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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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First Blog of 2013: Victorian Chick’s Reflections on Happiness, Social Media and Elizabeth Wurtzel
“Happy is good. I’ve always been a fan of happiness.” –Marsha Mason to James Caan in Neil Simon’s Chapter Two. It’s been two weeks since my pre-NYE blog as I have intermittently been working on my monster blog for … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Literature, Relationships, St. Augustine, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged chapter two, choices, Cliff Baldridge, daphne merkin, elizabeth wurtzel, facebook, feminism, friendship, gwyneth paltrow, happiness, harper's bazaar, hope Steadman, James Caan, Jewish, jezebel, Joe Bologna, katie baker, lynn beisner, marriage, Marsha Mason, mel harris, memoirs, money, New Years Eve, new york city, new york magazine, polly draper, private school, psychoanalysis, Role Reboot, secular jews, st. augustine, therapy, thirtysomething, yale
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Happy Friday! Reflections on Contentment, Social Media and the New Manhattan (along with Fascist NYC Recycling Laws) en Route to Bay Head, New Jersey for Suburban Excursion with Three Dogs, a Little Girl, and a Horse! (Posted Monday)
Ed. Note: Written Friday morning. Being with my friend and her family (human and canine) in Tom’s River, NJ was a highlight of the trip. Such a blast. Not to mention one of my all-time best consignment scores: 4 tops, … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Relationships, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged deja vu consignment, friendship, michael kors, monmouth county, new jersey, new york city, sea streak
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Last Day on East Coast (Sigh…..): Beautiful Day after a Dream Trip/Thoughts on Use of Facebook and Self-Disclosure/Honesty/Organo Gold Coffee (I’m in Sales Now!)
I can’t post any pictures from the last week, including a stunning topiary I gave my friend in whose apartment I stay when in the city. The flowers last for a few years as they are , I take … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Politics, Travel
Tagged conservative, DC, empire hotel, facebook, friends, friendship, honesty, liberal, maturity, murray hill, new jersey, new york city, roommates, sal y pouvre
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Happy Friday from NJ Turnpike: Wonderful Time at SOBs for Marco Santarlasci 2/29 and Four Beautiful Meals (Brio, DG Moderne, Chat Noir , Chin Chin)
There is of course no internet in the car—the second time I have been in backseat of this new 5 series BMW station wagon which truly does ride like a dream—but I just had to say that every trip … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Relationships, St. Augustine, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged brio, chin chin, city club hotel, club row, DC, friendship, kids, le chat noir, marco santarlasci, new jersey, new jersey turnpike, opera, ordintricity, red flame diner, veal scallopini
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“There Are No Happy Endings”: Tommy Gavin in Season 7, Episode 3 of Rescue Me
Ordinarily before I write a real essay or piece of criticism, I want to have my text mastered, be it a poem, novel, film, or television show. But as my ex-chair once wrote on a chapter of mine, criticism is … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Family, Relationships, St. Augustine, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, alex patsavas, andrea roth, andy cipowicz, comedy, denis leary, fidelity, franco, friendship, grey's anatomy, happiness, heartburn, janet, lou, male friendship, marriage, monogamy, nypd blue, pain, peter tolan, rescue me, sex, sheila, strong female characters, tragedy
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“As Long as We Keep Talking, We Stay Alive”: Michael Keaton’s Platonic Love Affair with Helena Bonham Carter in “Live from Baghdad” (HBO)
I remember watching this movie repeatedly, about ten times over a two year period, from 2003 to 2005 on my VCR in the horrid, truck route Lebanon apartment about which I have written many times in my FB notes. It … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Facebook Notes, Family, Film, Health & Beauty, Literature, Relationships, School, St. Augustine, Television, UCSB, Yale
Tagged cnn, depression, friendship, Helena Bonham Carter, isolation, katherine philips, laundry, live from baghdad, michael keaton, nypd blue, poetry, rescue me, swimming, terror
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Back in LA, Heading to SB with 6 Philosophy Lectures to Blog About, Also Follow-Up Emails to New Contacts from APA!
It will be nice to see J, and my new computer, later today when I arrive in SB. I have two schlepper errands for Dad and now that leg is messed up, I have an excuse for a pigsty of … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook Notes, Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Lingerie, Literature, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged aesthetics, apa, aristotle, beauty and morality in kant, consignment stores, ethics, friendship, hegel, new computer, nietzsche, richard eldridge, stanley cavell, the cottage in pacific palisades, wittgenstein
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