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  • St. Vincent Court from “The Mentalist”

    St. Vincent Court from “The Mentalist”

    ‘ I cannot wait for the Secret L.A.-themed February issue of Los Angeles magazine to hit newsstands!  The City of Angels is chock full of tucked-away gems and I absolutely love discovering them.  The Grim Cheaper and I just stalked one, in fact, that is also a filming location – St. Vincent Court, which appeared…

  • More Desert Stalking!

    More Desert Stalking!

    ‘ Thanks to my good friend EJ over at the Movieland Directory I was able to do some more Palm Springs stalking this weekend while visiting the desert for a wedding. EJ was so kind as to give me the address of Barry Manilow‘”‘”‘s desert home which I was just dying to stalk!! I do…

  • Kyle Richards’ Former Palm Springs House

    Kyle Richards’ Former Palm Springs House

    ‘ Last weekend, the Grim Cheaper and I once again headed out to Palm Springs for a little weekend getaway and while there I, of course, just had to drag him out to stalk the vacation home formerly belonging to Kyle Richards and her husband, Mauricio Umansky, which was featured in the Season 1 episode…

  • My Coffee With Andre – Agassi, That Is!

    My Coffee With Andre – Agassi, That Is!

    ‘ A few years back, an email entitled “You Know You’re From Los Angeles When . . . “ which was comprised of a list of “Only in L.A.” scenarios circled the World Wide Web.   My personal favorite item on the list was number 28 which stated, “The guy at 8:30 in the morning at…

  • Imperial Western Beer Company from “Blast from the Past”

    Imperial Western Beer Company from “Blast from the Past”

    ‘ I absolutely hate losing things – it is one of my biggest pet peeves, especially when the items can’t be replaced.  Such was the case with a group of photos I took of Union Station’s former Fred Harvey Restaurant back in June 2009.  Upon learning about the site and its appearance as the dance…

  • Monrovia Bakery from the New “Iceland” Pilot

    Monrovia Bakery from the New “Iceland” Pilot

    ‘ During this entire past week, the television pilot for the new Fox comedy series Iceland, which stars Scrubs’ Kerry Bishe, Friday Night Lights’ Zach Gilford, and 24’s John Boyd, has been filming on location on Myrtle Avenue in Old Town Monrovia, just down the street from where my parents now live.  The show, which…

  • Baltimore’s Washington Monument from “Sleepless in Seattle”

    Baltimore’s Washington Monument from “Sleepless in Seattle”

    The Washington Monument, from Sleepless in Seattle , is located at 699 Washington Place in Baltimore . Several other filming locations can be found in the same vicinity, including the Women’s Exchange , also from Sleepless in Seattle , at 333 North Charles Street ; the George Peabody Library , again from Sleepless, at 17…

  • P.S. I Love You

    P.S. I Love You

    ‘ In honor of the big premiere that took place on Tuesday night, I just had to do a little stalking this past weekend. Since my boyfriend and I were out in Palm Springs for a little Labor Day vacay, I dragged him to the Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa which was featured in…

  • Star Stalking – East Coast Style

    Star Stalking – East Coast Style

    ‘ Well, here I am back on the West Coast – wishing I was still in New York! 🙁 I had a fabulous time in Manhattan and did a ton of stalking! I am exhausted tonight, so I will have to save my longer NYC posts for later. But I wanted to say that I…

  • McSorley’s Old Ale House from “Rounders”

    McSorley’s Old Ale House from “Rounders”

    ‘ It has been said that 60% of restaurants close within a year of opening and that 80% don’t make it past year five.  Many in New York, though, have real staying power.  Take McSorley’s Old Ale House, for example.  The East Village watering hole/eatery has been around for more than 16 decades!  Yep, 16…