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Milestones and New Directions for Victorian Chick: Cabaret Scenes, New York, Freedom
I. Dad’s Death, the 20th Yale Reunion, and Leaving Santa Barbara I haven’t written since the Patriots won the Super Bowl. A lifetime ago. I am in the Palisades with Mom now seven months and New York five, rather than … Continue reading
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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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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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“Big” Theater on Solstice Weekend: “Camelot in Concert” at the Granada and David Suchet in “The Last Confession” at the Ahmanson
Who says there’s no great theater in LA and Santa Barbara? Answer: people who haven’t lived or spent time in either place in the last dozen or so years. But this is a special weekend, particularly in Santa Barbara (and … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Theater, Uncategorized
Tagged 54 Below, 54 Below membership, Ahmanson, cabaret, Camelot, David Suchet, Feinstein's, Granada Theater, Jarrod Spector, New York, The Last Confession
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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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A Qualified Defense of the Mrs. Degree: Experimental Blog in 200 Degree Santa Barbara Heat (Link to Click! Bang! Podcast with Jacob Sullum)
I. Obscene Heat, Vapor Connection and Click! Bang! Podcast with Reason’s Jacob Sullum. I intended to blog both about the Vapor Connection in Isla Vista, Santa Barbara’s second legitimate vapor store, and about the predictably excellent podcast on Click! Bang! with Reason’s Jacob … Continue reading
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Tagged a/c, CASAA, Click! Bang!, e-cigarettes, heat, Jacob Sullum, new york city, Princeton Mom, Reason, Susan Patton, Vaping, Vapor Connection
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