A random selection from the site

  • Taking the Day Off

    ‘ My dad has unfortunately been in the hospital since Sunday evening, so I did not have time to write a new post for today.  Hopefully I will be back tomorrow, though, with a whole new location. Until next time, Happy Stalking!  🙂 ‘

  • Courteney Cox’s Former Home

    Courteney Cox’s Former Home

    ‘ In honor of the recent sale of Courteney Cox‘”‘”‘s John Lautner designed Malibu home, I thought I’”‘”‘d do a little stalking of a house she lived in way back in the day. During the first two seasons of , Courteney Cox lived in a charming little house in Santa Monica, located just a few…

  • The New Peach Pit

    The New Peach Pit

    ‘ Over the years there have been several locations used around LA for the filming of the Peach Pit on my fave TV show, Beverly Hills, 90210. And now there is one more location to add to the already long list. My buddy Mike over at MovieShotsLA gave me the scoop on last week’”‘”‘s filming…

  • 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…

  • Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood

    Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood

    ‘ Two weekends ago, while doing some stalking in the Hollywood area, I dragged the Grim Cheaper out to the Hollywood & Highland Shopping Center to grab a quick drink at Lucky Strike Lanes, an oft-used filming location and celebrity hot-spot.  While I had first heard about the bowling alley/lounge when it originally opened eight…

  • David’s Bungalow from “Beverly Hills, 90210”

    David’s Bungalow from “Beverly Hills, 90210”

    ‘ This past Tuesday night, Geoff, from the 90210locations website, asked for my help in tracking down the blue and white bungalow where Carly Reynolds (aka Hilary Swank) – and in later years David Silver (aka Brian Austin Green), Dylan McKay (aka Luke Perry), and Noah Hunter (aka Vincent Young) – lived during Season 8…

  • Phil’s Diner from “The X-Files”

    Phil’s Diner from “The X-Files”

    ‘ When I was in L.A. last week, Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I spent two full days stalking.  Our adventures took us from one end of Los Angeles to the other.  At one point, while in North Hollywood, we passed by Phil’s Diner at 5230 Lankershim Boulevard and stopped to snap some pics.  I figured…

  • Orcutt Ranch Horticultural Center & Community Garden from “La La Land”

    Orcutt Ranch Horticultural Center & Community Garden from “La La Land”

    ‘ On paper, La La Land looked like my perfect movie.  I love Ryan Gosling.  I love Emma Stone.  I love musicals.  And I LOVE L.A.  The film just didn’t work for me, though.  I realize mine is a vastly unpopular opinion, but I found La La Land to be too long, too slow, and…

  • Loretta Young’s Palm Springs House

    Loretta Young’s Palm Springs House

    ‘ While doing research on the Playa del Rey house where Judy Lewis (secret love child of Loretta Young and Clark Gable) was born (which I blogged about here), I came across a November 2011 The New York Times article about Lewis’ recent death which stated that the actress/psychotherapist was finally told the true story…

  • The “Last Man Standing” House

    The “Last Man Standing” House

    ‘ The Grim Cheaper and I watch a lot of TV.  Like a lot.  So I am always surprised when I receive an email from a reader asking about a location from a show I am not familiar with.  Such was the case in January, when fellow stalker Marjorie reached out to ask for my…