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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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Happy First (and Cloudy) Tuesday of Fall from the Palisades! Pacific Dining Car with Dad, Noma “Premium” Sushi with Friend, Susan Pincher/ Dressed Ready 75% off Score in Montecito and Goodbye to Parents pre-NYC
As I titled this blog I realized how long it’s been since I last saw First Monday in October (1981). I think I actually saw it in the theater with Mom which would have made me 9, not long … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Relationships, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls
Tagged 1980s, absence of malice, big chill, dance, first monday in october, happy hour, kay and dave's, King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, Labradoodle, manhattan beach, New York, noma sushi, pacific dining car, pacific palisades, santa monica, westside, wilshire
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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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Prelude to Victorian Chick’s Ode to Santa Monica on a Cloudy Monday Night: Vidiots and Flying Saucers: Caffeine and Art
N.B.: This began as a blog about Santa Monica and two places Mom goes every Saturday after her ballet class for the week’s DVDs and treats for Dad, along with a latte and soup for herself. But it turned into … Continue reading
Posted in Family, School, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged californication, colleges, flying saucers, harvard, orange county, penn, private school, santa monica, swarthmore, uc system, vidiots, west los angeles, westlake, yale
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Happy Saturday from Beautiful, Blustery WLA After the Rain! Heading to Newport Beach for Friend’s Birthday and Reading Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox for Magazine Piece!
I never did blog this week about Pico Iyer on long sentences and now the paper seems to be hiding in the FEMA disaster site which is my dear, dear Saab. I just got back from M Street Cafe … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, School, Travel, UCSB, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 18th C literature, birthday party, carol rovane, catholics and protestants, computer problems, elizabeth heckendorn cook, female quixote, John donne, katherine philips, m street kitchen, macbook pro, netbooks, paradise lost, Restoration, roommate, santa monica, tories and whigs, ucsb grad school, WSECS
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