GMMR Hits LA This Week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I’m leaving Boston on Thursday and heading to Los Angeles, CA!! As much as I’m looking forward to a few days of R&R, the trip is a little bittersweet. I had hoped (against all hopes) that I would somehow get access to TV’s greatest night…the Emmys. Luck wasn’t being much of a lady this year (more like a street walker), so I’ll be watching the big event on TV, just like all of you. The only difference is that I’ll be doing it from my hotel room in Downtown LA. So close yet so very, very far. 

The trip is still going to be fantastic, as I’m traveling with a VERY fun friend. We are going to have a blast! Maybe we’ll even run into a few of our favorite TV stars while we are in town.

Let’s face it, I’ve had some luck with celebrity sightings during my past few jaunts to the Left Coast. February was my first trip to Cali and I got to hang with the cast of Veronica Mars. Not too shabby (sometimes it’s good to be a blogger). My second trip out the California was just a month later when my girlfriends and I hit up Palm Springs and LA to celebrate my friends 30th birthday. We were lucky enough to run into a bunch of celebs including One Tree Hill’s James Lafferty & Hiliarie Burton, Drew Barrymore, Isaac Mizrahi, the cast of The Hills, and a drunk off her ass Tara Reid (like there’s another version of her) among others.

So what can I expect this trip? Well fingers crossed on some TV celeb sightings as the best of the best will be in town for The Emmys. Anything is possible.

On my dream trip, here’s what happen:

…I just happen to run in to the cast of The Office having a few drinks at the local watering hole, and they invite me to join them.

… McDreamy and I are at the same restaurant on Saturday night and we share a smile over sushi.

…And you never know if Denis Leary will be sitting next to me in a sports bar catching the Sox game. Anything is possible – this is LA people…dreams happen here!!

OK, ok I probably won’t be posting pics of John Krasinski and I singing “Islands in the Stream” at a karaoke bar, but I promise to do my best to keep you up to date while I’m away. And if you listen really closely, you just might be able to hear me squee for joy when Steve Carell and The Office take home their first of many Emmy awards.

Just a few housekeeping items…

Despite my trip, I will still be hosting my “Office” TVj session over at BuddyTV.com on Thursday night. So join us at 8:30pm EST and we’ll watch The Office together!! Don’t forget to head over right now and set a reminder for yourself. Angela Kinsey even gave our new adventure a little shout out on her MySpace blog…how I ADORE her!!

In other Office related news (sorry it’s so Dunder Mifflin-centric today), I wasn’t able to score an in-person interview with Rainn Wilson or J. Kras while I was out in LA (wah wah), but my phone interview with Rainn Wilson is still on for Septemeber (woo hoo), so be thinking of some more great questions so we can discuss when I get back.

It’s going to be a bit tough to blog pool side while I’m gone, so if you find any interesting TV-related articles or news, be sure to pass them on. That might be a great way to keep GMMR fresh while I’m in LA.

I won’t be able to live blog the Emmy telecast, but I’ll be back on Monday with all the highlights and disappointments of the night. Is anyone else as crazy excited for the Emmys as I am. Let’s hope Conan skewers the Emmy voters for their whacked out nominations this year. At least one Lauren Graham/Kristell Bell reference must be made.