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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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Back from NYC and Back to Blogging: Highlights from Trip with Pictures en Route to LA for Parent Visit and Jay Mohr at Hollywood Improv
Ed. note: I wrote this a week ago but just posted the pictures. Jay Mohr was tremendous and Jerry Seinfeld made a surprise drop-in appearance. Going to comedy, like going to baseball games, is better during the week. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged al di la vino, alvin ailey dance, birthday celebrations, brophy brother's, cabaret music, camille paglia, Carly Ozard, cold pool, Crawford Doyle, dance, David Shields, Equinox UES, Fishtail by David Burke, fred's at barneys, genius on hold, george eliot dissertation, glittering images, grand havana room, Italian food, Laurie Beechman Theater, Lower East Side, luigi dance centre, montecito, new york city, pets, Pulino's, sarabeth's, SBAC, sharon zaslaw, Sharqui bellydance jazz, Sunshine cinema, upper east side, walter shaw, West Bank Cafe, winter, wolfgang's, writer's block
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Happy Friday from Literati Cafe on a Hot January Day in West Los Angeles! Three Dance Classes at Hama with Risa in a Week and my First Santa Barbara Symphony Mini-Subscription
I’m extremely content. Literati used to be a bar and grill my parents and I liked in spite of the deplorable service. It used to take as long to get my charmingly-titled Good Night Moon specialty cocktail (vodka, fresh … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged dad stories, dance, Debussy, Granada Theater, hama jazz dance, Mahler, Mozart, new york city, risa, sb, SB symphony, state street ballet
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Post-Sandy, Election Eve Blog: Closing Day of Circle Bar B Season (“Any Wednesday”), Seagrass Dinner With J (Travelzoo) and CALM (Child Abuse Learning Mediation) Wine, Jewelry Chocolate Event at Montecito Country Club
I don’t know that I have ever gone 10 days without a blog but if I have it’s rare. I’ve been posting as usual on Facebook Victorian Chick and my personal page and written half of four blogs I chose … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Politics, Theater, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Any Wednesday, Ben Vereen, Broad Stage, Broadway, CALM, Circle Bar B, consignment, dance, David Selberg, fine dining, hama jazz dance centre, Karabel, lola, Lori Shinder Pearl, luigi, Main Street Dance and Exercise, Northwest Dance Project, pacific pride foundation, Paul Rudnick, pets, Pippin, Rachel Hett, Regrets Only, Richard Goode, Seagrass, Susie and David Couch, tracey durbin, Yogaworks
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Groggy In-Flight Notes on TSA, the Jewelry Lover on Flight, and Obnoxious United Flight Attendants
Ed Note: I wrote this Saturday, inflight. I’m at Le Pain Cotidienne on 65th and Columbus now, waiting for a friend, after a spectacular dance class. I may take a second class at 7 as my dinner was postponed till … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Politics, Travel
Tagged 2012 election, apocalyptic thinking, botox, dance, dermal fillers, DIA, new york city, SBA, TSA, United Airlines
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Happy First (and Cloudy) Tuesday of Fall from the Palisades! Pacific Dining Car with Dad, Noma “Premium” Sushi with Friend, Susan Pincher/ Dressed Ready 75% off Score in Montecito and Goodbye to Parents pre-NYC
As I titled this blog I realized how long it’s been since I last saw First Monday in October (1981). I think I actually saw it in the theater with Mom which would have made me 9, not long … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Relationships, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls
Tagged 1980s, absence of malice, big chill, dance, first monday in october, happy hour, kay and dave's, King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, Labradoodle, manhattan beach, New York, noma sushi, pacific dining car, pacific palisades, santa monica, westside, wilshire
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Last Morning in the City: Wondrous Trip, Tough to Leave my New Life, Meeting Legendary Jazz Dancer Luigi in Class
Well, I’m a bit out of it. I had a hell of a nightmare at 4 AM and another at 7 AM but I’m fine. I want to vacuum and pack and get a set of duplicates for the apartment … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged bicoastal, dance, hama, hama jazz dance, jazz dance, job opportunities, los angeles, luigi, new york city, state street ballet, tracey durbin, tutoring, urban life
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My Mini-Daphne Merkin (Analysis/Therapy) Story–A Snippet–and LA Geography Past and Present
My friend Chris on FB, one of them anyway, wrote a comment about Roger Ebert’s tirade against drunk drivers in the wake of the recent tragic accident about which I had not heard. Chris is a very conservative Catholic with … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Literature, School, St. Augustine, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged analysis, aspergers, dance, depression, schools, therapy
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