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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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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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Wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend in LA: Westlake School for Girls Reunion Lunch, Dinner at Osteria Latini and League of Their Own, and American Buffalo at the Geffen Playhouse
Summer has come to West LA. Happily, summer here bears very little relation to summer in most of the country, which tends to be obscenely humid or so hot–115 in Arizona or Palm Springs–you don’t care whether the heat … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Beauty, Relationships, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls
Tagged american buffalo, CARAL, cultural studies, David Mamet, Geffen Playhouse, harvard westlake, joanie parker, NOW, sex and the city, summer in LA, ucsb english, weekly standard
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Happy Fiesta Weekend from Santa Barbara! (Plus Preview of “To Rome, With Love” Rave and Reflections on Victorian Chick’s “Rarefied” Life)
I am back from New York (and the Cape/Barrington, Rhode Island), happily ensconced with J and the animals on a stunning, sunny Saturday after a morning of clouds and drizzle. I didn’t plan to return on Thursday, August 2nd because … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 1%, 360 State Street, amy waldman, big law, deconstruction, fiesta, graduate school, harvard westlake, husbands and wives, kathy reich, literary theory, manhattan, midnight in paris, new haven, o'melveny and myers, post-structuralism, taft apartments, to rome, upper east side, upper west side, west los angeles, westlake school for girls, with love, woody allen, yale, Yale Club of LA
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A Detour with a Happy Ending (Minus Wi-Fi): Santa Barbara to Denver to La Guardia Flight Reflections on Private School Culture, Single-Sex Education for Girls
Ed. note: I am just posting this before I head out. I will insert pictures but it is more like a memoir chapter combined with social commentary on the topics listed in the title. I am late but will post … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyle, Literature, Relationships, School, St. Augustine, Television, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged archer school for girls, diana meehan, Gramercy Park, harvard westlake, Hill Street Blues, hollywood, industry childhood. gary david goldberg, Jim Sikking, los angeles, new york city, private school, public school, San Fernando Valley, st. augustine, steven bochco, ucla, upper east side, WLA real estate
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Happy Friday from Cafe Stella! Victorian Chick Turns Cowgirl and 4th of July Mini-Vacation with J in LA (Rivals in PCPA Solvang Tonight)
Cool breezes in Midwestern summers and Victorian Chick in a cowboy hat: what are the odds? Sadly, for my friends suffering all over the country, cool breezes do not seem to be in the forecast. My friend (and fellow … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Relationships, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls
Tagged abbott kinney, bel air, Bluegirl swimwear, boot barn, bretnwood, cafe stella, cowgirl, crossroads, daily grill, harvard westlake, marina del rey, oxnard, pacific palisades, PCPA theater, Restoration comedy, Rivals, santa monica, sheraton gateway, Sheridan, venice, water garden, yahoo center
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Victorian Chick’s Anthropology of West Los Angeles Real Estate (Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Bel Air, Westwood, Malibu and Santa Monica–North of Montana)
I knew this iTunes thing was too good to be true. I have had the Macbook Pro about three months (used, a great deal on eBay) and it tells me there is a security breach and I cannot purchase … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls
Tagged bel air, beverly hills, brentwood, college, elyse walker, entertainment industry, harvard westlake, high school, hollywood, holmby hills, lawyers, malibu, marina del rey, pacific palisades, reagan estate, real estate, shawn colvin, The Cottage, ucla, venice, wendy plumb, west hollywood, west los angeles, westlake school for girls, westwood, yale
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