A random selection from the site

  • Patrick Swayze’s Former Apartment

    Patrick Swayze’s Former Apartment

    ‘ Ever since the Grim Cheaper purchased the Dirty Dancing: Limited Keepsake Edition DVD for me this past Christmas, I have become just a tad bit obsessed with finding out more behind-the-scenes information about the movie.  So, the other day I picked up Patrick Swayze and wife Lisa Niemi’s autobiography which is titled The Time…

  • Dennis Feinstein Headquarters from “Parks and Recreation”

    Dennis Feinstein Headquarters from “Parks and Recreation”

    ‘ Though I chronicled the main locations used on Parks and Recreation pretty extensively for Los Angeles magazine in March, I still have a few of the series’ less prominent locales stockpiled in my backlog and figured it was about time that I covered them.  While watching the Season 7 episode titled “Save JJ’s,” I…

  • JLo Has Left the Building!

    JLo Has Left the Building!

    ‘ OK, so while I know that this is old news and that I have blogged about this location once before, I just had to do a little post on JLo’”‘”‘s (former) restaurant, Madres. Way back in early July, I dragged my boyfriend out to Madre’”‘”‘s to grab a bite to eat as this stalker…

  • My Guide to L.A. – Coffee

    My Guide to L.A. – Coffee

    ‘ I love coffee pretty much more than life itself, but very rarely do I visit independent coffee houses.  I am all about my Starbucks.  I know, I know, true java aficionados are probably shaking their heads right now.  But I like consistency – I like knowing that I can go into any Starbucks in…

  • George Valentin’s Duplex from “The Artist”

    George Valentin’s Duplex from “The Artist”

    ‘ As I mentioned way back in early 2010 in my post about Julia Child’s childhood home, one of the best parts about being in the Screen Actors Guild is the fact that all Guild members are sent several “For Your Consideration” DVDs just prior to the SAG Awards each year.  One of the DVDs…

  • Regular Jon’s Pizza from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”

    Regular Jon’s Pizza from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”

    ‘ Fellow stalker Chas, of the It’sFilmedThere website, recently texted me to let me know he had tracked down a location that I had been curious about for what seemed like forever – the pizza parlor from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.  Thanks to John Hughes’ DVD commentary of the flick, I knew that the restaurant…

  • Harry Bosch’s House from “Bosch”

    Harry Bosch’s House from “Bosch”

    ‘ I contemplated chronicling the best movie and television productions I discovered in 2018 as my first post of the new year.  Had I done so (and I still might later this month), Bosch would have topped the list.  As I mentioned in my recent write-up on Demitasse café, the Grim Cheaper and I started…

  • The Exterior of the Bar from “13 Going On 30”

    The Exterior of the Bar from “13 Going On 30”

    ‘ Another filming location I have been absolutely obsessed with finding for YEARS is the New York restaurant where Jenna hit on the 13 year old boy in fave romantic comedy 13 Going On 30. Ever since the movie was released four years ago I have been searching New York City streets hoping to find…

  • The Burger That Ate L.A. from “Melrose Place”

    The Burger That Ate L.A. from “Melrose Place”

    ‘ Way back in July 2009, a fellow stalker named Zoe emailed me to ask for some help in tracking down a hamburger-shaped restaurant that had appeared regularly in establishing shots on the original Melrose Place. Because I had never really watched the series, though, and had never noticed a burger-shaped eatery in all my…

  • Bleeker’s House from “Juno”

    Bleeker’s House from “Juno”

    ‘ Another Vancouver location that fellow stalker Owen managed to track down was the supposed Minnesota-area house belonging to dorky high school track-star Paulie Bleeker (aka Michael Cera) in the 2007 breakout dramedy Juno.  And even though I was not a big fan of the flick – it was funny and all, but not especially…