Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Life is in flux BIG TIME these days. I want to keep in touch with all of my peeps. The Internet is this beautiful thing. I can move to a brand new city and still stay in easy, near-daily contact with the people I love. When I feel connected to the people in my life that matter, I am unstoppable!

Good Deed Doing Can Pay Off

By Abby at 10:20 pm on Monday, August 28, 2006

Lovely dinner tonight with Kristin at Bukhara, although let me recommend that you never ever order the ice cream there. Just don’t do it. It’s funny. I remember my mother and father talking about how nasty ice cream was in England when I was little, but I never remembered that, probably because it was the ice cream I started on. And nowadays, ice cream in England tastes just fine. But this ice cream was waxy and fatty and nasty, and I knew right away that it was just like my first ice cream. Now I know why we always had lots of sprinkles and the like to cover up the flavor.

We were stuffed when we left, so we took a walk down to JP Licks. I’d already been there earlier in the day for soft serve (my latest passion), so no additional ice cream was needed. I think maybe we just needed to be reminded that there was good ice cream in this world, and that it was available to us, if we so desired.

As we passed the building, I heard the ATM beeping. I walked up to see why, and there was a card left in the machine. I decided to do my good deed for the day and take the card, then call the name on the card or the bank. After we arrived back here, I Googled the name "Brooke Adams, Jamaica Plain, MA." There was no current person by that name living here, but there were several references to "Lynne Adams and Brooke Adams," sisters who both worked in film, one of whom (Brooke) is married to Tony Shalhoub, who I recalled just one an Emmy last night (I love him!).

Since the bank on the card was in California, but Lynne Adams did have a number here in JP, I decided to go ahead and call. And yes, Lynne had a sister named Brooke who was visiting – who was actually there talking in the background. I said I’d deliver the card since I needed to drive my friend home anyway.

On the way there, we wondered whether Brooke was still with Tony Shalhoub, given the fact that he had just won that Emmy last night. And I decided that I wouldn’t ask, since it could be the case that they were not together, or who knows what else?

We were let in by Lynne’s husband, who greeted us with a very large black dog. The house was beautiful. Once inside, we were greeted by Brooke, who looks very much like a Hollywood actress. She thanked us, and then they invited us back to the kitchen, where the two sisters and another friend had just begun a game of Scrabble. After a few more thank you’s and discussion of Google sleuthery, Lynne’s husband suggested that they give us a copy of "the movie", which was filmed entirely in the house. They told me this when I remarked upon the very cool stenciling on the front of the stairs. I have the movie sitting right here: Made-Up. It was the perfect thank you. Brooke then proudly told us that her husband had won an Emmy last night. "Yes, we know!" And I got to say, "So why are you here?!" which had been on the tip of my tongue the entire time. Then we all laughed.

I had my camera in my bag the entire time, but honestly, it never occurred to me to take it out. On the walk back out to the street, Kristin and I were giggling. We even took some silly pictures of the top of the house with the DVD in front.

Adventures happen even when I’m not looking.

 

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Comment by parental unit

August 29, 2006 @ 12:00 am

Pretty amazing! I think a Monk trumps a Woofie.

See, life is just about stories…

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Comment by Abby's mom

August 29, 2006 @ 2:57 am

What a great story. Nanny would love it! Did you know she starred opposite Richard Gere in Days of Heaven playing a character named Abby?

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Comment by jamie o'brien

August 29, 2006 @ 7:15 am

wow. fucking celebrities in my neighborhood. Get em out of here.

So, wait. WHY is she here? You never told us her answer.

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Comment by Abby

August 29, 2006 @ 7:19 am

I assume she was here to visit her sister. She didn’t answer the question. Instead, we all just laughed.

I didn’t know she played an Abby. What’s so funny is that the way you wrote that, I first read that Nanny played opposite Richard Gere.

I think the Woofie story is pretty great, dad.

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Comment by kristopher

August 29, 2006 @ 9:36 am

I can’t believe you managed to track down Brooke Adams. Heck I can’t believe you even tried. The most I would have done would be to mail it to the address on the back. I guess that’s why I’ve never received a free DVD from Brooke Adams 😛

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Comment by parental unit

August 29, 2006 @ 9:57 am

I read your mom’s note the same way. I’ll hold on to the image of Nanny and Richard Gere all day!

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Comment by Rhea

August 29, 2006 @ 10:09 am

Brooke Adams visits all the time! I ran into her at Pluto’s once. She is here to visit her sister. JP rocks!

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Comment by baldguy

August 29, 2006 @ 10:33 am

You learn something new every day. There is a such a thing as bad ice cream.

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Comment by Ross

August 29, 2006 @ 1:12 pm

Do yourself a favor and rent “Days of Heaven” and watch it on the biggest monitor you can find. An amazing piece of art. It will make your visit with Brooke even more astonishing.

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Comment by Abby

August 29, 2006 @ 1:42 pm

Will do. 😀

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Comment by steve garfield

August 29, 2006 @ 2:06 pm

Very cool story!

Yay Monk!

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Comment by mynx

August 29, 2006 @ 3:07 pm

great story!

especially since you had to do some “monk”-ing of your own to lead you there. nice work, lady. 🙂

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Comment by Dianne

August 30, 2006 @ 8:24 pm

That is a cool story-and it wouldn’t even had happened if you decided not to be a good samaritan. Too bad you didn’t sing a little for them. ; )

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Comment by Abby

August 30, 2006 @ 11:08 pm

I can barely imagine how I would have fit THAT in.

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Comment by Simon

August 31, 2006 @ 3:06 pm

Mrs Monk and the Soprano Samaritan…

Abby, that is too cool – you are such a techno nerd (in all the right ways!). 🙂 It’s amazing – and a bit frightening – what a very few years’ technological progress has made possible.

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Comment by Abby

August 31, 2006 @ 4:07 pm

Hee hee. “Simon says”! Love it!

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