Tag: Los Angeles
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Patrick Swayze’s Former Apartment
‘ Ever since the Grim Cheaper purchased the Dirty Dancing: Limited Keepsake Edition DVD for me this past Christmas, I have become just a tad bit obsessed with finding out more behind-the-scenes information about the movie. So, the other day I picked up Patrick Swayze and wife Lisa Niemi’s autobiography which is titled The Time…
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The Independence Day House
‘ One of the locations at the very top of fellow stalker Owen’”‘”‘s “To Find” list was the house belonging to Captain Steven Hiller, aka Will Smith, and his girlfriend Jasmine Dubrow, aka Vivica A. Fox, in the 1996 blockbuster movie Independence Day. So, a few weeks ago, Owen enlisted the help of master stalker Chas and, amazingly…
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Ray’s Pumpkins
‘ Last week, thanks to Mike over at , I was able to stalk the pumpkin patch that was owned by Ray Pruit’”‘”‘s family on the original . I was shocked when Mike told me that the property where filming took place is the location of an actual pumpkin patch in real life. I had…
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The “Never Been Kissed” Prom
‘ A couple of weeks ago, thanks to fellow stalker Chas, I was able to stalk the location of South Glen South High School’”‘”‘s prom from the 1999 movie Never Been Kissed. Chas and I both knew that the prom interiors had been filmed at the Ebell of Los Angeles – a women’”‘”‘s educational and philanthropic club which has a long and storied film history…
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My Los Angeles Must-Stalk List
‘ If I had a nickel for every time a fellow stalker wrote to me asking for my top ten favorite locations in all of Los Angeles, I would have a whole lot more Louis Vuitton in my closet than I do right now. Over the years, in response to that repeated question, I compiled…
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Anaconda!
‘ No, the above title does not refer to the 1997 JLo/Ice Cube action flick (a movie I have never seen), but a episode of the same name. The other day while I was hanging out on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Mike (from ) called me and asked if I wouldn’”‘”‘t mind…
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Casa Vega and the Great Mexican Food Debate!
‘ I have long been a fan of Spencer and Heidi’”‘”‘s favorite Mexican restaurant Don Antonio’”‘”‘s in West LA. As far as I can see, it’”‘”‘s the only thing Spencer and I agree on. 🙂 Don Antonio’”‘”‘s serves up the best Mexican food I’”‘”‘ve ever tasted! In fact, the restaurant was the subject of
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The Blast from the Past Strip Mall
‘ Since I was in the area this past week stalking a wedding venue, I decided to pay a little visit to the strip mall featured in fave romantic comedy Blast from the Past. In the flick, which opens up in the year 1962, a nuclear-war-fearing Christopher Walken builds a massive fallout shelter for his wife…
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The Robinson House from “The Graduate”
‘ A few weeks back fellow stalker Scott, from the Film in America website, asked me if I knew the location of the Robinson house and the Braddock house from the 1967 movie The Graduate. He told me that he feared the locations of those homes were lost to history being that the movie was filmed over forty years ago…
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New Discover L.A. Post – About Oscar-Winning Movie Locations
‘ Be sure to check out my latest Discover Los Angeles post about locations from ten Best Picture winners, just in time for Oscar weekend! ‘