Who is the New Mailer
The passing of Norman Mailer marks the death of consensus over who is the most famous resident of Brooklyn Heights. There are many "notable" neighbors here, but their fame is totally dependent on your perspective. We have many actors, writers, pundits and moguls among us but who has managed to cut through the clutter of pop culture to earn the "Most Famous Resident" title?
Heights resident/lefty blogger Instaputz tells BHB it could right wing pundit Peggy Noonan. Other journos include John Podhoretz or Ann Althouse (who by the way seems to be taking up meteorology).
Others have suggested thesps Paul Giamatti and Gabriel Byrne.
There are also a few writers following in Mailer's (zip code) footsteps: Kurt Andersen, Rick Moody and Paul Auster to name a few.
That's just a taste. Comment below with your suggestions. Once we have a good list together, BHB will post a poll and name new "Most Famous Resident of Brooklyn Heights".
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Posted : November 16th, 2007 at 10:54 am by Homer Fink under Celebrity Residents, News.
Comments: 16
Comments
Comment from ABC
Time: November 16, 2007, 11:35 am
Isn’t Kurt Anderson in Carroll Gardens? isn’t Rick Moody on Fishers Island? Isn’t Paul Auster in Park Slope?
Comment from Beavis
Time: November 16, 2007, 11:37 am
My dog.
Frankly, who cares? Why feed into America’s star f**k pathology and instead let everyone just live their lives in peace?
I know we don’t have royalty to obsess over, but do we really need to annoint a most famous resident? Yawn.
Comment from Homer Fink
Time: November 16, 2007, 11:49 am
You are correct, Moody bugged out in ‘98. That’s one down.
Comment from Cranberry
Time: November 16, 2007, 12:52 pm
homer you have my vote… You even seem to walk about the neighborhood in the same manner.
Comment from ts
Time: November 16, 2007, 1:01 pm
Auster’s wife, Siri Hustvedt, gets my vote. Mainly cuz she’s smokin’.
Comment from Cranberry
Time: November 16, 2007, 1:29 pm
Beavis,
You obviously care otherwise you wouldn’t be blogging. Its always funny when someone states that on a blog. Anyone who visits this site is facinated with the lives of others. Myself included.
Comment from Billy Reno
Time: November 16, 2007, 2:45 pm
My vote is for Gabriel Byrne…or one Homer Fink.
Comment from cS
Time: November 16, 2007, 3:46 pm
Definately Homer Fink!!! Saw his pix on somebody’s myspace page. He’s McHunky!!!
Comment from Qfwfq
Time: November 16, 2007, 4:06 pm
There ought to be a sign on this post:
Please Don’t Feed The Ego.
Comment from nabeguy
Time: November 16, 2007, 5:13 pm
I vote for the Goggle Bros.
Comment from NoIkea
Time: November 16, 2007, 6:41 pm
Jim Grant, author of a biography of Alexander Hamilton, among other title, and editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. Clearly the most interesting, especially these days.
Comment from BHBabe
Time: November 16, 2007, 8:52 pm
I go with nabeguy — love them goggle bros :)
Comment from AliG
Time: November 19, 2007, 12:44 pm
Definitely Goggle Bros!
We see Shalom Harlow everywhere these days. Not really on par w/ Mailer but a nabe celeb nonetheless.
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Comment from Da Pedro
Time: November 20, 2007, 9:37 am
The cat that lives at Siggy’s gets my vote.
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