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  • Stalking the WB – For the Third Time!

    Stalking the WB – For the Third Time!

    ‘ As I’ve mentioned a few times before, this past October, my good friends from Switzerland came to visit my family for a few weeks.  While they were here, I decided to take them on a Hollywood studio tour.  The only problem was I couldn’t decide exactly which Hollywood studio tour to take them on.  So,…

  • Olympic Coffee Shop from “Sharp Objects”

    Olympic Coffee Shop from “Sharp Objects”

    ‘ I’m not sure what it is about old school diners, but I sure have an affinity for them.  My inclination maybe stems from memories of childhood road trips or weekend mornings spent at greasy spoons with my parents during my early years or my nostalgic nature in general.  Whatever the cause, if I see…

  • Latest “L.A.” Mag Post – The Target “Say Anything” Commercial

    Latest “L.A.” Mag Post – The Target “Say Anything” Commercial

    ‘ Don’t forget to read today’s Scene It Before post for Los Angeles magazine – about the Say Anything-inspired Target commercial.  You can find it here.  My columns typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • Myra Jones’ Former House

    Myra Jones’ Former House

    ‘ Though I love true crime and pretty much all of its facets, there are some cases that I find too sad and disturbing to read about, research, do any stalking of, or feature on my blog.  Today’s locale, the site of the brutal rape and murder of a 71-year-old grandma, is not one I…

  • La Quinta Resort & Club

    La Quinta Resort & Club

    ‘ Brace yourselves, my fellow stalkers, ‘cause today’s post is going to be a long one!  As I mentioned yesterday, the Grim Cheaper and I spent this past weekend in Palm Springs and we came to do so thanks to an extremely serendipitous course of events.  Last Wednesday night, I was curled up on my…

  • Chabelita Tacos from “Truth or Dare”

    Chabelita Tacos from “Truth or Dare”

    ‘ Roadside taco stands don’t usually conjure up images of the macabre.  Today’s locale is no different.  In fact, the eatery – Chabelita Tacos – is a bright and colorful addition to the Harvard Heights skyline.  But since it did appear in a memorable scene in the 2018 horror flick Truth or Dare, I thought…

  • The Bar from Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” Video

    The Bar from Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” Video

    ‘ UPDATE: While I originally thought that the video’”‘”‘s pool hall scenes were also shot at this location, that is not the case.  The pool segments were actually shot at the Brunswick Billiard Academy, which was formerly located in the basement of the San Fernando Building at 400 South Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. …

  • Joe’s Apartment from the Second Season of “You”

    Joe’s Apartment from the Second Season of “You”

    ‘ The second season of You couldn’t have been more quintessentially L.A.!  Nowhere is that more evident than in the apartment building that served as Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) new West Coast home.  As a reader commented about the place to me last week on Facebook, “It seems like I’ve passed it 284739484 times in…

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Childhood Orphanage

    Marilyn Monroe’s Childhood Orphanage

    ‘ It’s shaping up to be Marilyn Monroe week here at iamnotastalker, because here I am yet again blogging about yet another location relating to the late actress.  Thanks to the “Movie Star Homes and Notorious Crime Scenes” map that Mike, from MovieShotsLA, purchased for me while the two of us were out and about…

  • The Dorchester from “Mannequin”

    The Dorchester from “Mannequin”

    ‘ I’ve made no secret of my love for Mannequin over the past few months.  As I’ve mentioned, my sole reason for heading to Philadelphia this past September was to stalk locales from the 1987 comedy, one of which was The Dorchester, the building where Jonathan Switcher’s (Andrew McCarthy) girlfriend Roxie (Carole Davis) lived.  (You…