A random selection from the site

  • The Swordfish Hostage Scene

    The Swordfish Hostage Scene

    ‘ This past weekend, my parents, my fiance and I drove up to Ventura for a little weekend vacay.  And I was absolutely floored to discover – thanks to my new favorite stalking book – that the hostage scene gone wrong from the 2001 movie Swordfish  had been filmed in the coastal town!  But, while my stalking book stated that all…

  • Partying With the Kids From West Bev!

    Partying With the Kids From West Bev!

    ‘ Thanks to a tip from Andrea Sachs who interviewed me a few weeks back for a Washington Post article, I was able to drag my boyfriend to a little shindig for the new 90210 series at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills on Saturday night. The Paley Center, which was started in 1975 by…

  • Bryant-Lake Bowl from “Beautiful Girls”

    Bryant-Lake Bowl from “Beautiful Girls”

    ‘ To appease my good friend and fellow stalker Mike, from MovieShotsLA, who has been on my case ALL WEEK about my constant Minnesota blogging, beginning tomorrow I will be returning to my old stomping grounds, so to speak, by writing about locales in the Los Angeles area.  Unfortunately for Mike, though, there are still…

  • Spencer and Heidi’s Big Day!

    Spencer and Heidi’s Big Day!

    ‘ Well, it’”‘”‘s official!    The reality TV couple that everyone loves to hate tied the knot at a Pasadena church earlier today .  And, of course, I was there to stalk it!!!!  🙂   I have to say it was A-MA-ZING to be there and surprisingly enough, I think I am now on Team Spencer!  I can’”‘”‘t quite believe it…

  • The Sand Acre Estate – Where Marilyn Monroe is Rumored to Have Vacationed

    The Sand Acre Estate – Where Marilyn Monroe is Rumored to Have Vacationed

    ‘ A few weeks ago, while doing research on Seward Johnson’s “Forever Marilyn” statue, which I blogged about yesterday, I came across a press release posted on the Visit Palm Springs website and just about passed out over the mention of a desert-area MM location that I had never before heard of!  The press release…

  • Diane’s House from “Parks and Recreation”

    Diane’s House from “Parks and Recreation”

    ‘ Back in mid-November, a fellow stalker named Vinnie tweeted me to ask if I knew the location of the house belonging to Diane Lewis (whom I had no idea was played by Lucy Lawless, by the way!) – aka the spot where Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) fixed a pothole – in the Season 5…

  • The “Beaches” Mansion

    The “Beaches” Mansion

    ‘ One location that I have been asked about repeatedly ever since I first started my blog almost four years ago (and I CANNOT even believe that it has been that long!!!) is the large Tudor-style mansion where Hillary Whitney Essex (aka Barbara Hershey) lived in the 1988 tearjerker Beaches.  And while it had long…

  • New “L.A.” Mag Post – About The Donut Hole

    New “L.A.” Mag Post – About The Donut Hole

    ‘ Don’t forget to read this week’s post for L.A.mag.com today, about The Donut Hole from Moving Violations.  My articles typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • Jackie Robinson Stadium from “Never Been Kissed”

    Jackie Robinson Stadium from “Never Been Kissed”

    ‘ One location that I attempted to stalk far more times than I actually care to admit is the supposed Chicago, Illinois-area Municipal Stadium where Sam Coulson (aka Michael Vartan) kissed Josie Geller (aka Drew Barrymore) for the very first time during the final scene of fave movie Never Been Kissed.  Fellow stalker Owen had…

  • The “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” Apartment Building

    The “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” Apartment Building

    ‘ A couple of weeks ago, fellow stalker Owen set out upon a mission to try to track down the Spanish-style apartment building where Peter Bretter (aka Jason Segal) lived in the 2008 romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall.  He emailed a few screen captures of the building to me and to the rest of “the…