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Category Archives: Health & Beauty
Happy Super Bowl Sunday from Santa Barbara! Victorian Chick on Fitness (and Instagram)
Ed. Note: The Patriots have won the Super Bowl. I heard on the radio that people eat more on Super Bowl Sunday than Thanksgiving, so if you’re feeling immobilized by whatever decadent food you’ve consumed, here’s a way to atone. … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Cross-Training, Diet, Ellliptical, equinox, fitness, gwyneth paltrow, Patriots, santa barbara, SBAC, Strength Training, SuperBowl, swimming, upper east side
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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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Happy Labor Day Weekend from Santa Barbara! Ready for Fall, Real Estate Course, and New York…
Kids back in school, earlier sunsets, and a chill in the morning air: the unmistakeable signs that fall is near. Of course when you don’t work or go to school–and live in Southern California nine months a year where temperatures … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged bicoastal, cats, dogs, Dutchess County, e-cig, end of summer, Labor day, New York, Patch, real estate, smoking, Town and Counry, Vaping
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The Problem with Mannequins Circa 2014: A Rare Note on Body Image and Weight in Middle Age (300th Victorian Chick Blog!)
Ed. Note: Yesterday I wrote the better part of a blog about Robin Williams, genius and mental illness, but because it’s a more academic (that is, allusive and exegetical) blog than usual and my printer is disconnected from my MacBook, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Relationships, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged bicoastal brunette, body image, depression, eating disorders, feminism, feminists, fitness, health, kathleen rooney, live nude girl, Naomi Wolf, psych meds, psychoanalysis, psychology, Robin Williams, therapy, toni bentley, weight, yale
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J’s 43rd Birthday Pictures and 3.5 Days (And Counting) 100% Smoke-Free!
I want to get to the club for a longish swim while it’s still cloudy (I’m too sore and tight for weights today), but wanted to report that it’s been 3.5 days since my last cigarette and that I have … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
Tagged boyfriend, e-cigarettes, exercise, Fig and Olive, Kangertech EVOD, los angeles, messiness, Montecito Wine Bistro, pets, Vaping
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Happy Friday from the SBAC Pool: Blogging Break, New York, Re-Post of D-Day 2011 Blog
Ah… I just finished a great strength training workout and found no open lanes at the pool, so I thought I would check in after nearly six weeks of no blogging. New York was amazing as always, packed with cabaret, … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged ben cameron, Bob Romanos, broadway sessions, D-Day, Fast Times at Ridgmont High, fitness, new york city, North Hollywood Arts District, SBAC, Southern California, summer, Triad
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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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Chill Monday After Beautiful Weekend in SB: Westlake Brunch, Deep Sea Winery, Pressed Juicery in Montecito, and First Dysport in 13 Months!
For the first day of a period, today was pretty nice. Of course at Jack’s Bagels on Milpas, the lovely owner Aimee, a friend of J’s from the Milpas Community Association, thought I was expecting and walked over to … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Tagged Deep Sea Winery, Hama Dance Center, Hyatt Westlake, Jill Strauss, JillyJazz, montecito, Monteito Aesthetic Institute, Palmer Davis, Pressed Juicery, risa, santa barbara, Stearns Wharf
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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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Happy Friday of Solstice from SB: Day in Venice, Santa Monica and Century City and Thoughts on the National Discussion about Obesity
I. Lunch and Drink in Venice, Nails in Santa Monica, Dinner in Century City at Princeton Club Event My title is slightly misleading, if not in fact than in its reflection of my priorities. I will be honest: in 16 … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Politics, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged abbott kinney, californication, Century City, dance, David Duchovny, Gjelina, Hal's. Venice, James Gandolfini, Raphael Sonenshein, speech and debate
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