A random selection from the site

  • The Real Clark W. Griswold House?

    The Real Clark W. Griswold House?

    ‘ I absolutely love Christmastime! Halloween may be my favorite holiday, but the weeks leading up to Christmas are definitely my favorite time of year. Each November I start looking forward to the red and green decorations lining city streets, the twinkle lights adorning houses and store windows, Starbucks eggnog lattes, carolers, the general goodwill…

  • New “Los Angeles” Magazine Post – The Bluth House from “Arrested Development”

    New “Los Angeles” Magazine Post – The Bluth House from “Arrested Development”

    ‘ Don’t forget to check out today’s Los Angeles magazine post – about the model home from Arrested Development – here.  My columns typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • The Poppa’s Popcorn House!

    The Poppa’s Popcorn House!

    ‘ Quite a few months back, I challenged Mike, from MovieShotsLA, to find the house the Ashe family moved into in the Season 2 episode of Beverly Hills, 90210  entitled “Ashes to Ashes”.  In the episode, the African-American family moves in to a home just down the street from the Walshes, causing quite a stir in their…

  • Grand Central Terminal’s Whispering Gallery

    Grand Central Terminal’s Whispering Gallery

    ‘ New York is a magical place.  I always describe it as such.  It is not just the abject filming locations, gorgeous architecture, and surplus of history that make the city so majestic, but the little, notable things that seem to be tucked around every corner.  Take for instance the Whispering Gallery at Grand Central…

  • The Johnson Inn Restaurant from “Beautiful Girls”

    The Johnson Inn Restaurant from “Beautiful Girls”

    ‘ The other Beautiful Girls location that I was most excited about stalking (second only to the main houses used in the movie, of course), while in Minnesota two weeks ago, was the Johnson Inn – the local “Knight’s Ridge, Massachusetts” watering hole where Willie Conway (aka Timothy Hutton), Tommy “Birdman” Rowland (aka Matt Dillon),…

  • Rye Playland

    Rye Playland

    ‘ Another location that fellow stalker Owen visited a few weeks back while spending the day in Rye, New York was the amusement park featured at the very end of the 1988 Tom Hanks movie Big.  Rye Playland, which is also called Playland Amusement Park or just simply Playland and is run by Westchester County,…

  • "And Your 40s Are To Pay For the Drinks!"

    "And Your 40s Are To Pay For the Drinks!"

    ‘ Another day, another SATC location. 🙂 One of the must-see locales of my NYC stalking vacation was the bar where Carrie Bradshaw and her personal assistant, Louise, drank Bellini’”‘”‘s and commiserated over their broken hearts in Sex and the City: The Movie. The bar used in the film is called Bemelman’”‘”‘s and it is…

  • The Canyon Country Store Where Jennifer Aniston Used to Work

    The Canyon Country Store Where Jennifer Aniston Used to Work

    ‘ I just recently finished reading Jennifer: The Unauthorized Biography, a FABULOUS book about my girl Jen Aniston written by Sean Smith, a famed British biographer who has also penned bestselling bios about J.K Rowling, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake.  According to the brief blurb about Smith featured on the book’s first page, the U.K.…

  • The “Fracture” House

    The “Fracture” House

    ‘ A few weeks ago, while doing some cyberstalking, I came across a fabulous filming locations database named Unreel Locations and I just about died when I saw a listing for what the site referred to as “The Fracture House”.  I immediately recognized the property as the ultra modern abode where Ted Crawford (aka Anthony…

  • The Erin Brockovich House

    The Erin Brockovich House

    ‘ Many, many months ago my very good friend and fellow stalker Kerry challenged me to find Julia Roberts’”‘”‘ house from the Academy Award winning movie Erin Brockovich.  Kerry knew that the home was located somewhere in the Ventura area, but had no idea of its exact whereabouts.  So, I, of course, enlisted the help of Mike,…