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  • The Former Site of the “Home Alone 2” Motel

    The Former Site of the “Home Alone 2” Motel

    ‘ One Christmas location that I had been absolutely obsessed with finding for years was the supposed Miami, Florida-area motel where the McCallister family – minus Kevin (Macaulay Culkin), of course – stayed in the 1992 flick Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.  I had always assumed that the place was located in Miami,…

  • Jonathan’s Apartment from “Mannequin”

    Jonathan’s Apartment from “Mannequin”

    ‘ I wanted to go to Philadelphia for one reason and one reason only – to stalk Mannequin locations.  The 1987 comedy is one of my all-time favorites.  I loved it as a kid and love it even more today.  It has pretty much everything I could ever want in a film.  A mannequin that…

  • The Smoke House

    The Smoke House

    ‘ I am a little embarrassed to admit that my latest guilty pleasure is the reality show The Two Coreys on A&E. I love it! So when Corey Haim met with Scott Carlson, the other Corey’”‘”‘s manager, at the Smoke House restaurant in Burbank in one of the first episodes of the season, I of…

  • Pickwick Bowl from “Parks and Recreation”

    Pickwick Bowl from “Parks and Recreation”

    ‘ While watching the Season 4 episode of Parks and Recreation titled “Bowling for Votes” back in June, I wondered aloud about at which bowling alley filming had taken place.  The Grim Cheaper, who happened to hear me, looked up from his ever-present laptop and said, “That’s Pickwick Bowl – part of Pickwick Gardens –…

  • Fresh Prince House – For Real This Time!

    Fresh Prince House – For Real This Time!

    ‘ Major fan Bryan posted a comment on my original asking me to please, please, please find the actual location of the mansion used as the Banks’”‘”‘ house on the 90s show. Bryan told me he had been looking for this location for years and every tour book seemed to have gotten it wrong. Being…

  • Brandi Glanville’s Former House

    Brandi Glanville’s Former House

    ‘ After watching the latest season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, I can say that Brandi Glanville is, without a doubt, my favorite cast member.  I absolutely ADORE her.  (I also love Lisa Vanderpump and Yolanda Foster.  As for the rest of the Housewives?  Well, to borrow one of my grandma’s catch-phrases, they…

  • Blue Blues Café from “Big Little Lies”

    Blue Blues Café from “Big Little Lies”

    ‘ Two episodes in to the latest season of Big Little Lies and I am still missing Blue Blues, the café that figured so prominently in Season 1.  As the Huffington Post recently stated, the loss has left a “Venti cappuccino-sized hole” in my heart.  So I figured it was only proper to devote a…

  • Top of the Tower

    Top of the Tower

    ‘ While there are several restaurants in New York that I LOVE, there is one in particular that stands out far above the rest. That restaurant is named the Top of the Tower and it is located on the 26th floor of the Beekman Tower Hotel. Although the Top of the Tower has been one…

  • Jennifer Aniston’s Former Beach House

    Jennifer Aniston’s Former Beach House

    ‘ While out stalking the ‘Bu with Mike, from MovieShotsLA, a couple of weeks ago, I just about had a complete heart attack as the two of us passed by my girl Jen Aniston’s former beach house and I noticed that the door to the front gate was standing WIDE OPEN!  Let me tell you,…

  • The Omega Beta Zeta House from “Scream 2”

    The Omega Beta Zeta House from “Scream 2”

    ‘ This past Saturday, while I was out stalking the Oscars, fellow stalker Tony spent his day trying to track down the large Victorian mansion which appeared as both the Omega Beta Zeta sorority house in Scream 2 and the Strong residence in Catch Me If You Can.  Tony knew that the house was located…