Dishing Dirt Irish-Style

After a long weekend of shooting an independent film in NYC Adrienne took me out for cocktails. Andrea is from "the Emerald Isle" with an adorable accent that scores her access to people and places the rest of us can only dream of.

She's been a leading DGA Production Assistant for two decades. Notable movies like "Margo and the Wedding", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "Vanilla Sky", "Sweet Home Alabama" and all 6 seasons of "Sex and the City" have secured her a comfortable future and friends around the world. And to think she landed in American 20 years ago without a degree or dollar to her name looking for no more than au pair work in California? Now, at 40 years of age the last thing on her mind is childcare. I instantly felt a connection with her traveling lifestyle.

"Storytelling is a thorny business" said Saint Patrick but Andrea pushes past that and can captivate an audience like an on-stage Irish televangelist. When she talks people listen, intensely, glued to her every provocative and humorous tale of behind-the-scenes mayhem and pop star gossip.

At a local pub on the Upper West side the bartender, by coincidence, was from the same wee-little town north of Dublin as Andrea. He graciously set us up for the night with cocktails. And what a night it was. I picked her brain and she dished dirt (make that 'peat') on her favorite and not-so favorite directors, producers, actors and camera crews. None of which I can disclose because I'm pushing her to publish a memoir, a bestseller for sure and one she could easily find publication for. By midnight my head was spinning with celebrity scuttlebutt and sweet and sour margaritas.

It was time to leave and after saying goodbye to my new favorite Gaelic gal but before landing in bed, I landed on my face. Yes, I took a tumble on the dreaded streets of New York. It wasn't a pothole or man cover but rather a small dog leash that tripped me up. Down I went, tearing a hole in my jeans and smashing my knees. If SATC were still in production Andrea might have found that funny enough to use as a bit in the show. Then and only then would the embarrassment have been worth it!