The book Hitchcock's California, which features an image of a bay on the cover with a seagull in the foreground. Text overlay at the top of the photo reads "Just Finished..."

Book Review: Hitchcock’s California

April 14, 2020, 2 Comments

Visiting filming locations is a passion of mine, so much so that it has its own category here on the blog. Sometimes these are places that I visit for a reason other than the fact it was used in a movie, such as the more recent post of the LA County Poor Farm, sometimes I…

Mission San Juan Bautista

August 24, 2014, 12 Comments

UPDATE: It is important to remember that while California Missions have been hailed as places of peace, they also have deep and complicated histories, including slavery, violence, and forced religious conversion. After securing our apartment and spending time in Disneyland, we headed back north, stopping at Mission San Juan Bautista. I had visited this mission back…

La Carlotta

June 5, 2014, 11 Comments

Well, I’m home from Florida! Sadly, I didn’t get that much shopping in, but I did have fun seeing the sights and lounging around on the beach. Just before I left something absolutely delightful came in the mail, which I am so happy to finally share! It’s no secret that I’m a fan of the…

Mission Dolores

May 9, 2012, 3 Comments

UPDATE: It is important to remember that while California Missions have been hailed as places of peace, they also have deep and complicated histories, including slavery, violence, and forced religious conversion. My last stop on this trip to San Francisco was Mission Dolores. It was on our way back to the airport, and so Patrick…

In Search of Vertigo

May 8, 2012, 4 Comments

San Francisco has certainly changed, that’s for sure. I thought that locating many of the filming sites from Vertigo would be rather simple, heck I had a book to tell me, didn’t I? Well…think again. As I walked the streets of San Francisco on the hunt for what remained of Hitchcock’s “tortured Valentine” to the…

“But You Said Grey, Sir.”

May 2, 2012, 5 Comments

If you’ve been following me on Twitter or are my friend on Facebook, then you will have fallen victim to my endless ramblings about my daunting search for The Grey Suit from Vertigo for my upcoming trip to San Francisco. Yes, I am that much of a film geek that I feel that I simply…

Footsteps in the Fog

April 25, 2012, 4 Comments

In about a week and a half, Patrick and I will be flying to San Francisco. He will be attending a hackathon down in Palo Alto, while I stay in the heart of San Francisco to spend a weekend visiting many Hitchcock filming locations. Recently I picked up this book, Footsteps in the Fog: Alfred…

An attempt at doing a poodle hair do with a vintage grey dress, vintage red wool coat, vintage grey hat, thrifted grey shoes.

Another Hitchcock Flick at The Laurelhurst

November 6, 2011, Leave a Comment on Another Hitchcock Flick at The Laurelhurst

The Laurelhurst chose once again to show one of my favorite Hitchcock films on their big screen, this time…Patrick’s favorite, Rear Window. Seeing old films on the big screen with a crowd is always a double edged sword. On one hand, I always get excited at the chance to see some of my favorite old…

Vertigo

June 2, 2011, Leave a Comment on Vertigo

As posted a few weeks ago, Patrick and I had the pleasure my favorite Hitchcock film, Rope, on the big screen, and had mentioned the same cinema would be showing Rear Window soon, however, there was a mix up, and they ended up getting Vertigo instead. Now while I favor Rear Window to Vertigo, I…

Rope

May 17, 2011, 1 Comment

Last night Patrick and I had the glorious pleasure of seeing my favorite Hitchcock film on the big screen, Rope. We arrived early, as per usual for me…and ordered up a couple slices of pizza to munch on prior to the film – thank goodness for the Portland trend of combining pizza, beer and movies. …