Tag: Pasadena

  • The Governor’s Mansion from “Benson”

    The Governor’s Mansion from “Benson”

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    ‘ A few weeks ago while out stalking in Pasadena I stopped to take some pics of the mansion that was used as the home of Governor Gatling in the 1979 television series . I had actually stalked this mansion eight years before when I first moved to Southern California, but had yet to blog…

  • The Starsky & Hutch Mansion

    The Starsky & Hutch Mansion

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    ‘ A few weeks ago, my mom drove me by what has to be one of the biggest houses I’”‘”‘ve ever seen in my entire life!  The property spans almost an entire city block!  When you drive by it literally just keeps on going and going and going!  LOL  My mom showed me the absolutely ginormous…

  • The Pasadena Main Branch of Bank of the West from “Falcon Crest”

    The Pasadena Main Branch of Bank of the West from “Falcon Crest”

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    ‘ For years now, I have been trying to track down the bank where Terry Dolittle (Whoopi Goldberg) worked in the 1986 comedy Jumpin’ Jack Flash.  It is one of those locations that always sits fixed at the back of my mind, images of it constantly floating around in my head.  So when I came…

  • The “Twins” Mansion

    The “Twins” Mansion

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    ‘ Another day, another Twins  location.  🙂  Unbelievably, before writing my post about the Twins house yesterday, I had yet to actually see the movie. For some reason, even though we own a copy of it on DVD, I had never sat down to watch it.  Until yesterday, that is.  But, as often happens to me when watching a movie for the…

  • Watching the Filming of The Mentalist!

    Watching the Filming of The Mentalist!

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    ‘ Last week, while out and about stalking in Pasadena, I just happened to run across a large production crew filming underneath the Colorado Street Bridge, so, of course, I just had to pull my car over to ask what was being filmed.  🙂  Well, when I found out the filming was for my new favorite TV show The Mentalist,I just about flipped my…

  • The “Mr. Deeds” House

    The “Mr. Deeds” House

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    ‘ One location that Mike, from MovieShotsLA, has being dying to stalk for ages now is Winona Ryder’”‘”‘s red-doored childhood home from the 2002 Adam Sandler comedy Mr. Deeds.  Mike had asked for my help in tracking down this location a couple of months ago, but, for some reason, even our two heads working together couldn’”‘”‘t seem to find…

  • The “Guess Who” House

    The “Guess Who” House

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    ‘ Thanks to fellow stalker Mike over at I was able to stalk the house from the Ashton Kutcher movie today. I was extremely excited to stalk this house because I just found out that the back of it was used as the back of Steve Martin’”‘”‘s residence in the movie . The front of…

  • The White House Gates from “Scandal”

    The White House Gates from “Scandal”

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    ‘ My life as of late seems to be absorbed by Scandal.  As I mentioned last week, the Grim Cheaper and I have recently become addicted to the ABC series.  Besides watching it during pretty much every free waking moment, I have also been furiously researching the show’s filming locations.  While set in Washington, D.C.,…

  • The “Good Luck Charlie” House

    The “Good Luck Charlie” House

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    ‘ During the lengthy process of researching the Melissa & Joey house (which many viewers seem to think has been used on another series – you can read my blog on it here), I came across a post on Julia Sweeten’s fabulous website, Hooked on Houses, about the residence where the Duncan family – dad…

  • The Blind Donkey from “Revenge”

    The Blind Donkey from “Revenge”

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    ‘ I stalk so many places, typically in quick succession, that oftentimes a few get lost in the shuffle.  Such was the case with The Blind Donkey, an Old Town Pasadena whiskey bar that I visited back in April, shortly before the Grim Cheaper and I headed off to New York, and then promptly forgot…