David Ferrara: FAIRHOPE They were here for the film festival.
Everyone knows someone who saw them.
The story goes like this: Brad worked with an actor who lives in Fairhope. The actor invited the megastar to see this adorable little town, and told him about the festival. He and Angelina and the kids would love it. Everyone loves Fairhope. Brangelina would love it, too. Besides, the festival featured a movie called "Forgotten Coast," and Brad donated loads of time and money to Hurricane Katrina relief.
The Page & Palette Bookstore was packed.
Ladies across the street at Aubergine, the antiques shop, freshened the rouge on their lips and rushed down Delamare Avenue, searching. Grown women stood on the sidewalk with curlers in their hair, hoping.
Councilman Bob Gentle's wife called him from the beauty salon.
"They're here in town, right now," she told him.
It was April 4, a Friday.
They were here or they weren't.
This story is true or it isn't.
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