Hollywood comes to Northern California

Your friendly neighborhood CineVerse moderator recently took a trip to the San Francisco area and was able to snap a few photos of sites and props that movie lovers would appreciate.

During a drive through Bodega Bay, for example, I checked out the church (St. Theresa's) and school (Potter's Schoolhouse) where scenes from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" were filmed.

Later on my trip, I dined at Francis Ford Coppola's new restaurant, Rustic, in Geyersville. There, patrons can take a gander at mucho memorabilia, costumes and props from various Coppola flicks, including "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Apocalypse Now," and "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" (unfortunately, the area with all the Godfather trilogy goodies was off limits when we tried to view).