In Plain Sight
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Philip Marlowe’s Los Angeles: Tracking Down The Real 1930s Locations of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep
Your name’s Marlowe. You’re a private detective. The year is 1939, the city is Los Angeles, and you’re about to embark on one of the most famous murder mysteries in history: The Big Sleep. The best part of your hard-boiled adventures? The Los Angeles locations you refer to are all real. Oh, sure, you use…
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Scouting the “Kill Bill” Church: A Brief History of Hollywood’s Most Famous (And Fake) Desert Chapel
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been scouting in the Mojave east of Los Angeles, which means I’ve spent a lot of time driving on long, seemingly endless roads through vast, empty stretches of the desert: Which makes it all the more special when you suddenly happen to drive by something like this: Located at…
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A Typical Los Angeles Home With A Minor Dinosaur Infestation
Last week, I was finishing up some house scouting, and found myself on a perfectly nice-looking residential street. As I was walking down the block, something very odd suddenly happened to catch my eye… Up on the roof across the street, was that… Er, yes – it was a dinosaur… And not the only one,…
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In The Desert, Every Picture Of Your Car Looks Like A Professional Ad
Over the past week, I’ve been having a blast scouting around the Mojave desert. As I was taking pictures the other day, I suddenly realized something: pretty much any picture you take of your car in the desert looks like a professional ad shot. For example… And now, with just a bit of text… Pretty…