However, later that year, Haines dropped out and with her future husband purchased at an auction a bar in Fell's Point, Baltimore, which had been seized in a drug raid;[1] they turned the location into an independent bookstore and café.[9] She named the store Adrian's Book Cafe, after her late mother; Adrian's realistic oil paintings filled the store.[9] The bookstore won City Paper's "Best Independent Bookstore" in 1997 and was known for having an unusual collection of literary offerings, local writers, erotica reading nights, and small press publications.[10] Adrian's hosted a number of literary readings, including erotica readings, which became a media focus when she was appointed by the President to be the Deputy Director of the CIA.[11][12] She served as the president of the Fell's Point Business Association until 1998.[13]