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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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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
Posted in Lifestyle, Relationships, Uncategorized
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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“Victorian Chick’s Meditations on Jewelry as an Element of Style and ‘Appurtenance’ of Self” (Second Guest Blog on Bicoastal Brunette) with Note on Why New Yorkers Feel Superior
The security breach with SSL on IOS 6 delayed posting of the guest blog I finished two weeks ago. My email was down both on the phone and computer as a result, and I didn’t realize that Samara Lipsky had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
Tagged bicoastal, bicoastal brunette, Caffe Primo, Coogie's of Malibu, diamond nexus, jewelry, Le Petit Four, Lisa Duncan Carrillo, Lori Shinder Pearl, new york city, new yorkers, Pandora, Sam's by the Beach, traffic in LA, wilshire, Winter Pearls, Yelp reviews
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Back in Santa Barbara: Dr. Sigrid Fry-Revere’s “The Kidney Sellers” and New York Travel Notes
I returned from New York last Friday on a blissful Virgin flight I listened to Kinky Boots and Wicked for over three hours. I love everything about Virgin: the planes, the service, the food, the wine, the entertainment, the WiFi, and the sockets … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Relationships, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged healthcare, Iran, kidney donation, kidney sellers, kinky boots, new york city, Newark Airport, Pippin, sigrid fry-revere, Virgin Airlines, Wicked
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Why This Middle-Aged Woman Loved the Facebook Movie: A Response Alexis Kleinman/Highlights of First Week in NYC
I. Eight Days in New York. More happens–more social interaction, more culture, more random stimulation, not to mention more professional networking–in New York City than any place I’ve been or lived. I’m prepared to believe that Paris, London, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Music, Politics, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Agozar, Alec Baldwin, alexis kleinman, Art Bar, bemelman's, bergdorf goodman, bicoastal brunette, Burger and Barrell, cafe carlyle, delicatessen, Dept of Speculation, dixieland jazz, Duplex, e-cigarettes, East Village, Facebook movie, food, Henley Premium Vapor, Henley Vaporium, huffiington post, Jenny Offill, Joe Allen, lex bar and books, lorin stein, MacDougal Street, McNally Jackson, new york city, New York Magazaine, novels, secondhand scores, SoHo, talia eisenberg, Vive la Crepe, woody allen
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Thoughts on Gloria Steinem, Pornography, and the Problems with Today’s Feminism and Feminists
It is a simply stunning and warm sunny day, though the air is slightly cool. J and I go to dinner at 6PM at Cadiz before we watch the season 2 premiere of House of Cards. When Frank and Claire ran … Continue reading
Procrastination Pre-Departure Blog: Gary Gutting on the Crisis in Humanities, Tina Brown on the Written Word (Oy Vey), and Arianna Huffington on (Not) Paying Huffington Post Bloggers (Like Me!)
It’s a pretty early winter day in Santa Barbara, which means it probably got down to 50 degrees last night. I am listening to Wicked on YouTube, looking forward to shows at the Triad (N’Kenge, currently on Broadway at Mary Wells … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged 54 Below. VIP membership at 54 Below, Ben Cameron Broadway Sessions, Broadway, Gary Gutting, graduate school, higher education, holiday shows, humanities in crisis, LA Times editorial Tina Brown, Motown, N'Kenge, new york city, NYT, the Triad, Tina Brown
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Quick Blog While Packing After 2.5 Weeks in NYC: LA Bound (Maybe….)
Well, the last time I went a whole NYC trip without blogging, my MacBook Pro hard drive crashed. I have no such excuse this trip other than a breakneck schedule, which even without dance, kept me up late almost every … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged ben cameron, broadway sessions, chuck nice, daphnie sicre, halloween 2013, hiram kasten, jerry seinfeld, juice generation, laugh for sight, Laurie Beechman Theater, lingerie on lex, new york city, penny farthing, play/date, robert klein, standup comedy, sue costello, upper east side, upper west side, West Bank Cafe, yelp
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New York City, Part II: Corner Bookstore, Laura Benanti at 54 Below, Waverly Inn, Cafe Wha!, Don’t Tell Mama, and Joe Allen [Posted from SB]
Ed. Note: I’ve been back in CA since Tuesday night but spending time with J and resting after a great but physically rough trip (ankle, short cold, abdominal pain). I will blog tomorrow on the wonderful art opening at Lola, … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Family, Fashion, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Music, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged 54 Below, cabaret, cafe nights, Cafe Ronda, christina stankard, Don't Tell Mama, jack phillips, Joe Allen, Laura Benanti, Le Pain Quotidien, McKeown's Pub, new york city, Waverly Inn
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