sundance & shameless celeb-stalking

the other weekend lauren and i headed up to park city to spend the day at the sundance film festival. we were hoping to get into a film and ended up having no luck with that (curse you, e-waitlist) but we decided to go to park city anyway and i'm really glad we did. if we couldn't get into a movie, then celeb-stalking (or star-gazing, which i think is a much classier euphemism) was the next best thing. at first we just walked around main street, got some free sundance swag (thx l'oreal for the glitter nail polish), and grabbed lunch. later, we walked farther down on main street and ended up by the cnn lounge and some kind of press tent where celebrities were coming in and out. we were actually able to see/say hi to/meet quite a few of them. we met ben schwartz, who plays jean-ralphio on parks and recreation, which is one of my favorite shows. he was a really nice guy and he totally remembered us and said hi later when we happened to run into him again. we also met maggie gyllenhaal, who was adorable and a total sweetheart. we told her we liked her hat and she said she wore it in her movie frank that was premiering at sundance. she walked by a couple times and every time i could not get over how cute and nice she was. we also saw zach braff and donald faison from scrubs and they were really funny (though my personal favorite role of donald faison's is dionne's boyfriend in clueless). another funny moment was actually when harry styles appeared across the street from us to get into his car (the one pictured above). out of nowhere, girls were screaming and running into the street. it was wild. i also got to meet ashley greene, and she was so sweet. at this point there were lots of fans around her, but she took the time to let every single person get a photo or an autograph and she was so happy and patient the entire time. she is beautiful and just seemed really sincere when i got to talk to her.

we also saw jerry from parks and rec, meredith from the office, and anna kendrick! however, the biggest highlight for me was meeting dan stevens, also known as matthew crawley on downton abbey. i love downton and him and he is beautiful so that was an awesome moment in my life. lauren and i are very much into movies and pop culture, so seeing celebrities in person was actually a really fun experience. i thought it was refreshing that, even in such small, simple interactions, and in circumstances that could be seen as inconvenient or annoying, almost everyone we met was just so nice. it made for a pretty great day. thanks for going with me, lauren! (next year's the year you're going to meet joseph gordon-levitt, i can feel it.)