jake had a Union Market shopping bag. I’ll spare you the details of last year’s employee walk-out at Gorilla Coffee.

It’s so much more fun to read about the two of you than Prince William, Kate Middleton, Brad and Angelina, who never come to Park Slope.

Park Slope is a great place to be a celebrity. We never bother our movie stars, acclaimed authors, artists and other notables when they walk down the street. It’s only our politicians that we feel free to engage with when we see them around.  Just yesterday I saw John Turturro near Connecticut Muffin and I didn’t make a peep. He just blends in with the scenery around here as does Steve Buscemi, John Hodgman, Paul Auster, Maggie Gyllenhaal (who I saw once on Bergen Street), Peter Sarsgaard and the others.

Hope the romance continues to blossom in the Slope.

Best from OTBKB

The photo above is not from the US Magazine story; it’s a photo by Citadel Radio on Celebridoodle