I am still on cloud nine.

I work in Beverly Hills and always peruse a nearby outdoor magazine stand on my lunch break that's on Wilshire. For you non-Los Angeleans, it's basically the main drag through Beverly Wills and Westwood. Anyhow, at around 1:35pm ish LA time, I walk past and start to check out the rags, feeling the Monday blahs. Nothing really interested me, so I continued to walk past and did a complete double take--I thought, God, what a cheesy Prince impersonator. Teased black hair, really heavy black eyeliner, and a the TAFKAP love symbol necklace that looked gawdy as hell. All black, long pants, long sleeves--holy FUCK THAT is FUCKING PRINCE!!!!! I turned to see a large black SUV and a hispanic, heftly looking driver that the short man was handing magazines to, one by one. It was him. I shamelessly walked back toward the section he was standing in and stood directly to his left. I picked up "Arena" and pretended to look at the pictures and he walked behind me and STOOD DIRECTLY TO MY RIGHT FOR ABOUT 25 SECONDS!!!! I was too terrified to turn my head and look him in the eye and/or say ANYTHING (I am so regretful)...he browsed through a music magazine (I think it was Q), then I watched him walk back toward his driver. The voice was unmistakable..."Just these ones" as he passed the last magazine. That's when I caught my best glimpse, from behind. He has the TINIEST legs I have ever seen on an adult human being, male or female. It looked like his pants were seriously polyester. His shoulders, his frame, his back, is all so TINY! I've seen the man up close in concert but he looks so much grander up there...On his same level ground he is a fucking manorexic shrimp, shockingly so.

He got in the SUV and that was that. The Hispanic man paid for the magazines and took off. I asked the magazine stand owner why he was not that phased and he said that P usually swings by on Sundays around noon, when there aren't too many people to notice him. But it was so shocking...P wasn't trying to be incognito at all! The hair, makeup, clothes, and especially the necklace were a dead giveaway! I thought it was an impersonator! Only another small group of people seemed to notice, and they were so not subtle, the girl got a picture of her friend whom she was pretending to shoot with P ten feet away and just barely in the frame and then shouted with excitement. P did not react.

If anyone doesn't believe me, I don't care, google some paparazzi images on Prince from 4/23/07.

OMG I can't believe it!!!!! I'm so fucking amazed I saw him on the street in person. Coolest thing ever.

you're sooooo hype

GREAT story! U r SOOOOO lucky! Thanx 4 sharing,and I'm all xcited 2!!

too cool for you!!!!
thanks for sharing!

Damn!
You're lucky!

FruitToAttractBears said:

dude it's not every day you see the man in person, i'm pumped, fuck, what's it to you?

Did he smell heavenly?

SO, we know where he goes right after his last concert at the Rio. I mean to make it to LA at around noon when he's done playing at 2am.

Thank you for sharing your story

badujunkie said:

it's funny to me it's what it is. and funnier still that you're getting all defensive.

What kind of shoes did he wear?

What did his butt look like?

sexxydancer said:

U sound more excited than him

i love hearing these I saw/met Prince stories

Was he wearing earwraps??

sexxydancer said:

I think you better org note your questions, then let me know too

He is small.
The one time I have seen him upclose non-stage
was at a signing in 1994. That was one of the things that
I took notice of is that his body is very small.
Like a life-sized doll all dressed up like Prince.
That's the thing though. He is really small in size,
but his presence is really big! You know it's Prince.
Cool that you got to see him unexpectedly like that.
I waited in line all day to catch my 2 minute glimse!

Cool dude, extremely cool I am next man, to see the tiny man sexy genius!!!!!

malbena said:

You know, I thought I smelled lavander in the air today.....Good for you honey!

This is madd cool...besides u comin @ his neck about his height but still an amazing story Im glad it wasnt me I woulda been droppin magazines...rippin pages...shakin...tryna act all cool

Shit, man! Now we all have a "new hangout" on Sunday afternoons!

That is soooo exciting for you... I'd have said something - it's just my nature. But, who knows really?

I'da said, Hey Prince, you know you visit the Org! You know you do! Well, I'm June7!!

FruitToAttractBears said:

nah, i don't mean to be defensive, i am just still so energized from seeing the little man i don't want nobody to RAIN on my PARADE.

June7 said:

You in LA?

I'm so mad i didn't say ANYTHING. All I'da had to do was turn my head and I would have stared him straight in the face and just said "you rule" or "You know you're the shit." But what can you say to PRINCE?!?!?! I don't want him to reject my compliment or make me feel like a dumbass a la Carson Daly in 1999.

badujunkie said:

No, I'm about two hours away from Beverly Hills, though.

badujunkie said:

you did great ...u know how many people woulda been actin crazy

Yeah I would've said something too. It's funny, tho, cuz I'm sure he was thinking, "Oh,so this chic gonna act like she don't recognize me huh? Pffff. . . . yeah, right." But I know those 25 seconds standing right next to him felt surreal. It felt that way for us who were standing next to him during his Celebrations at PP, just so surreal

Thats cool man! For real

Awesome for you! I was getting all excited reading your story. It's so honest and descriptive. I'm glad you have this great memory to hold onto.

I stood a few yards away from him after a concert (not nearly as close as you were, unfortunately) and he was smaller than I thought he'd be. Still, I'm about the same height, so it wasn't too weird.

I dont get why people are scared to sspeak to him. Hes accessible these days unlike the times when he would never be so casual.

LOL!

LP

Wicked.


I'd be mad at myself too, if it were me and I'd not said anything. I'm so one of those people who can think of a million interesting/cool/funny/crazy things to say to their hero and have it all leave their mind the second they actually get up close and personal.

Also, I'm pretty sure Prince is actually bigger than me (I'm 4'11 and 100 lbs) but I wonder if even I'd be struck by his size? I don't tend to notice so much other small people if they're bigger than me anyways....