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Category Archives: Westlake School For Girls
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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Winterpearls Jewelry Trunk Show Score and a Dodgers Game with Brother (Second Ballgame of my Life)
I’m going to the second professional baseball game of my life today. Baseball isn’t my thing, but I did have fun in 2012 when saw the Dodgers play the Mets at the gorgeous and newly renovated Dodger stadium. Well, play … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged Dodger Stadium, dodgers, New York, Pulino's, Siblings, upper east side, yale
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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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Catch-Up Blog from Visalia, CA and Musings on “(Dis)Grace Under Pressure” by Role/Reboot Author Lauren Hermanson
Yet again, life seems to have interfered with blogging. I have two half-written blogs, one on Marin County and one on the 4th Annual Veuve Clicquot Will Rogers Polo Classic, but since my last blog I’ve seen Alan Alda and … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Relationships, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
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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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Happy 47th Anniversary to Mom and Dad, aka the Saint and the Flow Goer
My parents married on August 26th, 1966. It was the year my mother passed the CA bar after graduating from UCLA Law in 1965, one of a dozen women in a class of some 300 men. The two had dated … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Relationships, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
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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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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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