A random selection from the site

  • Paula’s House from “Four Christmases”

    Paula’s House from “Four Christmases”

    ‘ While I realize that the holidays are now over and that I should be posting about a non-Yule-related locale, today’s house is one that I have been searching for for over a year and finally found on the morning of December 25th – yes, it was a Christmas miracle – and I am FAR…

  • The “What Women Want” Coffee Shop

    The “What Women Want” Coffee Shop

    ‘ “If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own backyard.”  So says Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.  I should have heeded her advice because for years I have been searching for the coffee shop from the 2000 comedy What Women Want and as it…

  • New “L.A.” Mag Post – About “The Gambler”

    New “L.A.” Mag Post – About “The Gambler”

    ‘ Be sure to check out today’s Los Angeles magazine post – about Villa de Leon and other L.A. locations featured in The Gambler.  My articles typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • El Galleon Restaurant

    El Galleon Restaurant

    ‘ Another Catalina Island stalking location I found thanks to Robert Wagner’”‘”‘s fabulous autobiography, Pieces of My Heart, was the restaurant El Galleon where Natalie Wood ate one of her last meals.  According to the book, on November 27, 1981, shortly after docking their boat, Splendour, at Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island, Natalie Wood, Robert…

  • Merv Griffin’s Former House – and Some Big News!

    Merv Griffin’s Former House – and Some Big News!

    ‘ The Grim Cheaper and I had a fabulous time in Palm Springs last week celebrating Thanksgiving with my parents – so much so that we have decided to move there permanently!  We have been seriously considering a move to the Desert for a few months now, but finally decided to pull the trigger while…

  • Photos

    ‘ A few of you have been asking why the photos on my site no longer open up to a larger size. And the answer is . . . I have no idea. 🙁 I think it has something to do with WordPress, but at the moment neither my boyfriend nor I can figure out…

  • Claire and Phil’s House from “Modern Family”

    Claire and Phil’s House from “Modern Family”

    ‘ A few weeks back I received an email from a fellow stalker in the Nebraska area who had just recently started his very own filming locations blog entitled .  This stalker’s name was Robert Patterson and I have to admit that when I first saw his email a red flag went up, as I…

  • Another Day of Cleaning . . .

    Another Day of Cleaning . . .

    ‘ I swear, I feel like all I do is clean lately!  I have not mentioned this before, but the Grim Cheaper and I have a vacation rental that I clean almost weekly.  The GC is also starting a new company with his boss, so I have been doing all of the cooking over the…

  • Idle Time Books from “A Few Good Men”

    Idle Time Books from “A Few Good Men”

    ‘ There’s pretty much nothing I love more than bookstores.  They run second only to Starbucks and film locations in my book (pun intended).  If I come across a good one, I can get lost amongst the stacks for hours.  So there was no way I was leaving Washington D.C. without checking out Idle Time…

  • The Street Where “The Hills” Finale Was Filmed

    The Street Where “The Hills” Finale Was Filmed

    ‘ One location that I have been on the lookout for for a couple of months now is the street where Kristin Cavallari said good-bye to on-again/off-again boyfriend Brody Jenner in the final scene of the series finale of fave show The Hills, which aired on July 13th of this year.  For whatever reason, though,…