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Salt Creek Grille and A restaurant have both been featured on the show.

 

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Ritz Cove is the gated community where Lydia and Alexis live on Real Housewives of

Orange County.  I heard they both just rent houses there for the filming.

 

 

 

Pelican Hill is the gated community where RHOOC housewife Heather lives with

her plastic surgeon husband in Newport Beach.  They just sold their giant mansion

and are buying land to rebuild another dream house. Pelican Hill is the same place

that Kobe Bryant lives.  It is a very nice neighborhood!

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This is the location of Tamra and Eddie's wedding.

Newport Beach

                                     

Real Housewives of Orange County

I love the Bravo Channel!  The Real Housewife franchise and Andy Cohen are big time favorites of mine.  Last Sunday, my dog friend Poffie and I traveled to southern Orange County to find some of the locations that have been seen this year on the Real Housewives of Orange County.

 

 

 

Tamra's Fitness Center

Right across the street is Vicky's office for

Coto Insurance.

Cut Fitness Center

Front of Vicky's office building

Sideways - Los Olivos

Several wineries were used in the filming of SIDEWAYS.  Here are a couple from

nearby Los Olivos (which is also where Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was located)

 

 

 

Blackjack Winery (mentions Sideways)

Fess Parker Winery

Sideways - Buellton, CA

In 2004, a small film that followed two men on a road trip through California Wine Country  was released.  SIDEWAYS followed the pre martial days of Thomas Haden Church (Jack) and his best friend Miles ( Paul Giamatti). Needless to say, I loved the movie.  Recently I took a 4 day road trip and stopped at some of the locations used in the film. The first stop was Buellton.

The hotel where they stayed

The restaurant where Maya worked (Virginia Madson)

Andersen's Pea Soup Restaurant

Weird Indiana

A couple of years ago, one of my friends gave me this very cool book called

WEIRD INDIANA. It tells about unusual sites throughout Indiana.  During

my April visit, I checked out a couple places.

 

 

A giant pink elephant with a martini

Cry Baby Bridge (legend says a baby died on the bridge

and at midnight you can hear him cry)

 

I love all those books about weird and unusual places. I'm sure I'll be

visiting more.

Happy 4th of July

                                Hope you are enjoying your holiday with family and friends!

Hoosiers - Hickory Gym

 

 

This is the Knightstown Hoosier Gym from my favorite basketball movie HOOSIERS.

I had PE in this gym during the sixth grade.  I also was fortunate enough to watch some

of the filming of the movie.  Gene Hackman was very pleasant to all the townspeople.

Breaking Away - Bloomington, IN

The 1979 coming of age movie BREAKING AWAY was filmed in my home state of Indiana. It was filmed mostly in Bloomington, IN - the home of Indiana University.  While I was home for Christmas this year, my friends and I took a look back at some of the locations. Afterwards, I re-watched the movie and I can honestly say that I still loved it.



 

Delta Delta Delta house

Stohler Home

Pizza Place

I U football stadium area

Monroe County Courthouse

Gangster Squad

I knew the movie Gangster Squad was shot in the Los Angeles area, so I was eager to check it out and find some of the locations.  I didn't really expect to enjoy the movie (too much violence), but I was pleasantly surprised.  There was definitely violence, but it was well made and kept my attention (with my eyes opened 99% of the time). 

 

 

Slapsy Maxie's (an old furniture whse in Bellflower)

 

 

Chinatown

 

Final shootout location - Park Plaza Hotel

John O'Mara's (Josh Brolin) home.