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  • Johnie’s Coffee Shop Restaurant on Wilshire

    Johnie’s Coffee Shop Restaurant on Wilshire

    ‘ Because I encountered so much filming location misinformation while researching my post on Bob’s Big Boy Broiler in Downey last week, I decided that I just had to write a blog about the place’s sister eatery, the now-defunct Johnie’s Coffee Shop Restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles, which…

  • Krotona Apartments

    Krotona Apartments

    ‘ I have always maintained that I am an equal opportunity stalker.  It is not just filming locations that enthrall me, but pop culture landmarks, historical sites, and architectural curiosities.  In fact, the curiouser the better.  So when I came across a grouping of grandiose Moorish-style structures dotted throughout a small section of the Hollywood…

  • My Latest “L.A.” Magazine Article

    My Latest “L.A.” Magazine Article

    ‘ L.A. is for lovers!  Don’t believe me?  Check out my latest article for Los Angeles magazine which chronicles seven spots where your favorite romantic (and bromantic) movie and television moments can be re-created.  The blurb can be found on page 74 of the February issue, which is on stands now, and online here.  Bonus…

  • The Kirkeby Mansion from “The Beverly Hillbillies”

    The Kirkeby Mansion from “The Beverly Hillbillies”

    ‘ Hold on to your hats, my fellow stalkers, ‘cause today’s post is going to be a long one.  A few weeks ago, my mom called me up to ask about one of the answers provided in the “Ask Chris” column from the September 2012 issue of Los Angeles Magazine.  In the column, an inquiring…

  • Blue Blues Café from “Big Little Lies”

    Blue Blues Café from “Big Little Lies”

    ‘ Two episodes in to the latest season of Big Little Lies and I am still missing Blue Blues, the café that figured so prominently in Season 1.  As the Huffington Post recently stated, the loss has left a “Venti cappuccino-sized hole” in my heart.  So I figured it was only proper to devote a…

  • The Lounge – The Site of Britney and Justin’s Dance-Off

    The Lounge – The Site of Britney and Justin’s Dance-Off

    ‘ If you are anything at all like me, you eagerly tuned in to watch Lifetime’”‘”‘s Britney Spears biopic Britney Ever After the evening of February 18th.  If not, you seriously missed out.  It was amazing – in the way that only bad Lifetime movies can be amazing.  The two-hour made-for-television flick chronicled a decade…

  • Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ Former Mansion

    Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ Former Mansion

    ‘ I recently finished reading Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography which was written by Andrew Morton, the legendary celebrity biographer who also penned Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words, and I have to say that it was absolutely FABULOUS!  I honestly cannot more highly recommend it.  Not only was the book, which became…

  • My Picture on “SNL” and Hanging Out With Michael Vartan!

    My Picture on “SNL” and Hanging Out With Michael Vartan!

    ‘ This past Saturday was an incredibly lucky and, as my best friend later described, celebrity-fueled day for me.  My family, the Grim Cheaper, and I had headed down to San Diego for the weekend to do some relaxing after the stress of my parent’s recent move.  While we were walking around Coronado Island on…

  • Donna Martin Graduates!

    Donna Martin Graduates!

    ‘ Can’”‘”‘t tell you how excited I am about Tori Spelling’”‘”‘s new book, ! I absolutely can’”‘”‘t wait to start reading it!!! I love me some gossip! In honor of Miz Spellings new tell-all, I thought I’”‘”‘d do a little post about the gang’”‘”‘s alma mater, the fictional West Beverly High School, which I stalked…

  • The Tam O’Shanter Inn from “Glee”

    The Tam O’Shanter Inn from “Glee”

    ‘ A couple of weeks ago I dragged my fiancé out to stalk the Tam O’Shanter Inn which appeared in the Season 1 episode of Glee titled “Dream On”.  I found this location thanks to an eagle-eyed stalker who recognized the restaurant immediately while watching the episode back in May.  And even though I no…