Phoebe has a rather strange past, and an equally strange present existence. Lily, the woman she believed to be her birth mother, worked on a barge during Phoebe's childhood, but during Phoebe's early adolescence, Lily killed herself, leaving Phoebe and her twin sister Ursula in the care of their stepfather, who was imprisoned shortly after.
Phoebe eventually met up with her biological mother, who was played by Teri Garr, firstly in the episode The One at the Beach.
Phoebe's beloved grandmother, later died in season five. At the memorial service, Phoebe finally meets her father Frank Buffay.
Phoebe became homeless soon after the departure of all her caregivers and by age 14 she was living on the streets of New York, residing in a Gremlin with a man called Cindy who talked to his hand. At one point, she mugged Ross, when they were fourteen, though neither of them knew each other at the time.
Phoebe later moved into her grandmother Frances' apartment, and inherited her yellow taxi after her death; since Frances was the mother of Lily and not of Phoebe's birth mother, she was technically not related to Phoebe at all, but this evidently never became a sore point between the two after Phoebe learned of it.
Phoebe's somewhat dubious musical skills were a popular source of entertainment. Her stunning array of songs include "The Double-Double-Double-Jointed Boy", "Sue, Sue, Suicide", "Sticky Shoes", "Ode to a Pubic Hair (Little Black Curly Hair)", and most famously "Smelly Cat", which became both a jingle for a kitty litter commercial and a serious commercial release.
Phoebe is also somewhat of a champion of animal rights and the environment. She is a vegetarian, and eats "nothing with a face". In The One With George Stephanopoulos Monica admits that she once tricked Phoebe into eating meat. While at dinner once with Rachel and Dr. Greene, she points out to him that she "doesn't eat meat", to which he eventually responds "I'll never understand you lesbians."
She defends her position against eating turkeys at Thanksgiving by claiming they are "beautiful, intelligent animals". Once, she became very upset upon witnessing trees being cut down and sold as Christmas trees. She also cries when flowers die, and feels sorry about sitting on a line of ants and accidentally killing them. She even named the rat living in her apartment, then when the rat, Bob, had babies and was killed, she tried to raise the babies.
Although she is a vegetarian, in The One In Vegas, after suggesting to go to KFC to eat the 99-cent meat special, Monica says, "Phoebe, you don't eat meat", and Phoebe responds, "For 99 cents, I'd eat you!"
Cottonwood Creek Preserve is a 220 acre wilderness area located at the east end of Cottonwood Valley Road in Wilmer. A 2 mile natural surface trail follows the creek, crosses the creek via a foot bridge and returns to starting point.
The original owners grazed cattle, farmed and grew pecan trees on the property. They desired that part of the homestead remain as nearly like it was in the late 1870’s and offered the land to the County for a preserve.
The cache is a camoed decon container hidden just off the mowed path that follows the fence line.
The Friends Series consists of 6 hidden caches along the Green Trail and the Creek Trail. Each of the Friends will provide a clue to the coordinates of the Bonus Cache. The Friends Bonus Cache is an ammo box loaded with goodies. FTF prize is a Best of Friends DVD.
Phoebe is Bonus Clue F on the Green Trail.
Coordinates were averaged over a 5 minute span to an accuracy of 10.9'.
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