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My Guide to L.A. – Hotels
‘ I am constantly told that I would make a great concierge for the city of Los Angeles. I have explored L.A. so much over the years that I know it like the back of my hand and have accumulated a large inventory of favorite places. I recently decided to corral that inventory into a…
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On the Red Carpet – Oscar Weekend Stalking, Part I
‘ If you have only one weekend a year to go star stalking in LA, then Oscar Weekend is it! Los Angeles comes alive during the few days before Hollywood’”‘”‘s Golden Boy is given out, and you are virtually guaranteed a star sighting – that is, if you know where to look. So, it’”‘”‘s a…
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On Location With The Mentalist!
‘ Yesterday morning while doing some Downtown Los Angeles stalking, I happened to stumble upon a large film crew outside of Union Station. I, of course, asked one of the background actors what was being filmed and almost fell over when she told me it was my new favorite show, The Mentalist!!!! I asked if Simon Baker was on set and she laughed and said “Everyone’”‘”‘s been…
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Helen Twelvetrees’ House
‘ A couple of weeks ago I picked up a book that is quickly shaping up to be my new stalking tome. It’”‘”‘s called Movie Star Homes: The Famous to the Forgotten and it features photographs and addresses of over 350 celebrity homes, most of them from the Golden Age of Hollywood. I have never really been much into the…
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"He Tied Me to a Chair and Stole My Car!"
‘ On Thanksgiving my mom and I did a little stalking in South Pasadena – we aren’”‘”‘t much for football games or the Macy’”‘”‘s Thanksgiving Day parade. 🙂 Anyway, one of the places we stalked was John Voight’”‘”‘s home from the movies National Treasure and National Treasure : Book of Secrets. Mike, from MovieShotsLA ,…
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Shopping, Shopping and More Shopping!
‘ I spent pretty much all day Friday Christmas shopping (I FINALLY figured out what to get Miss Pinky Lovejoy, of the Thinking Pink blog, thank God! And yes, it’s pink!), so I unfortunately did not have time to write a post for today. I will be back tomorrow, though, with a whole new location.…
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Emerson College Los Angeles from “Scandal”
‘ Despite the fact that I live in Palm Springs, I tend to think of myself as having my finger on the pulse of L.A. But when penning A Film Lover’s Guide to Tomorrow’s Movie Location Stars for Los Angeles magazine in 2015, I overlooked two key spots, which I hope speaks more to the…
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New “L.A.” Mag Post – A Round-Up of Locales from “The People v. O.J. Simpson”
‘ Be sure to check out my latest Los Angeles magazine article about the many locations featured in The People v. O.J. Simpson. You can read it here. ‘
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The Upton Sinclair House
‘ Last weekend while doing some research on the net, the Grim Cheaper discovered that a home in Monrovia where legendary author/screenwriter/movie producer/politician Upton Sinclair had once lived was currently for sale. So, while I was in the area visiting my parents this past Friday afternoon, I just had to go stalk it. For those…
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The “Say Anything . . . ” Amphitheatre
‘ Sorry to have been MIA the past couple of days. The Grim Cheaper surprised me on Sunday morning with a two-night trip to Big Bear to play in the snow. We had an absolute blast scurrying around in the frost and even managed to get some stalking in! I will be blogging about those…