Archive for September, 2009

Happy 10th Birthday, On Location Tours!

It’s our 10th Anniversary and we’re partying tonight!
Georgette Blau founded On Location Tours in 1999 at the age of 24.  A 1996 graduate of Skidmore College, she is a success story who turned her passion for classic television and movies into the largest TV and movie location tour company in the world.
When she realized [...]

Small-Business Owners Are Coping, and Feeling Grateful for the Bright Spots

By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: September 27, 2009

Georgette Blau, 35, is president of On Location Tours, a Manhattan-based company that offers entertainment-themed tours of New York locations from movies like “Sex and the City” and television shows like “Gossip Girl” for about $40. Tourism from Europe rebounded more quickly than many tour operators had expected, [...]

Celeb Spotting on Tour

On Saturday’s 3pm Sex & the City Tour, Selena’s group was lucky enough to spot not one, but two and a half celebs!
Spotted:

Mickey Rourke (in front of the White Horse Tavern on Hudson)
Matthew Broderick & son James Wilke sitting on their stoop in the West Village.

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Blair’s Dorm Shopping List!

From the Gossip Girl Blog:

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Gossip Girl Tour Sneak Peek! (video)

Hop on board the Gossip Girl Sites Tour with tourguide Lindsey (”like Lohan but I don’t smoke crack!”).  Here’s a sneak peek from our newest tour:

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Spotted: Justin Long on the TV & Movie Tour – now with pics!

Super-nice Justin Long was on-set filming Going the Distance when our eagle-eyed (and newlywed!) guide Brian happened upon him with the TV & Movie Tour.  Rather than run away, Justin was awesome and took pictures with the bus and signed autographs!
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Spotted: SJP on the SATC Tour!

Lucky SATC Guide Ally got to see Sarah Jessica Parker filming Sex & the City 2 on yesterday’s tour!
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Gossip Girl Filming at The Met Today!

Our Gossip Girl Tour ran into the show filming today on the steps of the Met — tons of cute extras in Constance Billard and St. Jude’s uniforms. Apparently because The Met is closed on Mondays it makes for the perfect shooting time on the steps. Check it out next week!
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What To Do in NYC in the Rain

Today’s rainy day reminded Meagan of her misadventures several weekends ago: trying to entertain visiting friends in New York in the rain. Can you believe a resource on this does not exist? So we created our own!
What to do in New York City in the Rain

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What’s up with Bluck/Chair?

From Gossip Girl Blog:
Chuck and anyone else?  DO. NOT. WANT.  Still utterly confused by what’s going on with him and Blair.  You’d think that if the two of them broke up, B would out in the city finding a new man to scratch her itches.  Could Chuck have broken her heart?  Again?  Hmm… I’m totally [...]