When I was growing up in Princeton New Jersey, my simple life was all about learning, playing soccer, mowing the lawn and hearing stories about Brooke Shield's adventures around the University.
When she started college in 1983 (I was a Junior in High School), Brooke's mother (Teri) had bought a condo in our small town, presumably to be close by her studying daughter.
Back in those days, The Princeton Packet reported on their various movements to Carnegie Lake, Palmer Square, Nassau Street and even Thomas Sweet. Now that I live in Los Angeles, and work around high-profile people some of the time, I feel bad that the community paid so much attention to her.
A while ago, Brooke received a gift from her mother: decades of unorganized memorabilia. And as you would expect, she is discovering how much of her life has changed, and what remains constant.
Cataloging her days as a child actress in Pretty Baby and Blue Lagoon, through her recent years on Broadway and Suddenly Susan, the actress is only now putting her "life" in order, and going through the old documents piece by piece, picture by picture.
When Life Magazine interviewed Brooke this weekend, the subject of this memorabilia came up, among other things:
"There's so much [in the way of memorabilia]-- Richard Avedon magazine covers, pictures of me with Andy Warhol. I look back and think, My God, who am I?"
You may not have lived a so-called glamorous life, but if you've had difficulty going through your personal archives, what thoughts can you share? What's going on your head as you pass through the photos and year books?
- Read the entire interview with Brooke Shields, in this weekend's Life Magazine (click here).
Picture courtesy of About.com and Nip/Tuck
