There was once a …..from Nantucket…..
The other day I went out to Carambola to do a massage. This massage was booked by a man quite a while back via e-mail. It was for his wife. He paid for her massage via Paypal. I met her on the beach in the little shack between the pool and the sea.
She thoroughly enjoyed her massage and mentioned that her children had phoned to complain about the weather in Ohio where she had flown to STX from. We chatted a bit at the end of her session and she asked where I was origninally from. So, as usual, I said, “Rhode Island”. She bolted from her comfortably horizontal position and blurted, “Really? I’m from RI!” So I said, “No way, where in RI?” And (this is too bizarre for words), she said,”Woonsocket”, and I almost fell on the ground!
I’m from Woonsocket too. But we have both lost our accents (we work really hard at that, being from Woonsocket and all). So we had a couple of chuckles about the home town where we still have family and went on our merry ways.
I gave Kara our card and hope she will keep me posted on what’s going on in Ohio and Woonsocket, since I don’t hear too much from my family back there.
Small world! Too funny!
Tags: St. Croix
January 20th, 2008 at 7:20 am
I beat your RI story. I met someone I am related to from RI in my store the other day. She is a Gariepy and married to my Grandfather’s cousin. Weird eh?
January 20th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Are my comments awaiting moderation because I put my website in? I am not spamming, I promise!
January 21st, 2008 at 8:36 am
Shouldn’t happen, Reggie always has his blog linked to his name, but one of his went to moderation lately too. The newer wordpress version seems to be a little more sensitive. I approved all your latest comments for now. If it persists, try registering, down in the meta section on the left. Or I can register you as a “subscriber” or an “author”, if you want to contribute posts and reviews?
January 21st, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Is this the same person from last year in your store? Or was that ANOTHER strange person with a strange name?
January 21st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Nope, last year it was someone with the last name Chretien. This one is Gariepy. Actually, the Chretien lady’s daughter lives here.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Who’s the Chretien lady’s daughter? And why didn’t I remember that? Who’s the Chretien lady?
January 21st, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Joanna or Joanne or something. She works at IB Designs sometimes. I think she is friends with Bryan. Her mom lives in Virginia or something.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
No way. You’re from Woonsocket?
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Hey John,
Que pasa? Long time!
What have you been up to since Brandeis?
Oh Real Estate. I have a blog post in my head about my feelings for realtors. Unfortunately, many of my friends are in businesses that I despise. It’ll come out soon when I have PMS, especially since our house was just appraised and I’m disgusted with the numbers.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
It pays the bills.
Nice talking to you.