Graduation Photos In Stars Hollow

It's no secret that Natalie and I love the show Gilmore Girls. It's about a mother and daughter and it's absolutely hilarious. And touching. (It's on Netflix and Hulu if you want to watch.)

It was filmed in Burbank, California at the Warner Brothers Studios and for the holidays, they dressed up the town so anyone could walk around. I thought, oh, since we're going, how about we do some graduation photos? Natalie agreed. 

And so we ran around the town we fell in love with and snapped some pics. 

The famous Stars Hollow sign was out, so we headed there first:

Then we stopped by Luke's, which was the most popular stop, so pics weren't the easiest:

They had Bjork the Snow Woman out:

We rushed over to Doose's Market:

Naturally the gazebo was a must:

We always love Kim's Antiques. Mrs. Kim never fails to make us laugh. "Boys don't like funny girls!" 

Books are the best, so Stars Hollow Books had to be included:

Gypsy can fix any vehicle and she's brash and to the point. I pictured Richard Gilmore here insisting that Gypsy go over the car Dean built Rory over and over to make sure it was safe:

"DID SOMEBODY SAY JACKSON?"

Okay, so this wasn't really where the Dragonfly Inn was filmed, but it was set up like the Dragonfly Inn. The sign was there, and that was cool. 

We had to take a pic with the giant portrait of Richard and yes, it's as big as it looks:

As we waited in line to go into Luke's Diner, we saw the outside facade of Abbott Elementary. 

Luke's was so neat, but there's a huge line to get in so you had to hurry through. We managed to get a picture with the iconic cash register:

There were so many places to go. We didn't get to hit them all due to crowds, but we got most of the shots we wanted. 

We had the most amazing time in Stars Hollow and made plenty of memories. I love that she got some graduation pictures in the fictional town that she grew up with. 

She started "watching" the show as a baby with me, and she fell in love with it as she got older. I started watching when it was still on the air and it's surreal that my daughter got to take pictures in Stars Hollow. I remember watching the show and thinking, wow, I hope my daughter and I are close like Lorelai & Rory.

I got my wish.