T on August 21st, 2011

I have a new guilty pleasure. I’ve been meaning to check out Mad Men for some time now.  And now you can watch all 4 seasons on Netflix streaming, so I find myself transported several times each night to 1960s Manhattan.  Just as with Dexter, the advantage of having waited so long to get into [...]

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T on February 21st, 2010

Modern Family is without a doubt the best show on the air.  A perfect cast and incredibly funny writing makes me long for each Wednesday evening. As far as I can tell, the show doesn’t go out of its way to signal its location (as opposed to Flash Forward or Dexter, for example).  The focus [...]

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T on November 1st, 2009

The long-awaited Season 4 of Dexter has begun, and it’s shaping up to be a great one.  Dexter is not only enjoyable to watch, but because much of it is taped in Southern California (sorry Miami!), it is also fun to locate the various places where it was shot. Seeing Stars is a great resource [...]

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T on September 25th, 2009

So, the new show FlashForward had its debut last night. I knew that it was set in Los Angeles, thanks to the Franklin Avenue blog. But as I was watching it, it looks even more familiar. And then I realized that I had come across it while they were filming back in March.  I even [...]

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T on August 30th, 2009

Last month I wrote about the movie (500) Days of Summer, and how it showcased many of downtown LA’s historic buildings (and on top of that, it’s a fun movie!) So when I saw on the Los Angeles Conservancy’s facebook page that they’d be leading a tour of many of the shooting locations, I wanted [...]

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T on July 31st, 2009

Just caught a showing of the indie film (500) Days of Summer. Normally I wouldn’t be writing about a movie on this blog. But in addition to being a clever and enjoyable flick, this film really showcases downtown Los Angeles. In fact, if this blog weren’t such a recent addition to cyberspace, one might almost [...]

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