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  • Grease is the Word!

    Grease is the Word!

    ‘ Grease has long been a favorite movie of mine, ever since I was a little girl, actually. I still have pictures of my friend Nat and I at eight years old dressed up in her mom’”‘”‘s wigs and 50s clothes acting out scenes from Grease in front of the TV. One of our favorite…

  • Atlas Sausage from “Surviving Christmas”

    Atlas Sausage from “Surviving Christmas”

    ‘ My blog is likely to be light on content over the next month, as I have quite a few trips and excursions planned.  As such, I figured there was no time like the present to begin my Christmas-themed postings.  So here goes.  (I also have a very exciting non-Christmas-related article hitting the blog next…

  • Houses from “Life in Pieces”

    Houses from “Life in Pieces”

    ‘ Today’s post is once again brought to you by my friend, fellow stalker Michael (you can read his other fabulous guest columns here, here, here and here).  As was the case yesterday, this article is, surprisingly, not about a The Brady Bunch location.  Take it away, Michael! Each fall I’m always excited as the…

  • My “Sex and the City” Bachelorette Party

    My “Sex and the City” Bachelorette Party

    ‘ As I mentioned in Tuesday’s blog, this past weekend I headed up to Northern California to celebrate my final days of singlehood with a bachelorette party in San Francisco.  My friends Nat and Kylee planned the entire celebration and until I actually arrived at the party site, I had absolutely no idea of what…

  • Charlie Rich’s Former Palm Springs Estate

    Charlie Rich’s Former Palm Springs Estate

    ‘ Another location that Jennifer Grant spoke fondly of in Good Stuff, the memoir about her late father, actor Cary Grant, was the Palm Springs estate belonging to Cary’s good friend, Las Vegas Dunes Hotel owner Charlie “Kewpie” Rich.  Many weekends of Jennifer’s childhood were spent at “Uncle Charlie’s” lush, four-acre Coachella Valley oasis, which…

  • The 90210 Pilot Church

    The 90210 Pilot Church

    ‘ A few days ago I sent Mike, from MovieShotsLA, a screen capture of the church featured in the pilot episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. I had a hunch he might know where it was located – and, sure enough, he did! He immediately called me and said “That’”‘”‘s the Spiderman church!” as it was…

  • Jules’ House from “The Intern”

    Jules’ House from “The Intern”

    ‘ For our recent Big Apple vacation, the Grim Cheaper and I took a red eye into New York, leaving Palm Springs at 11 p.m. and landing in NYC at 6:30 a.m.  Working off zero sleep, we were obviously exhausted upon arrival (me especially considering the copious amounts of calming drugs I ingested to curtail…

  • Go Team Nicole!

    Go Team Nicole!

    ‘ My mom called me in a complete tizzy last week screaming at me to immediately turn my TV onto Bravo. It turns out that Nicole, Nick Arrojo’”‘”‘s assistant who worked on my mom’”‘”‘s hair during her appointment with Nick last December, is currently competing on Season 2 of the TV show Shear Genius. Shear…

  • New “L.A.” Mag Post About “The Postman Always Rings Twice” Train Station

    New “L.A.” Mag Post About “The Postman Always Rings Twice” Train Station

    ‘ Be sure to check out my latest Los Angeles magazine article, about East Los Angeles Union Pacific Station, an abandoned train depot from The Postman Always Rings Twice! ‘

  • Monrovia High School from “A Cinderella Story”

    Monrovia High School from “A Cinderella Story”

    ‘ My taste in movies is about as mature and refined as my palate, which favors chicken strips and ranch dressing above all else.  Case in point – I am obsessed with the 2004 tween romance A Cinderella Story.  Chad Michael Murray?  Hilary Duff on roller skates?  A high school love story?  A pink ‘50s…