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  • The Incorrectly Identified “Leave It to Beaver” House

    The Incorrectly Identified “Leave It to Beaver” House

    ‘ Last week, the latest issue of Los Angeles Magazine arrived in my mailbox and I, of course, tore the thing right open and devoured it in one sitting, as I do pretty much every month. Particularly fascinating was a feature titled “Affairs of Estate” about three unique communities in L.A., one of which –…

  • The “Mr. Deeds” Soda Fountain

    The “Mr. Deeds” Soda Fountain

    ‘ A few weeks ago, while giving my good friend Kerry and her husband a stalking tour of the Pasadena area, we happened to drive by South Pasadena’”‘”‘s Fair Oaks Pharmacy and Soda Fountain, which was used in the 2002 Adam Sandler comedy Mr. Deeds.  When I pointed out the corner drugstore to Kerry and told her of its cinematic…

  • The House Where Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Lived While Writing “Good Will Hunting”

    The House Where Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Lived While Writing “Good Will Hunting”

    ‘ A few months back, Mike, from MovieShotsLA, was doing some research on the town of Eagle Rock when he came across a Wikipedia page which mentioned that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck had lived in the Los Angeles neighborhood – in a home on Hill Drive – while writing the screenplay for their 1997…

  • Lindsay Lohan’s Former Venice Home

    Lindsay Lohan’s Former Venice Home

    ‘ I had originally planned on writing about a different location for today’s post, but last night, when the Grim Cheaper and I sat down to watch Oprah Winfrey interview Lindsay Lohan on Oprah’s Next Chapter, I was reminded of a LiLo locale that I had stalked last November – the Venice Beach house where…

  • Scorpion Headquarters from “Scorpion”

    Scorpion Headquarters from “Scorpion”

    ‘ The Grim Cheaper and I tend to get hooked on a new series every summer.  Well, truth be told, we get hooked on new series all throughout the year (The Goldbergs, Veep, and Vanderpump Rules come to mind).  But during the summer months, we typically pick out a new-to-us show and binge-watch it nightly…

  • Taking Another Day Off

    Taking Another Day Off

    ‘ For my birthday this year, my parents surprised me with a one night’s stay in the room at the Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs where my girl Jen Aniston and then-husband Brad Pitt spent their honeymoon.  (That’s me just about to go into the room for the first time in the above picture.  ) …

  • The Former Site of the “Doogie Howser, M.D.” House

    The Former Site of the “Doogie Howser, M.D.” House

    ‘ This past (dismal and dreary) Sunday afternoon, after stalking the Jack & Jill house, which I blogged about on Tuesday, I dragged the Grim Cheaper a few blocks south to stalk a location that I had been wanting to see in person for years – the Howser residence, where teenage prodigy Dr. Doogie Howser…

  • Taverna Tony

    Taverna Tony

    ‘ This past Saturday afternoon my boyfriend and I met up with my former boss and his wife for some coffee at the Malibu Country Mart – where we sat next to Brian Grazer in the playground area for a good 45 minutes.  But that’”‘”‘s a whole other story.  🙂  After hanging out at the Mart for…

  • 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…

  • Taking the Day Off . . . Again

    Taking the Day Off . . . Again

    ‘ I hope all of my fellow stalkers had a fabulous Thanksgiving holiday!!  I just returned from Lake Arrowhead last night and, unfortunately, did not have time to write a new blog post during my weekend away.  Have no fear, though, as I did manage to get some stalking in while I was there and…