A random selection from the site

  • Don Draper’s House from Mad Men

    Don Draper’s House from Mad Men

    ‘ Got an email last week from fellow stalker Karin who wanted me to locate the house belonging to Donald Draper (played by Jon Hamm) and his wife, Betty (played by January Jones), on the AMC television series Mad Men.   It turns out that my good friend, and fellow stalker E.J., over at The Movieland Directory, had written down a…

  • Britney Spears’ Former Santa Monica Condo

    Britney Spears’ Former Santa Monica Condo

    ‘ Got a from Kayli today, who challenged me to find Britney Spears‘”‘”‘ house. Since Britney’”‘”‘s current home is located far from public view in a gated community, I thought I’”‘”‘d instead blog about a past residence of Ms. Spears. While Brit did not call this condo home during any of her recent mental breakdowns,…

  • New “L.A.” Magazine Post – Boston P.D. from “Rizzoli & Isles”

    New “L.A.” Magazine Post – Boston P.D. from “Rizzoli & Isles”

    ‘ Don’t forget to read today’s Scene It Before post for Los Angeles magazine – about Boston Police Department from Rizzoli & Isles.  You can find it here.  My columns typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • Location Scout-ing!

    Location Scout-ing!

    ‘ While in New York, I just had to take a jaunt over to the real life bar which stood in for Scout, the watering hole owned by Carrie and Miranda’”‘”‘s exes, Steve and Aiden, on Sex and the City. The bar first showed up in the Season Four episode entitled “Ghost Town”, in which…

  • The World’s Most Haunted House

    The World’s Most Haunted House

    ‘ I’ve mentioned before that my good friend Owen, of the When Write Is Wrong blog, and I have an almost eerie synchronicity. So what happened this past Monday shouldn’t have surprised me. Last October, he informed me that there is a pad that has been dubbed “the world’s most haunted house” located in the…

  • Happy Presidents’ Day!

    Happy Presidents’ Day!

    ‘ Happy Presidents’ Day to all of my fellow stalkers!  I am taking today off, but will be back on Wednesday with a new locale.  See you then! ‘

  • The Harper House from “Scream 3”

    The Harper House from “Scream 3”

    ‘ Last Thursday afternoon, before grabbing lunch at Pinches Tacos from The Hills which I blogged about on Tuesday, Mike, from MovieShotsLA, took me by a famous apartment complex in West Hollywood named the Harper House.  Because the Spanish Baroque-style building was featured in Scream 3 (as well as countless other productions), Mike thought that…

  • The Darkroom from “The Big Picture”

    The Darkroom from “The Big Picture”

    ‘ Sometimes I think Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I are one brain living in two different bodies.  Case in point – one of my most beloved movies of all time is the little-known 1989 sleeper The Big Picture, which I saw with my mom shortly after it originally came out almost two-and-a-half decades ago.  In…

  • 54 Holly from “1600 Penn”

    54 Holly from “1600 Penn”

    ‘ Way back in April of last year, my good friend Marci, owner of my very favorite gift shop, Lula Mae, texted me to let me know that something was being filmed at a vacant diner (that was once the site of an eatery named 54 Holly) located just down the street from her store. …

  • The Former Menendez Family Home

    The Former Menendez Family Home

    ‘ Just around the corner from Vincente Minnelli’s former abandoned mansion (which I blogged about yesterday) is the palatial Elm Drive residence where on August 20th, 1989, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez (then 22- and 19-years-old, respectively) shot and killed their parents, entertainment company executive Jose and housewife Mary Louise, aka “Kitty.”  (I honestly cannot…