A random selection from the site

  • New “L.A.” Mag Post – “The Gift” House

    New “L.A.” Mag Post – “The Gift” House

    ‘ Be sure to check out today’s Scene It Before post for L.A.mag.com, about the house from the new movie The Gift.  My articles typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • “The Princess Diaries” Firehouse

    “The Princess Diaries” Firehouse

    ‘ My friend Nat is a definite hostess with the mostest.  When I last visited her in San Francisco in October 2016, she not only had champagne chilling in the fridge, but an itinerary of area stalking locales she thought might interest me compiled and mapped out on her phone.  The spot on the list…

  • Marilyn Monroe’s Former Home

    Marilyn Monroe’s Former Home

    ‘ For some reason lately I have been obsessing on Miss Marilyn Monroe. I never really had any interest in her until recently, had never even seen any of her movies all the way through, and generally never really had an opinion about her one way or another. But that all changed about two weeks…

  • Stumbling Upon Sarah Silverman

    Stumbling Upon Sarah Silverman

    ‘ Yesterday, I happened to stop into my favorite bookstore on the planet – Vroman’”‘”‘s Bookstore in Pasadena – and was floored to see a sign on the door saying “Filming in Progress”. I couldn’”‘”‘t believe my luck and I rushed inside to find out what was being filmed. Turns out it was The Sarah…

  • Another Day Off . . .

    Another Day Off . . .

    ‘ Sorry to do this yet again, but the moving preparations have already begun, making my life quite hectic, and I unfortunately did not have time to write a new blog post for today.  I will be back on Monday, though, with a whole new location!    Have a great weekend! Until next time, Happy…

  • The “Swingers” Party House

    The “Swingers” Party House

    ‘ 2016 was a great year for me as far as finding locations goes.  So many of my most-wanted unknown locales were identified.  Rod Tidwell’s home from Jerry Maguire, the Say Anything . . . amphitheatre, the Life Goes On house, the “Las Vegas” casino from the Season 4 episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 titled…

  • Oscar Weekend 2010

    Oscar Weekend 2010

    ‘ The celebrity sightings during Oscar Weekend 2010 started a bit early for me this year when Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I accidentally stumbled upon the filming of CSI: Miami in Altadena on Friday morning.  But I’ll save that story for tomorrow’s blog post.  Today, it’s strictly all about Oscar, Oscar, Oscar!  And, let me…

  • The Moonlight Mile Bar from “Beautiful Girls”

    The Moonlight Mile Bar from “Beautiful Girls”

    ‘ While going through my trusty stalking notebook this morning, I realized that I still have quite the backlog of Minnesota filming locations that I have yet to blog about.  Not to mention the slew of Seattle locales that I haven’t even yet begun to post!  I’m going to mix them all in with L.A.…

  • The Vera Wang Flagship Salon

    The Vera Wang Flagship Salon

    ‘ While I realize that today should really be the start of my annual, month long “Haunted Hollywood” theme, since I am on a plane right now headed to Manhattan, I decided to write a post about New York, my favorite city in the world, instead.  🙂  And since I’”‘”‘ve had weddings on the brain ever since…

  • My Day on the Set of Weeds!

    My Day on the Set of Weeds!

    ‘ I’”‘”‘ve said it before and I’”‘”‘ll say it again – I absolutely LOVE living in L.A.  You just never know what surprises lay around each corner here!  Yesterday, as I drove up to the Hollywood & Highland Center to meet my good friend Blaze for some coffee, I noticed quite a few of those yellow filming signs that…