How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Judy Reyes

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Set us as preferred Judy Reyes was nursing a severe case of homesickness when she arrived in Los Angeles nearly 25 years ago.“Every month we’d have a hiatus on ‘Scrubs’ and every month, I’d head back east,” says Reyes, who plays head nurse Carla Espinosa on the ABC medical dramedy.

The Bronx-born Dominican actor missed her family, friends and the theater company she helped start in 1992.She also feared she would forget her New York roots and wanted to “keep it real,” she quips.

“I was so worried about being fake and not keeping it real.” In Sunday Funday, L.A.people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town.

Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends.Over time, her trips back home became less frequent, especially after she got pregnant with her now teenage son and her New York family relocated down South.She’s since settled into the place she’s called home for the last three decades.

Earlier this year, Reyes reprised her breakthrough TV role on “Scrubs,” which initially ended in 2010 after a nine-season run.Meanwhile, she’s been splitting her time on set with another ABC workplace drama, “High Potential.” She plays Lt.

Selena Soto, who leads a team of LAPD crime solvers.Off screen, Reyes is also the executive producer of “Freestyle: A Love Story,” a stage production that follows two lovers who meet at a freestyle show.

For over 30 years, Judy Reyes has graced Hollywood with her fierceness.As the industry fluctuates, the Bronx-born heroine of ABC’s “Scrubs” and “High Potential” talks about what grounds her.Just weeks before the production debuts on Nov.

6 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Reyes shared a jam-packed Sunday Funday, which primarily takes place in Studio City.On the agenda are New York-style bagels (...