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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Denzel Washington stops at Rita's

Denzel Washington stunned staff by stopping at the Rita's* at Island and Passyunk Avenues with an aide and a bodyguard, and he let on that he is staying here this summer.

Washington has a soft spot for Philadelphia -- the city, if not the Oscar-winning movie he shot here in late 1992 with Tom Hanks.

His son Malcolm has enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, while his daughter (and Malcolm's twin) Olivia is attending college on the East Coast.

For the record, Washington gave the kid at the counter $50 for two cherry gelati and said, "Keep the change."

Quick-thinking Rita's employee Nageena Abdullah-Johnson, a student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, said she grabbed her camera from her bag, and Washington took a photo of them with his left hand.

 

* Out-of-towners: Rita's is a franchise that sells water ice, which you may know as Italian ice.

Posted by Michael Klein @ 12:13 AM  Permalink | 5 comments
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Posted 06:18 AM, 07/19/2009
wingslax35
Denzel is a class act!
Posted 11:00 AM, 07/19/2009
BarryG
What a baller.
Posted 07:46 AM, 07/20/2009
Tayon
I should have been there. But he probably wouldn't have bought me one.
Posted 10:43 AM, 07/20/2009
J H
Isn't he related to Ukee Washington?
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Michael Klein chronicles local people, places and things (in easy-to-digest portions) three days a week in his Inquirer column "INQlings." He also covers the restaurant scene in his Thursday Inquirer Food column, "Table Talk." Have a question? Email it! See his Inquirer work here.
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