Tag: Modern Family

  • Carmine’s II Restaurant from “Modern Family”

    Carmine’s II Restaurant from “Modern Family”

    ‘ This past Saturday night, I dragged the Grim Cheaper out to stalk a historic restaurant named Carmine’s II, which was featured prominently in the recently-aired Season 2 episode of Modern Family titled “Boys’ Night”.  Carmine’s has been a virtual West-L.A.-institution for almost four decades now, having originally been founded in 1972 by New York…

  • Ronnie and Amber’s House from “Modern Family”

    Ronnie and Amber’s House from “Modern Family”

    ‘ This season of Modern Family brought to life a storyline that is basically my worst fear – nightmare neighbors.  Poor Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen) had their tranquility disturbed in the episode titled “Won’t You Be Our Neighbor” when loudmouth medicinal marijuana dealer Ronnie LaFontaine (Steve Zahn), his wife, Amber (Andrea…

  • 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…

  • 18th Street Coffee House from “Modern Family”

    18th Street Coffee House from “Modern Family”

    ‘ As I have said countless times before on this blog, there’s pretty much nothing I love more than a filming location that serves coffee.  So I thought stalking the 18th Street Coffee House in Santa Monica, which was featured in the Season 6 episode of Modern Family titled “Rash Decisions,” would be a pleasant…

  • Kaldi Coffee and Tea from “Lady Bird”

    Kaldi Coffee and Tea from “Lady Bird”

    ‘ The Grim Cheaper and I are almost all settled in to our new desert home, so I should be getting back to my regularly scheduled blog programing in the near future.  Thanks for bearing with me over the past few weeks.  For my first post-move locale, I thought I’d write about a spot I…

  • The Daily Grill at LAX from “Red Eye”

    The Daily Grill at LAX from “Red Eye”

    ‘ I am officially back from vacation today (yesterday’s post was pre-written).  I could not have had a more fabulous time and was heartbroken when my best friend, Robin, and his family returned to their native Switzerland.  During moments like this, I am reminded of the quote, “Don’t be sorry it’s over.  Be glad it…

  • Claire and Phil’s House from “Modern Family”

    Claire and Phil’s House from “Modern Family”

    ‘ A few weeks back I received an email from a fellow stalker in the Nebraska area who had just recently started his very own filming locations blog entitled .  This stalker’s name was Robert Patterson and I have to admit that when I first saw his email a red flag went up, as I…

  • South Pasadena Public Library from “Say Anything . . . “

    South Pasadena Public Library from “Say Anything . . . “

    ‘ I was incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of John Mahoney last week.  Not only did I love the actor in pretty much every role he played, but his Hollywood story is such an unusual and admirable one.  After graduating from college, Mahoney tried his hand at a few different occupations including teaching…

  • Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel from “The Ugly Truth”

    Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel from “The Ugly Truth”

    ‘ It has been said that Los Angeles has no regard for its history.  Today’s post is a testament to that assertion.  On March 1st of this year, the doors of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel were closed in order for a massive remodel and renovation process to take place.  Though the building is…

  • Mitchell and Cameron’s House from “Modern Family”

    Mitchell and Cameron’s House from “Modern Family”

    ‘ The second locale that fellow stalker Robert, from the site , tracked down from fave new series was the Spanish-style duplex where Mitchell Pritchett (aka Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron Tucker (aka Eric Stonestreet), and their newly adopted daughter, Lily, live on the show.  Because I have always had a thing for Mediterranean-style homes…