Most people who have read this blog know who she is. She is Kristin Amalie Verhoeven, a screenwriter and director at Plumbob Pictures, known in most parts as Kris or Kristy.
She is also my boss.
She has a motorbike she likes to call ‘Beast’ but she doesn’t ride it to work.
She’s pretty famous, actually, mostly due to the stuff about her love life. Oh yeah, and she wrote a few screenplays, a couple of which got made into movies. Had to sue once because someone spread a rumor about her digging through trash cans. Don’t think she is the type.
She enjoys kicking my butt in chess the way my sister Savannah used to.
She makes a fool of herself on the dance floor.
We connected because she is as much of a food connoisseur as I am.
And this month she gave the mother of all interviews to Caroline Custard at Celebrity magazine. There were some things in here that I didn’t know. (As an aside, I have to say she looks nice on the cover, too. Rumor is Joyce Ward – the photographer Savannah hired to document our family – is now on at Celebrity.)
As I’ve told you guys, Kristy was born in Utrecht (that’s in the Netherlands). Her dad was a Dutch movie director, her mom, a German actress.
That’s her mother, Magdalena. Kristy doesn’t talk about her. In fact I don’t think she ever mentioned her, except to say she was German. The article goes on to say that she and Kristy’s father divorced when she was three and she disappeared to Sweden where she remarried.
Kristy and her mother had a difficult relationship and they are now estranged. They haven’t spoken since Kristy was a teenager. Her father, in the gray jacket, is Jan Jakob. Her relationship is better with him but not by much. Since this pic was taken he got involved with a much younger woman – yes, another German actress. Kristy tells me the woman is younger than she is.
Anyway, one of the reasons she got this huge spread in Celebrity – is because she’s making a milestone birthday this year.
I took my promotion money and splurged on a few things, like an outdoor grill and fridge.
I also bought an outdoor table and chairs. As it was, my surprise was complete. Except for one thing.
The people hadn’t arrived. But that would change soon enough.
Lola was first. She was overdressed in her coat but I excused her.
Annabelle came too, armed with her cell phone to take pictures and rub shoulders with the rich and famous.
Devin Ashton found his place in the hot tub.
Soon it was time for the honoree to blow out her candles. With my GF Kyra by my side and several others joining us later, we all joined in song and dance.
Transition time! The YA to adult transition isn’t as noticeable as others. The only difference is the adult’s skin has a few more wrinkles.
Meanwhile, Lola was entertaining Annabelle and an unknown guest with her bass playing.
“I can’t believe he did this,” I overheard Kristy say.
“He throws pretty good parties,” Devin muttered while eating his German chocolate cake.
Several hours later guests headed for the exits.
Meanwhile, Kristy headed … to the gym??? Maybe to burn off the cake. And since when did Kristy go to the gym?
