“I say,

those people will always be thirsty on those hot stakeouts

without a water fountain in sight.”

Steve Carrell’s daughter selling lemonade to the paparazzi.

Coordinated surveillance of a location is referred to as a stakeout. It’s generally performed covertly in order to collect data about a criminal, a celebrity, or their activity. I could wax on about my own quiet neighborhood erupting with suspicion when tight-lipped Ray-ban-clad drivers were parked on our corner for days.

Dillinger Stake Out Plan at the Biograph Theater – FBI file

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