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Category Archives: St. Augustine
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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Merry Christmas Week to Victorian Chick Readers! A Story of Christmases and Christmas Trees Past by a Christmas Tree Jew
A Facebook friend and Rockette-turned-artist I finally met in Hoboken this October noted that people were too exhausted on December 26th to wade through a long, rigorous blog about academic politics, the death of journalism, and aesthetic theory: “Today is … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, Travel, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls
Tagged Christmas, Christmas Tree Jews, christmas trees, Columbus Circle, la, montecito, my sister's closet, new york city, Ornaments, secular jews, Stephen Nissenbaum
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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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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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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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Pacific Palisades’ Swarthmore Avenue is not Detroit: Why Rick Caruso’s Proposed Development Strikes Terror in the Hearts of Palisades Natives
When I received several panicked messages from older Facebook friends who grew up in the Palisades about billionaire developer Rick Caruso’s plans destroy my hometown and current part-time residence, I was in New York and just nodding off at 2AM. … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Politics, St. Augustine, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged celebrities, pacific palisades, Palisades Highlands, real estate, Rick Caruso, Swarthmore Ave. Chez Mimi, west los angeles
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“Victorian Chick on the Patch” (New Blog in Various LA Patch Branches) and Musings on Why My Closest Friends Came from Facebook or NYC Trips not my K-12 LA Private Schools (Ventura Lunch with Westlake Girl, 1973)
It’s no secret that New York City moves me in ways no other place does, but I can honestly say that I’ve found a lovely rhythm in Southern California and made a nice life for myself when I’m away from … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, School, St. Augustine, Theater, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 1990s, Baby Boomers, Cafe Fiore, friendship, Greatest Generation, harvard westlake, manhattan, parents, real estate, sb, Seagrass, upper east side, Ventura thrift stores, westlake school for girls, WLA
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Delayed Tribute to Gary David Goldberg, Father of my Childhood Best Friend and Beloved Creator of Family Ties and Spin City
Gary David Goldberg was what the hippie movement was supposed to be. Before it all got corrupted by drugs, greed, and bad fashion the point was to spread compassion, understanding, love for one another, and place the human spirit over … Continue reading
Posted in Family, School, St. Augustine, Television, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged arts and culture, brentwood, family ties, gary goldberg, hollywood childhood, ken levine, shana goldberg-meehan
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