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Category Archives: Film
A Hot, Lazy Weekend in Santa Barbara: Reflections on Fletch Nearly Three Decades Later, Carpinteria State Beach, and Happy Vaping
It’s warm in Santa Barbara this weekend, just shy of oppressive at 3PM. A light breeze wafts in through the windows looking out onto the ocean in the distance. Ollie and Emma are lounging on the deck in the shade, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, Travel, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 1980s, 1984 Olympics, Chevy Chase, christopher commission, crossroads, Fletch, Harold Faltermeyer, hollywood, LAPD, Patrick's Roadhouse, psychoanalysis, relationships, santa barbara, santa monica, sex, Stephanie Mills
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Simple Pleasures: A Perfect Cheeseburger, A Grapefruit Mimosa, A Fun Manicure/Pedicure and a Funny YouTube Video (My First on Boyfriend’s Channel about Gun Maintenance, Collectible Knives and More)
Thanks to all my readers for the wonderful feedback on the 3rd anniversary blog! I included links to a range of pieces on Huffington Post, Weekly Standard, Patch, and Victorian Chick, hoping to provide a representative sample of the many topics I cover. Except … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Food & Wine, St. Augustine, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged About Last Night, American Ale, Beer, C and J Nails, Eureka! Burger, Grapefruit Mimosas, Not Vegetarian, santa barbara, Soul Cycle Preview, trader joe's
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Thoughts on Victorian Chick’s 3rd Anniversary: Writing for Love and Identity, Dealing with Haters, and Getting a Real Estate License to Work as Relocation Consultant
Last week marked three years of Victorian Chick. I’ve been too busy to think of an anniversary blog which does justice to the role it plays not just in my everyday or social life, but the way in which it … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Politics, Relationships, St. Augustine, Theater, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
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“Victorian Chick’s Meditations on Jewelry as an Element of Style and ‘Appurtenance’ of Self” (Second Guest Blog on Bicoastal Brunette) with Note on Why New Yorkers Feel Superior
The security breach with SSL on IOS 6 delayed posting of the guest blog I finished two weeks ago. My email was down both on the phone and computer as a result, and I didn’t realize that Samara Lipsky had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
Tagged bicoastal, bicoastal brunette, Caffe Primo, Coogie's of Malibu, diamond nexus, jewelry, Le Petit Four, Lisa Duncan Carrillo, Lori Shinder Pearl, new york city, new yorkers, Pandora, Sam's by the Beach, traffic in LA, wilshire, Winter Pearls, Yelp reviews
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Cloudy Day in Santa Barbara: Sakana Lunch, Montecito Chevron Altercation, and Reflections on “Love the Hard Way” (2001) with Adrien Brody, Charlotte Ybarra, John Seda, and Pam Grier
I. Sakana and Tales from Montecito Chevron Station Sakana is my favorite sushi in LA, SB, or NYC, even among the upscale Japanese like Nobu, Blue Ribbon or Matsuhisa (I went once only), or Deep Blue at JFK, a highly-rated … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Food & Wine, School, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged Adrien Brody, best sushi, catalina, Charlotte Ybarra, Columbia University, drama, Love the Hard Way, manhattan, montecito, nyc, Pam Grier, sailing, Sakana
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Not Enough Said in “Enough Said”: Nicole Holofcener’s Grim Vision of Angelenos and Dating in Middle Age
Ed note: This is a spoiler review. It is impossible to explain my disappointment with the film without revealing the plot. *** When the credits to Enough Said finished rolling at Cinema 1-2-3 on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a block … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Catherine Keener, Enough Said, James Gandolfini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, la, middle-age, Nicole Holofcener, nyc
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Quick Blog While Packing After 2.5 Weeks in NYC: LA Bound (Maybe….)
Well, the last time I went a whole NYC trip without blogging, my MacBook Pro hard drive crashed. I have no such excuse this trip other than a breakneck schedule, which even without dance, kept me up late almost every … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged ben cameron, broadway sessions, chuck nice, daphnie sicre, halloween 2013, hiram kasten, jerry seinfeld, juice generation, laugh for sight, Laurie Beechman Theater, lingerie on lex, new york city, penny farthing, play/date, robert klein, standup comedy, sue costello, upper east side, upper west side, West Bank Cafe, yelp
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Victorian Chick’s Reflections on Fitness Past and Present with Prelude about LA Private Schools
I. Fitness Autobiography from 8th Grade through Graduate School Though I couldn’t blog Friday and will be writing a piece for the various LA branches of the Patch about Gina Gionfriddo’s phenomenally funny “Rapture, Blister, Burn” after a second viewing, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged consignment stores, crossroads, dance, designer resale, donna haraway, English majors, Geffen Playhouse, Gina Gionfriddo, gwyneth paltrow, Hama Dance Center, harvard westlake, jazz, luigi, Santa Monica Dance Center, st. augustine, the cottage in pacific palisades
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Part I of NYC/Cape Cod Trip Blog and Week in LA (Dance, Blue Jasmine, Flat Tires, Bank Incompetence, PMS Lethargy and Reconnect with Childhood Classmate)
My ambitious writing hopes for the past few days were foiled by a tire blowout on the 101 freeway in Westlake Village, midway between LA and SB. I was lucky to get over to the outside shoulder from the left … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, School, St. Augustine, Travel, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls
Tagged Barrington, Blue Jasmine, Cate Blanchett, country clubs, James Bond, Landmark Cinema, luigi jazz dance centre, nyc, RI, Sammy Davis Jr, Something's Gotta Give, upper east side, Wianno Club, woody allen
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Laugh for Sight Benefit at Hollywood Improv Tonight Plus Michael’s Amazing All-Night Happy Hour and DMV Stupidity
I. Laugh for Sight, Lack of Shame/Guilt in America’s Youth, and High Percentage of Stupid People at the DMV. I have to go to the DMV today–bummer–so no lunch at Gjelina on Abbot Kinney with my LA dining buddy … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Food & Wine, Uncategorized
Tagged broadcast news, childhood, children, DMV, family, finances, holly hunter, laugh for sight, Michael's, parents, st augustine
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