Subway lovers break up

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Article from: The Sunday Telegraph

By Stephanie Balogh

July 27, 2008 12:00am

SHE is the vivacious Aussie girl who captured a city's heart when a love-struck New York Romeo spotted her on the Subway and went to extraordinary lengths to track down his "dream girl".

Camille Hayton says she is still recognised about three times a week on the streets of Manhattan as "that girl'' and the question is always the same: so what happened?

Sadly for romantics the world over, there was no fairytale ending for Ms Hayton and 22-year-old Brooklyn web designer Patrick Moberg, the couple New Yorkers dubbed "the Subway sweethearts''.

"I say we dated for a while but now we're just friends,'' Ms Hayton, 23, said. "It's really nice that people embraced the story. It is part of my life now.''

She said she dated Mr Moberg for about two months, but it just didn't work out.

"I think the situation was so intense that it bonded us,'' she said, adding it "bonded us in a way that you could mistake, I guess, for being more romantic than it was. I don't know.

"But I wanted to give it a go so I didn't wonder what if, what if?''

Ms Hayton, originally from the Melbourne suburb of Kew, is enjoying single life in New York, keeping busy with acting classes, working in two vintage clothing stores and as a waitress.

Last week she had a small role as a waitress in the long-running daytime soap As The World Turns and last year she was an extra in a "blink and you'd miss it'' scene in the hit Sex And The City movie.

The budding actress plans to return to Australia in October to visit family and friends and enjoy Christmas at home.

The fresh-faced Aussie beauty captured the heart of New Yorkers and Mr Moberg when she was riding Manhattan's No. 5 train last November.

Mr Moberg saw her and was struck by love at first sight. As he worked up the courage to talk to the mysterious brunette, he lost her in the crush of people getting off the Subway.

It was a fluke Ms Hayton was even on the Subway. She was travelling to a friend's house to sleep on the couch after her group home, an 11-bedroom loft in the SoHo district, burned down on Halloween.

Smitten, Mr Moberg set out to find her in a city of more than eight million people and devoted a website to finding her, www.nygirlofmydreams.com

On the site he drew a picture of Ms Hayton with a red flower in her "fancy braided'' brown hair, blue shorts, blue leggings and rosy red cheeks.

His unlikely cyberspace search captivated New Yorkers, receiving coverage in the New York Post, on local Manhattan television stations and eventually around the globe.

One of Ms Hayton's New York friends recognised her as the girl Mr Moberg was searching for and played matchmaker.

"I just can't believe it happened. It feels like a long time ago,'' Ms Hayton said.

                               
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http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24082605-5001021,00.html

the website Mr Moberg made for the girl,
http://www.nygirlofmydreams.com/

Mr Moberg's personal website,
http://www.patrickmoberg.com/

                               
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[ 本帖最后由 xblues 于 29-7-2008 00:02 编辑 ]

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NY Girl of my dreams update #
Until now I'd sort of been quiet about what happened with Camille because I loved the idea of people making their own endings to our unusual story. Recently Cam talked to some Melbourne papers, so I thought I'd say a few words.

Camille is one of the most kind and amazing people I've come across in my lifetime. It's sad things didn't work out, but you can't force these things, no matter what the circumstances. Despite that, the whole experience has been an incredible testiment to the universal nature of love. As lame and idealistic as it sounds, the world could use more stories like ours.

As far as a movie or anything being made about it, we talked to a lot of people but in the end decided against it. I wrote and illustrated a little book based on the events, but I haven't decided what to do with it. I'm still really hesitant towards trying to capitalize off this event.

Thanks so much to everyone who has been emailing. It's becoming easier and easier to contact people from all over the world. Don't be afraid to take risks. Fuel your actions with love and you'd be amazed at what can happen.

                               
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[ 本帖最后由 xblues 于 29-7-2008 00:07 编辑 ]

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http://vimeo.com/373021

Cute boy, he's hot now. following the link above to find out those comments from girls. So many girls want him!

http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=373021

[ 本帖最后由 xblues 于 29-7-2008 00:20 编辑 ]