Lunch (Hour) with Poppy Montgomery

The rain let up for a couple of hours this afternoon and I returned to the filming of "Unforgettable." After studying pictures of Poppy Montgomery and conferring with my colleagues -- we don't get a lot of excitement in the neighborhood, so this was big news -- I realized the woman whose back I'd photographed yesterday was Poppy Montgomery.

It was fun watching the filming, though I was asked to move several times and ended up wedged between two parked cars kitty corner across the street from the where the actors were standing. It was well worth it to be able see a television show being filmed.

If that were my only thrill for the week, I would be perfectly content. But on Thursday night I get to meet one of the sweetest and most talented woman in Blogland. I am so looking forward to our get together. You know there will be pictures!

Wishes for sweet excitement!

(I Think) I Met Poppy Montgomery Today

I don't watch a lot of television. It's not that I don't like to watch television, I do. It's just that I don't get to it. I get home eightish. By the time I eat dinner, glance at the mail, catch up on blogging and email, there isn't much time for television viewing. Many shows have come and gone and been very popular and I am totally unfamiliar with them.

Such was the case when I saw this sign on my way to lunch today.

We work in semi-industrial neighborhood and there's not a lot of filming that goes on in the area. Actually it's the first film shot in walking distance of the office in the six years we've been here. I was excited just at the thought of filming.

This is the scene across from the restaurant we ate in. The police cars are part of the filming. 

When I came out after lunch there were a number of people on the steps of the restaurant. I didn't know anything about "Unforgettable" and asked a nice young woman who were the stars of the show. She told me Poppy Montgomery was the star. I thanked her and started to walk back to the office. Neither I, nor the colleague I ate lunch with was familiar with Poppy Montgomery.  After about a block of walking I googled Poppy Montgomery and the pictures on my phone looked very much like the woman I met.

I may be wrong, but this may be Poppy Montgomery. This was taken just before I asked the woman in green who were the stars of the show, totally unaware that I might be speaking to one of them. Of course, I might be totally wrong and I may just have had a brief conversation with an extra in the cast.

I'm going to spend time on the "Unforgettable" website and get more familiar with my new favorite show. It's definitely filmed on location in Long Island City, NY and it definitely made my day.