A random selection from the site

  • Oliver’s Palm Springs House from “The O.C.”

    Oliver’s Palm Springs House from “The O.C.”

    ‘ As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the Grim Cheaper and I have just recently started watching fave series The O.C. over again from the beginning and one location that popped up during the first season that I have been absolutely dying to find and stalk was the supposed-Palm-Springs-area house that belonged to troublemaker…

  • Alicia Silverstone’s “The Kind Diet” Book Signing

    Alicia Silverstone’s “The Kind Diet” Book Signing

    ‘ This past Wednesday night I dragged the Grim Cheaper out to my favorite local bookstore, Vroman’s (which coincidentally just appeared in the most recent episode of Modern Family, but more on that later), to attend the book signing and discussion for Alicia Silverstone’s new lifestyle tome The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling…

  • “The Hangover” Wedding Chapel

    “The Hangover” Wedding Chapel

    ‘ It is no secret that erroneous (and/or imprecise) filming location information published online and in books is one of my biggest pet peeves – especially when it leads to me stalking an incorrect place, which is exactly what happened while I was in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago.  (Why there is some…

  • The Huxtable’s House

    The Huxtable’s House

    ‘ I must be in a New York state of mind this week, because here I am yet again with another NYC filming location.  🙂  One of my very favorite blocks in all of Manhattan is called Saint Luke’”‘”‘s Place and it just happens to be the location of a famous brownstone from TV – the Huxtable Family’”‘”‘s house from .  St. Luke’”‘”‘s Place…

  • O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Restaurant from “The Truth About Cats & Dogs”

    O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Restaurant from “The Truth About Cats & Dogs”

    ‘ Last month, while spending the weekend in Santa Monica, the Grim Cheaper and I randomly grabbed dinner at Finn McCool’s Irish Pub on Main Street.  Immediately upon sitting down, I asked the bartender if anything had ever been lensed on the premises – as I am apt to do whenever I find myself dining…

  • Latest “Los Angeles” Magazine Blog – About the Martin House from “Cellular”

    Latest “Los Angeles” Magazine Blog – About the Martin House from “Cellular”

    ‘ Be sure to check out my latest CityThink blog post – about the house where Kim Basinger lived in Cellular – on LAMag.com.  My columns typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • Offshore – Liam’s Bar from “90210”

    Offshore – Liam’s Bar from “90210”

    ‘ One of the many locations that Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I stalked last week while hanging out in the Redondo Beach area – and the one that I was most excited about – was Offshore, the bar owned by Liam Court (cutie Matt Lanter – sigh!) on fave show 90210.  I had been absolutely…

  • Econo Inn & Suites from “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”

    Econo Inn & Suites from “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”

    ‘ Well, I am definitely on a hotel kick as of late, because here I am with my third post in a row of the inn variety.  Today’s lodging was featured prominently in the Season 9 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled “Turn, Turn, Turn,” which just so happens to be the production in…

  • The “She’s Out of Control” House

    The “She’s Out of Control” House

    ‘ Last week I enlisted fellow stalker Chas, from the It’sFilmedThere website, to help me find locations from the 1989 teen comedy She’s Out of Control. Now I should mention here that while I absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED She’s Out of Control growing up, according to the movie’s IMDB trivia page film critic Gene Siskel…

  • Taking Another Day Off

    Taking Another Day Off

    ‘ For my birthday this year, my parents surprised me with a one night’s stay in the room at the Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs where my girl Jen Aniston and then-husband Brad Pitt spent their honeymoon.  (That’s me just about to go into the room for the first time in the above picture.  ) …