A random selection from the site

  • Hooked On Houses

    ‘ Jackie over at Hooked On Houses just gave me a very nice shout out linking back to my Father of the Bride post – Thanks, Jackie! Her post includes a very interesting article about the current owners of the FATB house, so check it out! I wasn’”‘”‘t aware that the producers had also used…

  • The Ultimate Guide to the Los Angeles Filming Locations of “Say Anything . . . “

    The Ultimate Guide to the Los Angeles Filming Locations of “Say Anything . . . “

    ‘ 1989. The year the Berlin Wall fell, Disney-MGM Studios opened at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, Game Boy was released by Nintendo, and, on April 14th, Say Anything . . . debuted. Cameron Crowe’s romantic tale of eternal optimist Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) and his resolute love for classmate Diane Court (Ione Skye)…

  • Bryant-Lake Bowl from “Beautiful Girls”

    Bryant-Lake Bowl from “Beautiful Girls”

    ‘ To appease my good friend and fellow stalker Mike, from MovieShotsLA, who has been on my case ALL WEEK about my constant Minnesota blogging, beginning tomorrow I will be returning to my old stomping grounds, so to speak, by writing about locales in the Los Angeles area.  Unfortunately for Mike, though, there are still…

  • Grand Hope Park from “All About Steve”

    Grand Hope Park from “All About Steve”

    ‘ The Hills are alive and well once again thanks to the recent MTV reboot The Hills: New Beginnings which debuted late last month.  I actually did not have high hopes for the show, despite loving the original, but I have to say that the Grim Cheaper and I are really enjoying it.  More mature…

  • Macha Theatre from “The Office”

    Macha Theatre from “The Office”

    ‘ A few weeks ago, Mike, from MovieShotsLA, sent me a link to this article from local website Franklin Avenue which stated that in the Season 7 episode of The Office titled “Andy’s Play”, the Macha Theatre in West Hollywood stood in for the Scranton, Pennsylvania “Loose Screw Playhouse” where Andy Bernard (aka Ed Helms)…

  • The Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway Tour

    The Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway Tour

    ‘ My knowledge of Elvis Presley is basically limited to the fact that he was a singer (duh!), his 1957 drafting into the army served as the inspiration for the play and movie Bye Bye Birdie, he called a spectacular Tennessee mansion named Graceland home (the manse is the setting of one of my favorite…

  • Candace’s Rental from “You”

    Candace’s Rental from “You”

    ‘ Though Anavrin was by far my favorite locale from the second season of the Netflix series You, I was also pretty darn smitten with the charming Victorian that Candace Stone (Ambyr Childers) rented during her stay in Los Angeles while posing as Amy Adam.  I was struck by the picturesque property as soon as…

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    ‘ I would like to wish my fellow stalkers the happiest of Thanksgivings!  I hope you all are enjoying the day with many loved ones.  I am spending the rest of the week celebrating with my family, but will be back on Monday with a new post!  Until then, Happy Stalking! ‘

  • The Wormwood Home from “Matilda”

    The Wormwood Home from “Matilda”

    ‘ Every time I open up Instagram lately I’m inundated with videos of the so-called “Matilda Challenge.”  For those whose feeds haven’t been flooded by the clips, in the challenge fans of the 1996 film re-create this scene in which Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson) perfects her magic powers.  Though I’ve never seen the movie (or…

  • Cooking by JLo!

    Cooking by JLo!

    ‘ Two weeks ago, while in Pasadena, my boyfriend I happened to walk by Madre’”‘”‘s, the restaurant owned by Miss Jennifer Lopez. Madre’”‘”‘s, which opened up in 2002, serves up Latin food inspired by JLo’”‘”‘s grandmother’”‘”‘s recipes – food she ate when she was still just Jenny from the Block. When you step inside Madre’”‘”‘s,…