A random selection from the site

  • La Quinta Resort & Club

    La Quinta Resort & Club

    ‘ Brace yourselves, my fellow stalkers, ‘cause today’s post is going to be a long one!  As I mentioned yesterday, the Grim Cheaper and I spent this past weekend in Palm Springs and we came to do so thanks to an extremely serendipitous course of events.  Last Wednesday night, I was curled up on my…

  • L.A., Here I Come!

    L.A., Here I Come!

    ‘ I am heading to L.A. this morning and will therefore be taking the next few days off.  I have absolutely NO plans for my stay yet , which I could NOT be more excited about!   After the incredibly busy March that I had, I am looking forward to spending some time relaxing, shopping, hanging…

  • Happy Fourth of July!

    Happy Fourth of July!

    ‘ I am taking today off to celebrate the Fourth of July, but I wanted to wish all of my fellow stalkers a very happy holiday.  I hope all of you are enjoying a safe and happy three-day weekend. Until next time, Happy Stalking! ‘

  • Melrose (aka Greenwood) Place

    Melrose (aka Greenwood) Place

    ‘ The apartment building used as the exterior of the fictional apartment complex “Melrose Place” on the TV show of the same name cannot actually be found on, or anywhere near, the real Melrose Avenue. In real life, the complex is called the “El Pueblo Apartments” and is located on Greenwood Place in Los Feliz,…

  • The Colony Palms Hotel

    The Colony Palms Hotel

    ‘ Upon first moving to the Desert back in January, the Grim Cheaper’s boss, who also resides in the Coachella Valley, told me about a small Palm Springs-area inn named the Colony Palms Hotel that she thought I might be interested in stalking due to its vast Hollywood history.  For whatever reason, though, I completely…

  • Mission Street from “Little Black Book”

    Mission Street from “Little Black Book”

    ‘ Back in November 2010, a fellow stalker named Clayton wrote a comment on my post about Fair Oaks Pharmacy from Mr. Deeds (which you can read here) alerting me that fave movie Little Black Book and the 1985 classic Back to the Future had also done some filming at the 50s-style soda fountain.  And…

  • Retro Dairy Mart from “Say Anything . . . “

    Retro Dairy Mart from “Say Anything . . . “

    ‘ “That’s L.A. – they worship everything and they value nothing.”  So says Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) while lamenting the closure of a historic jazz club and its subsequent transition into a samba/tapas place in La La Land.  Though I did not like the movie (as mentioned previously), I have to agree with Seb on this…

  • New L.A. Mag Post – About Filming Locations from “True Detective” Season 2

    ‘ Be sure to check out my latest article for L.A.mag.com (it’s in the current print edition, too!), about filming locations from True Detective’s sophomore season. ‘

  • The Beverly Beat

    The Beverly Beat

    ‘ Thanks to my good friend Mike over at MovieShotsLA I was able to stalk Brandon and Steve’”‘”‘s newspaper office from the original Beverly Hills, 90210 series. On the final years of the original 90210, Brandon and Steve ran their own newspaper called “The Beverly Beat” and the location of the newspaper office had eluded…

  • Lauren Conrad’s New Condo

    Lauren Conrad’s New Condo

    ‘ Last week I heard the tragic news that Lauren Conrad confirmed that this season of her reality show The Hills would, in fact, be the last.  Oh, Lauren, say it ain’”‘”‘t so!!!  I get depressed enough when a season ends – how on earth am I going to feel knowing there will never again be a…