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  • My Guide to L.A. – Play

    My Guide to L.A. – Play

    ‘ I originally had more than twenty places featured on this list, but, to make it easier on myself, I decided to break up my Things To Do category into “Play” and “See.”  Today, I’ll be covering Play, aka Los Angeles activities and attractions that I recommend.  Enjoy! 1. Disneyland (1313 Disneyland Drive, Anaheim) –…

  • The “L.A. Story” Intersection

    The “L.A. Story” Intersection

    ‘ The locale from L.A. Story that I was most interested in tracking down was also the one that I thought for sure I would never find – the intersection featured in the movie’s opening montage.  Because the intersection was fairly non-descript, only shown briefly and no clues as to its location visible in the…

  • Father of the Bride House

    Father of the Bride House

    ‘ Had a request today from a co-worker to post the location of the house . Even though in the movie Steve Martin proclaims that he lives in the town of San Marino, his character’”‘”‘s home is actually located a short distance north of San Marino, in Pasadena. The home is beautiful in person, and…

  • Ah, How the Mighty Have Fallen!

    Ah, How the Mighty Have Fallen!

    ‘ This weekend for my boyfriend’”‘”‘s birthday I took him on a surprise little weekend getaway to Newport Beach. He was especially excited because I wasn’”‘”‘t aware of any filming locations in Newport and hadn’”‘”‘t planned any stalking for the weekend. But fate stepped in! While in our hotel room, I happened to open up…

  • The Ransom Apartment

    The Ransom Apartment

    ‘ This past December while in New York I dragged my boyfriend out to stalk Mel Gibson and Rene Russo‘”‘”‘s Upper East Side apartment building from the 1996 movie . I found this location in fave stalking book The apartment building is very beautiful in person, with ornate stone balconies, large windows overlooking Central Park,…

  • Paramount Studios as a Wedding Venue

    Paramount Studios as a Wedding Venue

    ‘ Well, I guess it is finally about time that I start blogging about my wedding, but I can’t very well do that without first writing about the place where I got almost all of my wedding planning inspiration – the Studios at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.  When Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I embarked on…

  • Liberace’s Former Home

    Liberace’s Former Home

    ‘ A couple of weeks ago, while doing some stalking in the Valley, I became a bit obsessed with locating the home where legendary pianist Liberace lived back in the 1950s.  I first heard about this location, ironically enough, from comedian and Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Ryan Stiles, who also owned the property…

  • The “L.A. Story” Gas Station

    The “L.A. Story” Gas Station

    ‘ Last week, while doing research for my post on L’Orangerie, aka Chez Quis restaurant from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, I came across some information on The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations website about the Gilmore Gasoline Service Station on Highland Avenue in Hollywood – a very cool-looking, old-time gas station that appeared in the…

  • Leaving on a Jet Plane

    Leaving on a Jet Plane

    ‘ The Grim Cheaper and I are heading to Switzerland this evening to visit my best friend, who lives there, for a two-week vacation. I have not been to the Land of the Alps since August 1995, when my parents took me there as my high school graduation present. I fell in love with the…

  • The “Secrets and Lies” Brothel

    The “Secrets and Lies” Brothel

    ‘ I found the second season of Secrets and Lies abysmal – which is surprising being that, on paper, it contained several elements that should have made it a sure-fire hit in my book.  Murder mystery premise?  Check!  Shot in L.A.?  Check!  And it starred both AnnaLynne McCord (from my beloved 90210) and David James…