Gem's Gems: My LA Photo Diary
"More like a clothes-obsessed batty moth rather than social butterfly, last month I flapped my wings hard enough to get across the Atlantic to go on a (quite ridiculous) holiday to the City of Angels.
Los Angeles... The city where dreams are made and the place I always said I didnt care about visiting 'doesnt appeal to me - too plastic' I'd say with a boringly pretentious tone. When I heard Caroline & Dawn were both going to be in La-La land at the same time it was too much of an opportunity to miss. Life works in mysterious ways after all. I'm strong believer in that it's okay to change your mind.
We stayed at at The Roosevelt Hotel to spend the day by the pool, the food is yummy (including these amazing brownies), and it has the hippest of decadent old Hollywood atmospheres I experienced. Marilyn Monroe once lived there and I can see why."
Gem's Gems: My LA Photo Diary
"The holiday marked something rare and unexpected. To mark the relationship with the two people I fell in love with in the jungle (yes you read that right), fellow telly-box beauties Dawn Porter and Caroline Flack.
In the past three years that I've considered myself a professional of any sort, there have been many wonderful people that I have worked with and got on more than splendidly with too - weve enjoyed parties after work hours, shared deep secrets and swapped life lessons to boot. But in most cases, it's hard to keep in as regular contact as you did when you were working intensely on that particular job - when they were your actual colleagues as well as mates."
Gem's Gems: My LA Photo Diary
"We spent a lot of our days shoooooopppping!! I ended up buying so much that (including a 70s glass, lamp in the form of a bunch of grapes, a Mexican dress & wooden Wizard of Oz printed clutch bag) that I had to pay for extra baggage on the flight home.
Without doubt the best rummaging was at the highly recommended flea market in the ground's of Fairfax High School, 7850 Melrose Ave, LA, 90046."
Gem's Gems: My LA Photo Diary
"Here are the shoes I couldn't afford but still wake up thinking about are from a slightly hippy/kinky underwear shop called 'Evolve or nothing at all' at 7216 Melrose Ave, LA CA 90020"
Gem's Gems: My LA Photo Diary
"This is me having a coffee break with the girls!"
Gem's Gems: My LA Photo Diary
"I was stopped in the street on the way home from shopping and asked if I wanted to be in a 'film'. I obliged and I ended up being directed and everything. We later found out it was for a scene in the Dutch version of Celebrity Apprentice. See LA really is the city to become famous!"
Gem's Gems: My LA Photo Diary
"This is me and Caroline having fun at The Standard Hotel. This place is well worth a visit even if just for a sit in these chairs if youre ever in LA."
Gem's Gems: My LA Photo Diary
"Venice Beach, we re-named it Camden-on-sea looks similar don't you think? Get your fortune told on here it's not as scary as you'd think; apparently Caroline & I are going to live to beover a 100 (individually! Not put together."
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