A random selection from the site

  • A Weekend in Newport

    A Weekend in Newport

    ‘ My parents, the GC and I headed down to Newport Beach for the weekend to celebrate my dad’s birthday.  We stayed at the Balboa Bay Club, which, as you can see above, was decorated quite beautifully for Christmas.  If you are in the area, I HIGHLY recommend stopping by to see their lights.  Anyway,…

  • Laney Boggs’ House from “She’s All That”

    Laney Boggs’ House from “She’s All That”

    ‘ Back in March, when I told fellow stalker Owen, from the When Write is Wrong blog, that fellow stalker Geoff, of the 90210Locations website, had just tracked down the Fundraiser house from L.A. Story (which I blogged about here) in Palos Verdes, he suggested that when I made my way out to the South…

  • Brandi Glanville’s Former House

    Brandi Glanville’s Former House

    ‘ After watching the latest season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, I can say that Brandi Glanville is, without a doubt, my favorite cast member.  I absolutely ADORE her.  (I also love Lisa Vanderpump and Yolanda Foster.  As for the rest of the Housewives?  Well, to borrow one of my grandma’s catch-phrases, they…

  • Doc Brown’s House

    Doc Brown’s House

    ‘ Back to the Future has always been one of my very favorite movies, so when I found out that the interiors of Doc Brown’”‘”‘s house were filmed at a home in Pasadena, I had to run right out to stalk it. The exteriors of Doc’”‘”‘s house were also filmed at a home in Pasadena,…

  • The “Crossroads” Grocery Store

    The “Crossroads” Grocery Store

    ‘ Special Note – I attended a taping of Ellen yesterday afternoon and ended up being ON the show as one of her game contestants.  🙂 🙂 🙂  The episode will air today, so tune in!  I absolutely CANNOT wait to see it!  And now, on with the post . . . A couple of weeks…

  • Drago Ristorante from “Entourage”

    Drago Ristorante from “Entourage”

    ‘ Last Monday afternoon, I found myself having to kill a few hours of time while my car was being repaired at a mechanic’s shop on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, so I headed across the street to grab a latte and some lunch at a restaurant named Aroma Bakery & Café.  I had never before…

  • Café Figaro from “Jerry Maguire”

    Café Figaro from “Jerry Maguire”

    ‘ Today’s post is a long time in the making.  Off and on for years now I have been trying to track down the restaurant where Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) got fired in the 1996 romcom of the same name.  I decided to actively revisit the search a couple of weeks ago and, this time,…

  • New “L.A.” Mag Post – About the Queen Mary

    New “L.A.” Mag Post – About the Queen Mary

    ‘ Don’t forget to check out my latest Los Angeles magazine blog post – about the 80th birthday of the Queen Mary – on LAMag.com.  My columns typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Former Home

    Marilyn Monroe’s Former Home

    ‘ For some reason lately I have been obsessing on Miss Marilyn Monroe. I never really had any interest in her until recently, had never even seen any of her movies all the way through, and generally never really had an opinion about her one way or another. But that all changed about two weeks…

  • Tom Rose’s House from “Beverly Hills, 90210”

    Tom Rose’s House from “Beverly Hills, 90210”

    ‘ This past weekend, the Grim Cheaper surprised me with tickets for the Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert annual Discovery Home Tour as a sort-of Welcome-to-Palm-Springs gift. The tour was an experience, to say the least. I honestly cannot remember the last time the GC and I laughed so hard – and for so…