A random selection from the site

  • New “L.A.” Mag Post – About Phil’s Halloween Open House from “Modern Family”

    New “L.A.” Mag Post – About Phil’s Halloween Open House from “Modern Family”

    ‘ Be sure to read today’s Scene It Before post for Los Angeles magazine – about Phil’s Halloween open house from Modern Family.  My columns typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • The Home Where Marvin Gaye Was Killed

    The Home Where Marvin Gaye Was Killed

    ‘ Way back in January, while on a stalking adventure with Mike, from MovieShotsLA, he took me by the West Adams-area home where, on April 1st, 1984, singer Marvin Gaye Jr. was shot and killed by his father, Marvin Gay Sr. (and no, gay is not a typo – Marvin Jr. added an e to…

  • Happy Labor Day!

    Happy Labor Day!

    ‘ I would like to wish a happy Labor Day to all of my fellow stalkers.  I am taking today off, but will be back on Wednesday with a whole new location! ‘

  • Liberace’s Former Home

    Liberace’s Former Home

    ‘ A couple of weeks ago, while doing some stalking in the Valley, I became a bit obsessed with locating the home where legendary pianist Liberace lived back in the 1950s.  I first heard about this location, ironically enough, from comedian and Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Ryan Stiles, who also owned the property…

  • 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,…

  • Ray Pruit’s House

    Ray Pruit’s House

    ‘ Thanks to Geoff over at 90210Locations, I was able to stalk Ray Pruit’”‘”‘s house this past weekend while out in Van Nuys. The home was featured in numerous Season 5 episodes of the series as the abode of Donna’”‘”‘s abusive, pumpkin-patch-owning boyfriend, Ray. At that time, the house was painted a light beige color,…

  • The Reichman Mansion from “Major Crimes”

    The Reichman Mansion from “Major Crimes”

    ‘ The weather in L.A. has finally turned and there is now a crispness in the air ensuring that jacket season is finally upon us.  It is also, unfortunately, time to bid adieu to this year’s Haunted Hollywood postings.  Sadness!  For the next eleven months, I will just be writing about regular ol’ stalking locations. …

  • Elijah Wood’s Former House

    Elijah Wood’s Former House

    ‘ As I have mentioned many times before on my site, this stalker absolutely loves herself some L.A. Magazine – especially “L.A. Story”, one of the publication’s newer columns in which, each month, a different SoCal-bred celeb shares his or her experiences growing up in La La Land.  This month’s column was written by The…

  • Lou Glutz Motors from “Vacation”

    Lou Glutz Motors from “Vacation”

    ‘ Fellow stalker Owen, of the When Write Is Wrong blog, recently embarked upon a mission to try to track down some of the unknown locations from one of his favorite movies, the 1983 classic Vacation.  He had quite a bit of success, too, managing to pinpoint two elusive spots, one of which was the…

  • The Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel

    The Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel

    ‘ While in Catalina this past week, as much as I wanted to stay at the Pavilion Lodge, my family instead opted to book a room at a little place called the Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel.  And even though it’”‘”‘s never been a filming location, because the hotel was once the private residence of world-renowned author…