IBW of the Day

Angela Bower

Angela (or Angel-er as Tony would say) is a top Manhattan advertising executive.  She's a no nonsense business woman who managed to start her own company (Bower and Associates) all the while juggling raising her son Jonathan, keeping the pants on her mother Mona and trying to figure out for years if she loves Tony or just finds him incorrigible!!

Oh Angela, will things ever work out for you?  

"There were times I lost a dream or two, found a trail and at the end was you...there's a path you take and a path not taken, the choice is up to you, my friend.  the nights are long, but you might awaken to a brand new life around the bend"

Also, when I googled Angela, I found this which is really kind of freaky:  

BOWER, Angela

(Who's the Boss)

( KL5-6218

3344 Oak Hills Drive

Fairfield, CT

Angela is an ad agency executive at Wallace and McQuade Advertising, the 12th largest advertising agency in New York City. Now divorced from Michael Bower, Angela shares her two-story cape cod home with her rambunctious son, Jonathan L. Bower and her mother Mona Robinson who lives in a rear apartment.

Born October, 16th 1950, Angela was shy and plump as a youth and played the cello (but very badly). Angela went to Montague Academy and later graduated from Harvard Business School. She drives a Jaguar automobile (license: MX8266). Her favorite color is emerald. Her favorite Beatle song is “Hey, Jude.“ Angela was nominated for the “Matty” for the best commercial of 1986. Ironically that same year, Angela was fired but she soon opened her own company, the Bower Agency in Manhattan. Her mother Mona pitched in to help run the office as Angela built up her client base.

In need of a housekeeper, Angela's mother convinced widower Tony Micelli to apply for the job. After giving the matter careful thought, Angela decided to hire Tony as her live-in housekeeper. Tony’s young daughter, Samantha took up residence, as well.

Throughout all this, Angela’s relationship with her housekeeper Tony eventually turned to true love. During that time Angela’s romantic interests included the handsome Geoffrey Wells; lawyer Jeffrey Michaelson, Esq.; Tony’s cousin Maurizio from Italy who fell in love with Angela; a guy named Christopher; Jake “The Snake,” a former classmate; and while in college, Brian Thomas, whom Angela married as a joke only to discover 20 years later her divorce was never terminated. Angela’s female friends included the sexy but arrogant neighbor Diane Wilmington; Trish, Angela’s old sorority sister; and Angela‘s cousin Christy. When Angela tried to cut loose, she usually got in trouble, like the time Tony invited her to a frat party and she got drunk and ended up in a campus jail.

When Tony was offered a chance to coach at Wells College in Bradford, Iowa, Angela moved to the Midwest to be with her man but after a short time she missed her job and career and moved back to Connecticut. She and Tony carried on a long distance relationship, until Tony realized he could teach anywhere. One night, in 1992, soon after going through a number of housekeepers, Angela opens the front door and sees Tony Micelli dressed in a tuxedo. Tony applies for the job of housekeeper and smiling, Angela asks “So, what are your qualifications?" Tony kisses her passionately and Angela happily tells him “You’ve got the job.” It seems that Angela and Tony were always meant to be. For as children, Angela (in the guise of a girl named Ingrid) unknowingly had met Tony and become friends at Camp Cataba summer camp. It was then that Ingrid (Angela) shared her first kiss with Tony at Kissing Rock.