David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks celebrates 30 years on April 8, 2020. Two years ago, I published an article examining the iconic “Welcome to Twin Peaks” sign. Since that time, my research for TwinPeaksBlog.com has become even more in depth, especially for the many film location in Washington State and southern California. Today,…
I recently did a deep dive about the film location of the Red Diamond City Motel in Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me. While researching and writing this article, I discovered a detail that may help identify where Teresa Banks was killed by Leland Palmer. Unlike other film location articles, this one is a…
One film location I couldn’t wait to visit upon my return to Snoqualmie Valley last fall was the Mt. Si Motel. This location served as the spot of the Red Diamond City Motel in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. It also served as The Dutchman’s in Twin Peaks Part 15 from Season 3 on Showtime….
On Twin Peaks Day 2020, Rachel and Max, the new owners of Twede’s Cafe (aka the Double R Diner) in North Bend, Washington shared the news they were taking over the iconic restaurant from Kyle Twede. To commemorate the end of an era in Snoqualmie Valley, I’m comparing the cafe’s appearances in all three seasons…
Twin Peaks Day 2020 commemorates the day Laura Palmer’s body was found on a rocky beach by Blue Pine Lodge in 1989. It’s also a good day to revisit the episode that started it all – the Twin Peaks Pilot which aired on April 8, 1990. For this Then & Now article, I return to Laura’s house…
On February 23, 1989, Laura Palmer left her home to attend school one last time. That night, she would be brutally murdered and a community would never be the same. I’ve raved plenty of times about my favorite David Lynch film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. This short scene has always stuck in my…
Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington holds a special place in my heart as it was the first Twin Peaks film location I visited in August 1996. For an upcoming article in Blue Rose Magazine – Issue #13 about film locations 30 years later, I revisited this timeless place on January 22-23, 2020. While that Blue Rose Magazine…
The first character in Twin Peaks that speaks is Pete Martell (Jack Nance). After telling his wife Catherine that he’s going fishing, he exits the Blue Pine Lodge kitchen and walks along a path. The sound of a lonesome foghorn hangs in the air just before Pete spots something unusual. The rest is history. For this…
For the opening scene of Twin Peaks – Part 7 on Showtime, Jerry Horne is seen looking dazed and confused while sitting in the woods. This scene, like his appearance watching Dr. Amp in the woods from Part 5, was shot in Olallie State Park outside North Bend, Washington. It took five visits to Weeks Falls…
After Becky Burnett delivers bread to Toad at the Double R Diner in Twin Peaks – Part 5 on Showtime, she meets up with her husband Steven where they share a moment behind the restaurant. This scene was filmed along the side and rear parking lot at Twede’s Cafe in Washington state on September 15, 2015.