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  • Our Rehearsal Dinner at POP Champagne & Dessert Bar

    Our Rehearsal Dinner at POP Champagne & Dessert Bar

    ‘ As I’ve mentioned many times before on this blog, POP Champagne & Dessert Bar in Old Town Pasadena is my very favorite restaurant and, even though I wasn’t even engaged at the time, when I first walked through its front doors over a year and a half ago, I immediately knew it was the…

  • The Mama’s Family House

    The Mama’s Family House

    ‘ Last week I got a challenge to find the house used in the 1980′”‘”‘s television series Mama’”‘”‘s Family.  I had heard a while back that Mama’”‘”‘s house was in Pasadena, but had no idea of its exact location.   After doing a simple Google search, though, I quickly found the address.  Or so I thought.  🙂 …

  • Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    ‘ Because I am spending the three day weekend in Palm Springs with my family, I will be taking today off from blogging.  But I’ll be back tomorrow with a whole new post.  In the meantime, I’d like to wish all of my fellow stalkers a Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  I hope you…

  • The Last Bookstore from “Gone Girl”

    The Last Bookstore from “Gone Girl”

    ‘ I love bookstores – and books.  Actual books, not the digitized versions.  You will never catch me reading on a Kindle.  I like the feel of a book in my hands, the physical act of turning the pages and the smell.  I love, love, love the smell of books.  The Grim Cheaper always makes…

  • New Discover L.A. Post – About “Star Trek” Locations

    New Discover L.A. Post – About “Star Trek” Locations

    ‘ Be sure to check out my latest Discover Los Angeles post.  It’s a round-up of Star Trek locations in the L.A. area that I’ve put together in honor of the franchise’s upcoming 50th anniversary.  You can read it here. And on a side-note, I’d like to wish a very happy anniversary to my parents…

  • Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank from “Heat”

    Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank from “Heat”

    ‘ While doing some stalking in the Burbank area way back in November of last year, I dragged the Grim Cheaper out to the Bob’s Big Boy restaurant on Riverside Drive to grab a bite to eat.  And even though the eatery has quite a vast Hollywood history, is a filming location, serves fried food…

  • The Lounge – The Site of Britney and Justin’s Dance-Off

    The Lounge – The Site of Britney and Justin’s Dance-Off

    ‘ If you are anything at all like me, you eagerly tuned in to watch Lifetime’”‘”‘s Britney Spears biopic Britney Ever After the evening of February 18th.  If not, you seriously missed out.  It was amazing – in the way that only bad Lifetime movies can be amazing.  The two-hour made-for-television flick chronicled a decade…

  • Bad Day!

    Bad Day!

    ‘ This past Friday was an exceptionally bad day for me and my family.  Not only did I have to take my dad to the emergency room, but while we were there we received a phone call that my uncle was being rushed into the OR for an emergency bypass surgery – it ended up…

  • A Much-Needed Vacay!

    A Much-Needed Vacay!

    ‘ The Grim Cheaper and I are embarking upon a much-needed vacay – a real vacation, yahoo! – this morning, so I will be taking the entire next week and the following Monday off from blogging.  But I will be back on Tuesday, August 14th with a whole new location. I would also like to…

  • The Sharper Image from “When Harry Met Sally”

    The Sharper Image from “When Harry Met Sally”

    ‘ Movies don’t typically surprise me, as far as locations go.  But When Harry Met Sally has me absolutely shocked as of late!  Ever since first seeing the romcom when it debuted back in 1989, I had been under the impression that it was lensed entirely in New York.  The city is so woven into…