Around this time Adrian, who grew up in Langhorne, was moving back in with his parents, Eleanor and Gary, who had moved to Bella Vista. Adrian had recently returned from two months in California, playing his guitar on every beach he could. The trip was financed with money he had saved from gigs as an assistant disc jockey. When the money ran out, Adrian came back east to determine his future. Among his first decisions: He cut his shoulder-length, surfer-boy hair down to barely military length. "I needed a fresh start," Adrian said.
One August night, Debora and some friends walked along Broad Street so one of them could meet up with a boy. That boy was Adrian.
It didn't take long for Adrian and Debora to spot each other's short hair. "It was an opportunity for us to talk about what had happened to our hair," Debora said.
The meeting point was near Cirque de Soleil's big tent at Broad and Washington Streets, and as Debora and Adrian talked, they spotted a ticket on the ground. The two went off to find someone to give the ticket to. Along the way, they learned of their mutual love of music and adventure.
The group headed to Rittenhouse Square to play music in the park, and then wound up at someone's house, listening to Adrian and others jam on their instruments until very late. Everyone crashed. In the morning, Adrian left early for his counter job at the Marathon Grill, leaving his flute and drum behind.
Debora quickly volunteered to return the drum, saying she would need his phone number to do so.
Adrian was "pretty darn happy" when Debora called. She returned his drum. They went to an open-mike night, and were then inseparable for a week. "We were just hanging out with each other, ignoring other people's calls," Debora said.
