Where Is Eva Gabor Now?

If you’re a child of the 60’s or a fan of Nick at Nite, TV Land or the Deja View channels you may recall the TV show, Green Acres, with Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor.  It’s the story of two New Yorkers who traded “city life” in Manhattan with it’s 5^th Avenue, Broadway, Central Park and penthouse suite for a old farm and a new life in the country.  The series of events that ensues while these two transplants figure out life in the country is pure slapstick and silliness.  Little did I know watching this show 40-odd years ago that it would foreshadow what was to become of my life.

Oh, sure, I never had the penthouse suite, but I had all the other trappings – a high-profile (read high stress) career; a taste for fine cuisine and even finer wines; the desire and ability to travel to places far and wide.  Let’s don’t forget about the shoes…oh, the shoes!  I had countless pairs of cute, sassy, serious, swanky, hip, cool and not to mention stylish shoes!  I was living in one of the best cities in the world, Vancouver, and loving every second of my life there.  I had some of the best friends I would ever know and in a word, my life was perfect.  Okay, not so much perfect as say…perfectly fine.  Of course there were things I would change (who wouldn’t?), but more or less, my version of city life was well, perfectly urban.  Oh, how things have changed.

One might ask how does a high-paid, equally high-stressed, but exceptionally creative and talented career woman come to find herself marooned on an island, living in the country, under-employed and wondering what to do with herself?

Honestly, it's because I fell in love.  That's how I came to live on this little island in the Northumberland Straight.  It's how I came to be "self-employed" (or "under-employed" depending on when you're reading this).  It's how I came to be sitting on my front porch, in my rocking chair, basking in the sun, looking out over our version of Green Acres and wondering to myself where the hell is Eva Gabor now and what will I do with my life next?

You'll have to check back here to learn how the story before the story began.