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The Cabazon Dinosaurs from “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”
‘ On our way out to visit my parents in Palm Springs two weekends ago, the Grim Cheaper and I made a little stalking stop at the Cabazon Dinosaurs – the two legendary roadside sculptures located just outside of Palm Springs which were featured in the 1985 movie Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, among countless other productions.…
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The Sex and the City Honeymoon House
‘ Ever since Sex and the City: The Movie premiered last May, I have been absolutely dying to stalk the hotel where the girls stayed during Carrie’”‘”‘s non-honeymoon. In the movie, Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte spend a week at what is supposedly a private villa located on the grounds of a Mexican resort. In actuality, though, not only…
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“De Plane, De Plane!”
‘ This weekend my boyfriend and I hung out with Mike, from , and his fiance Jen, and we all sat down to watch some Season 3 episodes of the original . I became a bit obsessed with finding the location that stood in for the Paris garden where Brenda takes “Reek” in the episode…
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Armando’s in the Desert
‘ This past weekend, while vacationing in Palm Springs, I dragged my boyfriend and my parents to Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell‘”‘”‘s fave Mexican restaurant in the Desert called Armando’”‘”‘s Dakota Bar and Grill. I’”‘”‘ve heard from several friends who live in the Palm Springs area that the Hollywood couple dine at Armando’”‘”‘s every Sunday…
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The “She’s Out of Control” House – Part 2
‘ One of my favorite parts of writing my blog each day is uncovering the various productions a particular locale has appeared in. Some spots are so prevalent on the big and small screen that I inevitably miss a role or two, though. Such was the case with the South Pasadena pad that portrayed the…
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WeScoutLA – Episode 3
‘ Check out the latest WeScoutLA video – about the Cowboy Palace Saloon – by clicking above! You can watch Episode 1 here and Episode 2 here and you can visit our YouTube channel here. ‘
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The Daily Dose Café from “Scandal”
‘ UPDATE – After closing and then reopening briefly as Café Société in 2018, this spot shuttered for good early last year. It currently remains vacant. There’s pretty much nothing I love more than a cool coffee house. So when Cupcakes and Cashmere blogger Emily Schuman wrote about the Daily Dose Café, a downtown Los…
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AFI’s Warner Bros. Building – aka the Hospital from “The Artist”
‘ Another locale from The Artist that I found thanks to John Bengtson’s fabulous Silent Locations blog was the Warner Bros. Building on the American Film Institute campus in Los Feliz, which stood in for the exterior of the hospital where George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) was admitted after being injured in a fire towards the…
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Hotel Barclay from “Little Fires Everywhere”
‘ Not only do The Morning Show and Little Fires Everywhere share a leading lady, Reese Witherspoon, but the two new series also seem to be sharing locations! Both made use of The Wolves, an insanely beautiful downtown Los Angeles bar that I blogged about in December, as well as Hotel Barclay, a historic and…
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A Breather
‘ This past week was a particularly trying one for me, during which both of my parents wound up in the hospital – my dad expectedly for a scheduled surgery and my mom completely unexpectedly (and rather scarily, I might add) when she fainted in the pre-operating room while my dad was being prepped. They…