This morning I awoke greatly missing the Pacific Northwest. After checking the the calendar, I realized that one year ago today I was wrapping up my third visit in six months to the Evergreen State. I spent five days visiting numerous film locations in both Snoqualmie Valley and on Bainbridge Island across Puget Sound from…
Kicking of the New Year with a return to the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington. This location served as the film location of both the Packard family’s Blue Pine Lodge and The Great Northern Hotel as seen in the Twin Peaks Pilot. Today, I’m focusing on the kitchen which is seen briefly toward the beginning of the…
In the never-ending quest to document all of the Twin Peaks film locations, I return to the Blue Pine Lodge, home of the Packard family. The actual film location is the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington. This article examines the Kitchen Door Exterior that’s mostly seen in the first episode but has a few cameos later…
“The Norwegians are leaving!” Seeing those four simple words conjures one of the more memorable scenes in the Twin Peaks Pilot episode. This scene was shot a Kiana Lodge which doubled as both the interior of the Great Northern Hotel and Blue Pine Lodge, home to the Packard family, in this first episode. Let’s take…
I finally uploaded a nearly 16-minute video from my first visit to Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington. This place was my first visit to a film location and, needless to say, I was beside myself. So set the way back machine to August 9, 1996. My best friend Joe Neff and (at the time) newly…
As the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Twin Peaks continues, I return to one of the first film locations I visited in August 1996 – Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington. This location served as The Great Northern Hotel interior for the Pilot episode. I’m focusing on the Concierge Desk, which first appears in the…
It’s no surprise that I adore David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. The Pilot episode aired as an ABC Sunday Night Movie on April 8, 1990. For this year’s milestone 30th Anniversary, I’m sharing 30 things I love about this perfect Pilot episode. It’s by far one of the best television pilots ever to…
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…
In this Twin Peaks-themed episode of House Hunters, suspended FBI Agent Dale Cooper turned local deputy meets with realtor Irene Littlehorse at the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department to review reasonably priced properties in town. This article builds upon one originally from the now defunct InTwinPeaks.com website. Which home will Cooper choose?