A random selection from the site

  • A Much-Needed Vacay!

    A Much-Needed Vacay!

    ‘ The Grim Cheaper and I are embarking upon a much-needed vacay – a real vacation, yahoo! – this morning, so I will be taking the entire next week and the following Monday off from blogging.  But I will be back on Tuesday, August 14th with a whole new location. I would also like to…

  • Happy Veterans Day!

    Happy Veterans Day!

    ‘ I would like to wish a very Happy Veterans Day to all of my fellow stalkers and I would also like to say a heartfelt thank you to all of those who have served our military, including the vast majority of my family members.  I will be taking today off in honor of Veterans…

  • Cher’s House from “Clueless”

    Cher’s House from “Clueless”

    ‘ For a few years now I have been looking for Cher’”‘”‘s house from one of my fave movies of all time, . In trying to locate the house, though, I had read several articles and interviews about the filming of , which all stated that the neighborhood scenes were actually filmed in Scottsdale, Arizona,…

  • The Den from “Sex and the City”

    The Den from “Sex and the City”

    ‘ It goes without saying that I have a tendency to obsess on things (that fact should be apparent to even my site’s most casual visitors).  Recently, I found myself obsessing over two locations featured in the L.A.-based Season 3 episode of Sex and the City titled “Sex and Another City.”  The first locale I…

  • The Pierre Hotel’s Cotillion Ballroom from “Scent of a Woman”

    The Pierre Hotel’s Cotillion Ballroom from “Scent of a Woman”

    ‘ “No mistakes in the tango, Donna.  Not like life.  Simple.  That’s what makes the tango so great.  If you make a mistake, if you get all tangled up, you just tango on.”  So advises Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino) in the iconic tango scene from the 1992 drama Scent of a Woman.  Though…

  • Taverna Tony

    Taverna Tony

    ‘ This past Saturday afternoon my boyfriend and I met up with my former boss and his wife for some coffee at the Malibu Country Mart – where we sat next to Brian Grazer in the playground area for a good 45 minutes.  But that’”‘”‘s a whole other story.  🙂  After hanging out at the Mart for…

  • Dinah’s Family Restaurant from “Modern Family”

    Dinah’s Family Restaurant from “Modern Family”

    ‘ While I primarily love stalking filming locations of the residential variety, restaurants come in at a close second.  So when my friend Owen, of the When Write Is Blog, recently told me about Dinah’s Family Restaurant, a historic Westchester eatery that was featured in a Season 3 episode of Modern Family, I ran right…

  • The Victorian from “Mr. Mom”

    The Victorian from “Mr. Mom”

    ‘ Some movie scenes just seem to stay with you, seared into your memory for years, despite the fact that you can remember little else about the storyline.  That’s how it was for me and Mr. Mom.  I had not seen the comedy since 1983 when it first premiered in theatres and recalled few details…

  • Orange Army-Navy from “That Thing You Do!”

    Orange Army-Navy from “That Thing You Do!”

    ‘ Another day, another That Thing You Do! locale.  It is one of my all-time favorite movies, after all!  In early December, the Grim Cheaper and I found ourselves in the O.C. and decided to head out to Old Towne Orange to do some Christmas shopping.  While perusing the charming streets and boutiques, I was…

  • 24/7 Restaurant

    24/7 Restaurant

    ‘ All stalkers have those locations – the ones that, despite years of searching, remain on our unfound list.  Miraculously (and thanks to an insane amount of good fortune), I managed to track down one of mine recently, after over a decade of hunting for it! During the early 2000s, I had major girl crushes…