A random selection from the site

  • The “Wicked City” Library

    The “Wicked City” Library

    ‘ I have one more Wicked City location up my sleeve (for the time being, at least – I did track down a couple of others after watching the recently-released final five episodes, but have yet to stalk them) – the former Second Church of Christ, Scientist in West Adams, which masked as an L.A.…

  • 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…

  • Chez Jacques from “Mannequin”

    Chez Jacques from “Mannequin”

    ‘ If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times – I hate incorrect filming location information!  Case in point – while researching Mannequin locales prior to my recent trip to Philadelphia, I came across a mention online that the movie’s restaurant scene was shot at the now defunct Dewey’s Famous on Locust…

  • The Next Few Weeks . . .

    The Next Few Weeks . . .

    ‘ I have to apologize for being a bit MIA recently.  My dad is having a pretty major surgery in Los Angeles next week and we have been traveling back and forth to consult with his doctors.  I will be spending the coming weeks in L.A., as well, for his surgery and recovery and while…

  • Rainy Day Stalking at Jennifer Aniston’s Former Beach House!

    Rainy Day Stalking at Jennifer Aniston’s Former Beach House!

    ‘ In honor of today’”‘”‘s rain storm, I thought I’”‘”‘d blog about a rainy day stalking adventure I had a few years back – the day I found Jennifer Aniston‘”‘”‘s Malibu beach house. Jen rented this beach house shortly after her separation from Brad Pitt. Sad to say, this location was a very hard one…

  • The Old Place Restaurant from “Twin Peaks”

    The Old Place Restaurant from “Twin Peaks”

    ‘ A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from a fellow stalker named Brad who runs a website named Brad D Studios where, among other things, he chronicles filming locations from David Lynch productions.  I spent the next few hours perusing Brad’s site and was ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED to discover that every episode of…

  • Bob Hope Patriotic Hall from “Flashdance”

    Bob Hope Patriotic Hall from “Flashdance”

    ‘ Anyone who has ever driven on the I-10 Freeway east of downtown Los Angeles has most likely noticed the A-line, red-roofed building that towers over the skyline to the south.  That building is Bob Hope Patriotic Hall.  I have passed by it hundreds of times and have always wanted to venture inside.  A couple…

  • Shannen Doherty’s Former House

    Shannen Doherty’s Former House

    ‘ One of the first locations I ever stalked, long before I moved to the L.A. area, was the residence that Shannen Doherty called home during the height of her Beverly Hills, 90210 fame.  I was on summer vacation in between my Junior and Senior years of college at the time and had flown down…

  • The Rum House from “Birdman”

    The Rum House from “Birdman”

    ‘ The Grim Cheaper typically could care less about filming locations, but he is absolutely obsessed with the movie The Godfather.  So I included a couple of locales from the 1972 Best Picture winner on the itinerary for our recent trip to the Big Apple.  One of those spots was Hotel Edison, a historic Theater…

  • Heather’s House from “New Nightmare”

    Heather’s House from “New Nightmare”

    ‘ Way back in April, after stalking the talking road condition sign location from L.A. Story (which I blogged about here) and Malibu Hindu Temple from Beverly Hills Ninja (which I blogged about here), Mike, from MovieShotsLA, took me to the Tarzana-area house where Heather Langenkamp (who played herself) lived with her husband, Chase Porter…