Which can’t be good news for poor Walter, when she meets up with him at the Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at 59th Street. Smitten Annie is soon whizzing across the States to the northwest, where she spies on Sam playing with his son at Alki Beach Park, Alki Avenue SW at 58th Avenue SW, on the northwest shore of West Seattle. In 1993, the restaurant stood at 1904 4th Avenue, but has since moved premises, though not too far, to 2001 Fourth Avenue at Virginia Street. In real life, the three-story property, which was originally built in 1900, houses 1,995 square feet of space and 3.5 baths. He takes her for a meal at the Dahlia Lounge, one of Seattle’s top restaurants, where Annie’s hired detective surreptitiously photographs the couple. It’s also in the market that Sam shops with his prospective date, Victoria, she of the hyena-laugh. Meanwhile, Sam’s pal, Jay ( Rob Reiner), is giving him some man-to-man advice about the mysteries of dating, sex and tiramisu in the Athenian Inn, 1517 Pike Place ( tel: 206.624.7166), a breakfast and lunch eaterie in the Main Arcade of Seattle’s landmark Pike Place Market. You’ll notice that no lawsuits were ever filed by anyone. Believe me, the creators of FRASIER were not stuck and said, What is Nora Ephron up to But it does highlight that ideas do originate coincidentally. The wonderfully elaborate library, where Annie visits her brother Dennis ( David Hyde Pierce) to talk over her creeping doubts about marriage, is the Peabody Conservatory of Music, 1 East Mount Vernon Place. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE was in development for several years before FRASIER was conceived, but here is a true case of coincidence. Sleepless In Seattle location: Annie visits her brother at the library: Peabody Institute, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore
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