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Fun at the Garden Street Academy Holiday Boutique, Donald Marguiles’ Coney Island Christmas at the Geffen Tonight, and Reading Ambitions for 2013
Another rainy day in Santa Barbara but I don’t mind a bit. After a banner Saturday (minus swim) which began with the first professional cleaning of my apartment since February and a warm, wonderful afternoon at Garden Street Academy’s Holiday … Continue reading
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Tagged afghan whigs, Augustine, autobiography, Christmas, Coney Island Christmas, David Holmes, Donald Marguiles, Donna Leon, edith wharton, Faiths of the Founding Fathers, Garden State Academy, Geffen Playhouse, greg dulli, Hanukah, Jewish Journal, john lithgow, Lisa Duncan Carrillo, memoir, morgan library, porter abbott, reading, rescue me, selfhood, subjectivity, Teresa of Avila, Teri Garr, the weekly standard, theory, theory of autobiography, Virginia Wolf
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The Shopping Gods Smiled Upon Victorian Chick: 9 pieces for 325 (!) Plus Dad’s Perspective on Fashion and Serious Note re Mom’s Aversion to Social Networking
I will post pictures of all my scores later this week, but have to say I am sooooo excited! Veritably giddy! I got a Nicole Miller red, beaded under the bra line, size 4. I have two other Nicole Miller … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Health & Beauty, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged banana republic, bargain shopping, bridesmaids review, Dad's surgery, designer resale, facebook, go the f*** to sleep, Max Studio, New Directions, newport beach, Newt Gingrich, Nicole Miller, philadelphia junto, Privacy, sherry netherland, the weekly standard, TWice the Style, Vera Wang, Violent Penguins who Attack Republicans
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Sick in Santa Barbara on a Stunning Friday but Happily Ensconced in Book Nook With Book Reviews and Macbook Pro
Not a great picture of me but I am so absolutely in love with my book nook or “jolly corner” as a friend called it before I left for NYC/DC. I was in Kalorama (D.C.) a month ago today … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Philosophy, Politics, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged autobiography, books, duke lacrosse scandal, emily dickinson, graduate school, henry james, liberal indoctrination, moments of being, nervous breakdown, parental relations, philip terzian, psychoanalysis, richard brodhead, robert pippin, samuel becket's company, skepticism, solitude, stanley cavell, the weekly standard, virginia woolf, wordsworth and the victorians, writing, yale english
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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 Pre-NYC/DC Trip Friday! Photo Blog from San Francisco and Auburn 40th Birthday Trip with Trip-Inspired Grad School Reflections
Friday, 9:30 AM. I have been up on Facebook and chat since 5:30. I do not usually arise this early but this is the second day in a row up before 6:40, my internal clock’s preferred wake-up time. J and … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Philosophy, Relationships, School, Television, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 40th birthday, application to grad school, auburn, birthday, book reviews, brian fischler, brutality of academia, californication, cross country skiing, depression, dissertation, garwood's, grad school, irvine, journalism, lake tahoe, laugh for sight, law school, literary theory, luigi dance center, monkey cat, new york city, orange county, person of interest, rutgers, san francisco, smash, snow, the weekly standard, toddlers, ucla, ucsb, washington dc, west los angeles, white collar, yale
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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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Merry Christmas Eve to Victorian Chick Readers and Facebook Friends: Twilight on Montecito Beach
J and I are sitting by the tree I made him get and paid for myself but which he now loves, listening to the Christopher West instrumental album–“Christmas Spirit”– by the fire with our lab Emma. Here is a picture … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Relationships, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged animals, Christmas, christmas eve, computer mishaps, depression, emma, happiness, montecito beach, netbook, ollie, santa barbara, sunsets, the weekly standard, tre lune, ucsb, yale, yale ucsb santa barbara happiness depression rescue me greg dulli montecito
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Goodbye to NYC After a Fantasy Christmas Trip: Preview of Blogs to Come
I can’t believe I didn’t blog for all this time. I felt the need to do justice to each experience and as a result procrastinated, a rare thing for me. I procrastinate at a world-class level when it comes to … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Music, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Christmas, christmas carols, drama: an actors education, edith wharton, hildegard hoeller, john lithgow, kathleen rooney, live nude girl, luigi jazz dance, morgan library, sushi samba, the duplex, the weekly standard
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