Happy Birthday, Tori!
It’s time to celebrate the birth of a local celebrity.
Happy 34th Birthday, Tori Spelling!
What, Tori Spelling, a local? Yes, she and husband, Dean McDermott recently purchased a bed and 
breakfast, Chateau La Rue in Fallbrook, where they are shooting the new reality series, ”Tori and Dean: Inn Love,” which premiered on Oxygen in 
March . You can watch videos on this site, or go to their blog to communicate with the star. (Oxygen has just picked up the series for a second season.)
Tori often gets a pretty bad rap in the press, and it’s easy to poke fun at her. She did grow up richer than just about anyone in the 
universe, and her father, Aaron Spelling, did create a character for her (Donna) in one of the shows he created (”90210″), thereby handing her an acting career.
Tori has actually earned 44 acting credits (according to IMDB), not including her starring role in “So NoTORIous,” a sitcom partly based on her own life, running last year on VH1.
If you haven’t yet become a Tori fan, I can recommend a film in which she was really very good. Really! It’s an indie, and the plot is totally twisted (which is probably why I enjoyed it so much); a very dark comedy. Tori plays Lesly, the fiance of one of the main characters, and I honestly don’t think anyone could have done it better. The film is “The House of Yes.” If you like indies, I heartily recommend it. (It stars the queen of the indies, Parker Posey, so that alone is worth a viewing.)
I’ve seen lots of really vicious attacks on Tori online, often claiming she stole her husband from his first wife. I’ve also seen much fan mail, calling her a comedic genius. Whether you love her or hate her, she’s a San Diegan now, and a new mama too, so let’s just show her our hospitality and say:
Welcome to San Diego, Tori, and Happy Birthday!
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3 opinions for Happy Birthday, Tori!
Chloe
May 17, 2007 at 6:34 am
I have never been a Tori fan but I’m curious about the B&B and being the foodie that I am, I’m dying to find out what kind of goodies they actually serve there. Do post if you are able to check it out.
P.S. Happy Mother’s day to you (or your mom)!
Carole A. Lane
May 17, 2007 at 10:41 am
I was very curious about the B&B too, but I don’t have access to the Oxygen network (I opted for DIY Network instead), so I didn’t think I’d get to watch the show.
Guess what! If you go to http://www.oxygen.com/innlove/, you can watch episode after episode filmed at the B&B. There’s even one episode where they go room by room talking about what the rooms used to look like, what they changed, who did the lighting, etc.
The next time I go through Fallbrook, I’ll definitely want to get a look first-hand, but until then, the video tour is great.
Carole
May 18, 2007 at 1:22 am
Just an FYI update: ET just reported that Tori & Dean didn’t actually buy the B&B; they leased it with an option to buy.
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