Saturday Free Willy 2 came on HBO and I got all excited. Not because the movie was better without Lori Petty in a wetsuit (it wasn't) but because it and the original were filmed on location inside my friend Gail's house. When I saw the first movie, I saw that view and thought, I need to go there. Not knowing that just a few years later, I'd be sitting at that same counter watching that same amazing view from Gail's kitchen. For the record, it's in Astoria, Oregon. So the movie comes on and the kid looks up his street (really, Gail's street) then they pan back to show the house that Gail built (literally, she restored the whole thing, inadvertently making it camera-friendly) and I got giddy, couldn't help smiling especially when they walk into Gail's kitchen with it's sporty avacado stove. Soon after, I called and invited myself up for a visit. Naturally, she'd been thinking of me (I'm the 4th kid she never meant to have, bringing trouble and lots of fun to her 3 boys) so it was "Kismet."