A random selection from the site

  • New “L.A.” Mag Post – “The Gift” House

    New “L.A.” Mag Post – “The Gift” House

    ‘ Be sure to check out today’s Scene It Before post for L.A.mag.com, about the house from the new movie The Gift.  My articles typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • Touring the Studios in 113 Degree Weather!

    Touring the Studios in 113 Degree Weather!

    ‘ I unfortunately do not have a new post to publish today because Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I spent all day yesterday touring both Paramount and Warner Brothers Studios . . . in what turned out to be 113 degree heat!  Yes, as fate would have it yesterday was THE HOTTEST DAY IN L.A. HISTORY! …

  • Paco’s Tacos Cantina From Jerry Maguire

    Paco’s Tacos Cantina From Jerry Maguire

    ‘ Last Friday, Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I spent an entire twelve hours stalking together!!!  Yes, you read that right – an ENTIRE TWELVE HOURS!!!  I’”‘”‘m not exaggerating!!  The two of us literally drove from one end of L.A. to the other – we covered Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Eagle Rock, El Segundo, and even Santa Monica – and back again!  It was FABULOUS!  🙂 …

  • “The Big Bang Theory” Rooftop – Where Howard and Bernadette Got Married

    “The Big Bang Theory” Rooftop – Where Howard and Bernadette Got Married

    ‘ This past Monday evening, the Grim Cheaper and I sat down to catch up on a slew of television episodes that we had backlogged over the past week, one of which was The Big Bang Theory’s “The Countdown Reflection”.   In the episode, which has to be one of the cutest of the entire series,…

  • Vincente Minnelli’s Former Abandoned Mansion

    Vincente Minnelli’s Former Abandoned Mansion

    ‘ Back in February 2012, a fellow stalker named Kayleigh emailed me to ask if I knew anything about the “creepy” mansion located on the southeast corner of West Sunset Boulevard and North Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills.  Her email stated, “There’”‘”‘s very little information on it online other than the fact that Liza Minnelli…

  • Guasti Villa from "Veep"

    Guasti Villa from "Veep"

    ‘ It’s no secret how much I hate incorrect filming location information.  But sometimes errant info can lead to good things.  Case in point – back in 2012, an article was published about the Los Angeles locales featured in The Artist.  One of the sites detailed was Guasti Villa, aka Busby Berkeley’s former Jefferson Park…

  • New Interview with “Occidental” Magazine

    New Interview with “Occidental” Magazine

    ‘ Be sure to check out a recent interview I did with Occidental magazine about the filming of Clueless.  There’s even a locations quiz at the end!  You can read The Clueless Guide to Occidental College here and The Ultimate Guide to Clueless Movie Locations in Los Angeles here (Part II is here), both of which…

  • The World’s Most Haunted House

    The World’s Most Haunted House

    ‘ I’ve mentioned before that my good friend Owen, of the When Write Is Wrong blog, and I have an almost eerie synchronicity. So what happened this past Monday shouldn’t have surprised me. Last October, he informed me that there is a pad that has been dubbed “the world’s most haunted house” located in the…

  • The Bistro Garden

    The Bistro Garden

    ‘ A couple of weeks ago, while searching online for different filming locations from The Office, I came across some information about an area restaurant which not only appeared in The Office, but in countless other productions over the years, as well – the Bistro Garden in Studio City.  So, I, of course, dragged the…

  • Twin Palms – Frank Sinatra’s Former Palm Springs Estate

    Twin Palms – Frank Sinatra’s Former Palm Springs Estate

    ‘ Another Palm-Springs-area location that the Grim Cheaper and I stalked two weekends ago while vacationing in the Coachella Valley was Twin Palms, the former desert home of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra and his then-wife Nancy Barbato.  And while I have actually stalked – and even blogged about – this location once before (way back…