For what it's worth, I had a reader (not Cookie) tell me that NY symbolizes east coast or northeast and California symbolizes west coast. It may not mean the specific state.
May be she is thinking or seeing citys when she cites those places? It is the most common in America for city life I think. Or at least what i think of. So that could be thank you then a gain you would think she would just say city. May be she just sees a symbol for city and assume it mean NYC or California
Cookie can see, somebody is living in LA, and working in Orange County. If that’s not gift, I don’t know what is.
She can even see my profession. For example (changed facts):
Cookie: this guy thinks a lot about someone with blonde hair
Me: I have blonde hair
Cookie: this girl is European.
Me: I am european.
Cookie: this girl is a doctor and works in a hospital.
Me: I am a doctor and I work in a hospital.
Cookie: it’s you. He thinks a lot about you.
She went through a similar series of things trying to puzzle out who she was seeing. It went like this:
Cookie: She's thinking a lot about someone in her life. Who is the woman with lighter hair?
Me: Well the Other Woman has dark hair almost black
Cookie: And how about lighter hair? I see two people with lighter brown hair
Me: My ex and I both have light brown hair
Cookie: And are any of you really tall?
Me: That's me. I'm tall
Cookie: Much taller than either of them? Are you around 5'8" or more?
Me: Yep, that's me. I'm 5'11". They are both about 5'4"
Cookie: Ok, yes, she's thinking a lot about the really tall person, she's missing you
It's freaky honestly. And that wasn't all, she got the city where my ex works correct, too, as well as the amount of distance between us. I gave her no idea that we were long distance but she knew anyway, and not only that, but the correct amount of hours drive from one city to the other.