A random selection from the site

  • Beating the Heat

    Beating the Heat

    ‘ Sorry to have been a bit MIA lately.  I have been travelling back and forth to L.A. over the past two weeks along with the Grim Cheaper and my parents in order to try to beat the heat in Palm Springs (temps got up to 122 degrees last Monday!).  I did do some stalking…

  • Alfred Hitchcock’s Second L.A. Home

    Alfred Hitchcock’s Second L.A. Home

    ‘ As I mentioned in yesterday’s post (which you can read here), in the Spring of 1942, Alfred Hitchcock, his wife, Alma, and their daughter, Pat, moved out of their first Los Angeles-area home (a Bel Air rental that was previously lived in by Carole Lombard) and into a new one, which they purchased, that…

  • Casbah Cafe – The Coffee Shop from “A Lot Like Love”

    Casbah Cafe – The Coffee Shop from “A Lot Like Love”

    ‘ After finding Amanda Peet‘”‘”‘s apartment from A Lot Like Love, I just had to stalk the other locations featured in the movie. Much of the movie was filmed in Sunset Junction, a small community in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles. When Amanda Peet and Ashton Kutcher first reconnect, on New Year’”‘”‘s Eve, they…

  • My Latest “L.A.” Magazine Article

    My Latest “L.A.” Magazine Article

    ‘ L.A. is for lovers!  Don’t believe me?  Check out my latest article for Los Angeles magazine which chronicles seven spots where your favorite romantic (and bromantic) movie and television moments can be re-created.  The blurb can be found on page 74 of the February issue, which is on stands now, and online here.  Bonus…

  • Farralone – Frank Sinatra’s Former House

    Farralone – Frank Sinatra’s Former House

    ‘ While doing research on the Chaplin Court apartment complex, which I blogged about last Thursday, I came across some information about an oft-filmed-at Chatsworth-area estate formerly owned by Old Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, that, for some inexplicable reason, I had somehow not previously known about.  The mansion, which in most circles is known…

  • Madeline Garden Bistro & Venue from “Mad Men”

    Madeline Garden Bistro & Venue from “Mad Men”

    ‘ I have had many different stalking notebooks over the years.  My latest is a gorgeous white Moleskin that I picked up during my Switzerland vacation back in June 2013.  One locale that has been listed in it since I started using it almost four years ago (it’s one of the very first entries), but…

  • "Goose, You Big Stud . . . "

    "Goose, You Big Stud . . . "

    ‘ No self-respecting stalker can take a trip to San Diego without visiting Kansas City Barbecue, which is more commonly known as the “Top Gun Bar”. Kansas City Barbeque was actually featured twice in the 1986 Tom Cruise flick. It first shows up in the scene where Goose and Maverick serenade Kelly McGillis and Meg…

  • Blogging Hawaiian Style

    ‘ It seems even the internet over here is on Hawaiian time, as it only works when it wants to. LOL I can hardly get online to write this short post before it kicks me off. 🙁 I will keep trying to do a regular post throughout the day. Until next time, Happy Stalking! 🙂…

  • The “Encino Man” House

    The “Encino Man” House

    ‘ Lately, I have been on a retro-movie watching kick.  I think it has something to do with ”The ‘80s” issue of Los Angeles magazine that hit newsstands this past July.  Reading through it got me in the mood to revisit decades past.  So I was thrilled when my buddy Mike, from MovieShotsLA, took me…

  • The Weller Residence from “Castle”

    The Weller Residence from “Castle”

    ‘ What is it about Victorian-style dwellings that lends itself so well to scary movies and television shows with a spooky theme?  I so often find myself blogging about Victorians this time of year.  (There’s the Mills View House from House, the Blankenhorn Lamphear House from Teaching Mrs. Tingle, and the Miller and Harriott House…