E. Jane Adams (d 2005) picked up her lessons in running a rooming house from her mother, Christine Cabral, who ran Christine’s Lodge. Here, at 85 Bradford Street, she was the proprietor of Adams’ Rooms. She was also known for her hooked rugs, her beach plum jelly and, The Banner said, a “famous chocolate cake that was in demand at many bake sales.”
Jane was my mother’s cousin. I visited this house during summers as a child in the 1960s. My most lasting memories of Ptown were how cold the water was and how good the seafood was.
You’re in good company with those dual memories.