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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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Great Santa Barbara Happy Hours: Why I Don’t Cook/Inaugural Victorian Chick Blog for the Palisades Patch/SB Symphony with State Street Ballet at the Granada and Geffen Wine Down Sunday for “The Gift” on Last CA Weekend pre-NYC
I realize it is perverse, if not downright cruel–when CT is buried under 26 inches of snow and the rest of New England is reeling from Blizzard Nemo–to post this picture of me on a warm, sunny February Monday in … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Music, Relationships, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Ben Vereen, bicoastal, Brahms, cadiz, culture on a budget, Debussy, enterprise fish company, Firebird, geffen theater, Granada in SB, happy hour, Kathy Baker, kids, los angeles, Palisades Patch, saving money, SB symphony, state street ballet, Stravinsky, the Broad Stage, The Cottage, The Gift, yelp
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Rainy Day for Opening Night of SB International Film Festival, Victorian Chick on YouTube (VictorianChickBlog), Flurry of Errands Including Repair of “Like” Button
It’s quite ridiculous that even after I recovered from the decade of death, I never participated in the SB Film Festival’s various social functions or private parties. Mom bought me a few tickets when I moved to SB in 1996 … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Baby Boom, Cheri Bib, customer service, Diane Keaton, Geffen Playhouse, James Spader, los angeles, michael kidd, Neil Patrick Harris, Nothing to Hide, nyc, Robert Greenhut, santa barbara, SBAC, SBIFF, susan sarandon, Sweethearts Dance, Trimm Salon, yelp, YouTube
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Happy Pre-Thanksgiving Week Blog: Victorian Chick Enters the 21st Century with an iPhone 5!
I’m at Enterprise Fish Company on a sleepy, cloudy Sunday in SB, eagerly anticipating my chicken club (minus bacon) with avocado and aioli after having eaten nothing all day except superlative vanilla birthday cake at T’s 9th birthday party at … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Music, Travel, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged 1992 election, 1993 blizzards, afghan whigs, apple store, bedtime stories, cafe majestic, enterprise fish company, fillmore theater, greg dull, hotel majestic, iphone, los angeles, madonna, new haven, roxy, rue epic, san francisco, santa barbara rock gym, toad's, upper east side, yale
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The Vulgar Charm of Mob Wives: A Rare and Oddly Human Reality Show (Posted en Route to the Cape on Bus)
Ed Note: I have a backup of blogs on Ben Vereen at 54 Below, the end of Luigi Jazz Dance Intensive and the traditional galavanting of Victorian Chick in the city but will leave those for the weekend at … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Philosophy, Television, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Barrington, Ben Vereen, cape cod, Carla Facciolo, cultural studies, deconstruction, Drita D'Avanzo, Essex County, geoffrey hartman, Housewives franchise, Housewives of Beverly Hills, Jacques Derrida, John Milton, John Rogers, Karen Gravana, los angeles, MA, Mob Wives, Montclair, new jersey, new york city, Nicole Miller, orange county, osterville, paradise lost, post-structuralism, Renee Graziano, RI, soap operas, Staten Island, TWice the Style, upper east side, William Wordsworth, yale, Yale English. Paul de Man
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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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Thank You, Readers of Victorian Chick on Its First Anniversary! Preview of Royal Ballet’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Wall Street Journal’s Berkovitz on CA Colleges’ Indoctrination and a Fabulous Day in Hollywood Monday at Roosevelt Hotel
I knew today was the first anniversary of Victorian Chick because I looked back a couple weeks ago. A few blogs appear in archives prior to that but those were included (accurately) as earlier blogs on the short-lived Random … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, School, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged adam mansbach, anniversary, asshole song, bill kristol, bridesmaids, C magazine, denis leary, dennis prayer, east coast, facebook, fromin's deli, higher education, hollywood high, irving kristol, junto.blogspot.com, liberal indoctrination, literary criticism, los angeles, los angeles review of books, Los angeles times, national review, neil simon, new york city, no cure for cancer, paul fry, philadelphia junto, philip terzian, pulp fiction, r and d montana, romeo and juliet, roosevelt hotel, royal ballet, sex sells, social conservatism (repugnance of), the weekly standard, ucla, ucsb, wall street journal, west coast, WLA real estate, yale, yale school of criticism
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Happy Saturday! Amy Chua (aka Tiger Mom) at 3PM at UCSB Arts and Lectures: Going with Open Mind
J and I are going to hear Yale Law professor Amy Chua discuss her bestseller, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, at UCSB’s Campbell Hall. I have blogged about Tiger Mom before, once at some length from the perspective of daughter … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook Notes, Family, Fashion, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Relationships, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged amy chua, battle hymn of tiger mother, eating disorders, hitchhiking, los angeles, parenting, permissiveness, psychology, santa barbara, tiger mom, ucsb, ucsb arts and lectures series, winnicott, yale law
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The Best Year of My Life Since College: Victorian Chick’s Photographic 2011 Year in Review (Unfinished, Sept to December Posted New Years Day)
My morning ritual (in Santa Barbara) goes like this: 1) wake up and snuggle next to my warm boyfriend with big strong shoulders as he snoozes away, 2) snuggle with Emma, whose tail wags as I approach her doggie bed … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Lingerie, Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, School, St. Augustine, Theater, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged american philosophical association, ankle sprain, beinecke library, berkeley college, cafe rouge, cats, chictopia, connecticut, cosabella, davenport, dogs, dorothy chandler, dresses, dropkick murphys, facebook friends, fishtail, george eliot, gordon haight, greg hilton, jblangconsulting, jewelry, le chat noir, los angeles, luigi, luigi jazz dance centre, monique lhuillier, new york city, Nicole Miller, pets, philadelphia junto, san diego, santa barbara, sherry netherland, the weekly standard, trina turk, upper east side, upper west side, westlake reunion, yale, yale reunion
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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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