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Happy Super Bowl Sunday from Santa Barbara! Victorian Chick on Fitness (and Instagram)
Ed. Note: The Patriots have won the Super Bowl. I heard on the radio that people eat more on Super Bowl Sunday than Thanksgiving, so if you’re feeling immobilized by whatever decadent food you’ve consumed, here’s a way to atone. … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Cross-Training, Diet, Ellliptical, equinox, fitness, gwyneth paltrow, Patriots, santa barbara, SBAC, Strength Training, SuperBowl, swimming, upper east side
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A Hot, Lazy Weekend in Santa Barbara: Reflections on Fletch Nearly Three Decades Later, Carpinteria State Beach, and Happy Vaping
It’s warm in Santa Barbara this weekend, just shy of oppressive at 3PM. A light breeze wafts in through the windows looking out onto the ocean in the distance. Ollie and Emma are lounging on the deck in the shade, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, Travel, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 1980s, 1984 Olympics, Chevy Chase, christopher commission, crossroads, Fletch, Harold Faltermeyer, hollywood, LAPD, Patrick's Roadhouse, psychoanalysis, relationships, santa barbara, santa monica, sex, Stephanie Mills
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Simple Pleasures: A Perfect Cheeseburger, A Grapefruit Mimosa, A Fun Manicure/Pedicure and a Funny YouTube Video (My First on Boyfriend’s Channel about Gun Maintenance, Collectible Knives and More)
Thanks to all my readers for the wonderful feedback on the 3rd anniversary blog! I included links to a range of pieces on Huffington Post, Weekly Standard, Patch, and Victorian Chick, hoping to provide a representative sample of the many topics I cover. Except … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Food & Wine, St. Augustine, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged About Last Night, American Ale, Beer, C and J Nails, Eureka! Burger, Grapefruit Mimosas, Not Vegetarian, santa barbara, Soul Cycle Preview, trader joe's
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A Beautiful, Crisp Week in Santa Barbara: Dr. Maureen Echt and New Yelp Reviews (Death Gardens, Whole Foods, Killer Shrimp) with a Brief Note on the Yelp Lawsuit in Virginia
I was supposed to head to LA yesterday, but Mom said she had no pressing engagements which took her away from Dad, so I stayed to be with J on a day he doesn’t have his 4th grader. Seven weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Politics, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged abortion, Arizona, death gardens, Dr Maureen Echt, hope gardens, Killer Shrimp SB, Max's Diner, new york times, santa barbara, SB gynecologists, Upper State, Virginia Supreme Court, wall street journal, yelp
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Chill Monday After Beautiful Weekend in SB: Westlake Brunch, Deep Sea Winery, Pressed Juicery in Montecito, and First Dysport in 13 Months!
For the first day of a period, today was pretty nice. Of course at Jack’s Bagels on Milpas, the lovely owner Aimee, a friend of J’s from the Milpas Community Association, thought I was expecting and walked over to … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Tagged Deep Sea Winery, Hama Dance Center, Hyatt Westlake, Jill Strauss, JillyJazz, montecito, Monteito Aesthetic Institute, Palmer Davis, Pressed Juicery, risa, santa barbara, Stearns Wharf
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Happy Tuesday from Manhattan! Best (41st) Birthday, Steps on Broadway/Luigi, Fig and Olive Brunch and Thursday Broadway World Cabaret Awards at Metropolitan Room
I finished the blog about TSA with a revision of my response to the hostile commenter on my Patch review of “The Gift” and will post that tomorrow, but as usual, my blogging impulses wane in NYC because I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Food & Wine, Music, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Academy Awards, Ben Vereen, birthday, Cruise Line, dennis franz, dennis miller, Elaine Stritch, Fig and Olive, Green Gourmet, jazz, Liz McKendry, luigi jazz dance centre, Metropolitan Room, musical theater, Rick Knight, Rob Lowe, santa barbara, SBIFF, Steps on Broadway, upper east side, V2
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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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Rainy Day in SB: Cut, Color, Tiny Dysport (6 Units) Undereye, Tummy Ache, Wine, Chorus Line (1985), the 1980s Sitcom Benson and White Nights Soundtrack
I’m with Ollie purring like a neck rest and Emma happy on her doggie bed downstairs after my 6 units/60 bucks Dysport touch-up for the undereye just where I apply the liner from Sephora I’ve grown to love (halfway … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Music, St. Augustine, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty treatments, Benson, Century City, CHiPs, Chorus Line, dysport, michael douglas, Montecito Aesthetic Institute, Plitt Theater, robert guillaume, santa barbara, Tiburon Tavern, Trimm Hair Salon, Victorian Chick, White Nights
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Torrential Rain and Thunder This Friday in LA: Facebook Timeline Rant, the Clare Spark Blog, Life in the Age of Psychoanalysis
I’m at Cafe Vida in Pacific Palisades, my favorite munchkin sighting place in West LA. It’s very loud as the rain and wind have shut down the outdoor dining area and every table is occupied. I’m exhausted, having coughed all … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lingerie, Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, School, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged barre method, clare spark blog, cosabella lingerie, cultural studies, death gardens, depression, facebook, freud, friends with kids, greg hilton, lacan, living social, psychoanalysis, purr mission, reflex action and theism, santa barbara, ucsb, will to believe, william james
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Happy Friday from Santa Barbara! Mishigas with Landlord, Heroic Father Saves the Day and Catch-Up Post NYC/DC Trip
Well, I’m not going to say anything profound or earth-shattering, having consumed a respectable amount of the Skinny Margarita pictured here (on sale at CVS, 3 bucks off). I had a clusterfuck of a day with landlord who, as my Facebook … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Television, Travel, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Adoration tennis bracelet, al anon, business, buttonwood wine, codependency, coffee, depression, diamond nexus labs, emotional health, happiness, housing prices, john mayer, kalorama, landlord, Lorian Platinum, new york city, organo gold, real estate, recovery, room for squares, sales, san roque, santa barbara, skinny margarita, washington dc, whole foods, yale, yale english
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