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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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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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A Banner Week in NYC: ChristinaNoel & The Creature, Cabaret Cares’ Help is on the Way, Ben Vereen Laguardia Tribute, Cape Spin!: An American Power Struggle, and Friday Night Tea and Rest to Recover
It’s been a whirlwind week of cabaret, music, dance, food and fortuitous meetings. I won’t blog about it all tonight but wanted just to report on what–apart from two beastly hot days and then a flash flood warning yesterday–has … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Music, Philosophy, St. Augustine, Television, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged aesthetics, Ben Vereen, Broadway, Cabaret Cares, Cafe Ronda, Cape Spin!:An American Struggle for Power, Charles Taylor, ChristinaNoel and the Creature, critique of judgment, Fig and Olive, francis roach, German Idealism, hama, hegel, kant, Laguardia High School, Laurie Beechman Theater, luigi, Magic to Do, modern dance, new york city, phenomenology, Pippin, Principles of Psychology, Romanticism, Studio Maestro, Theater La Tea, william james, yelp
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Penultimate Day in CA Pre-NYC: Brief Note on American Buffalo, the C Word, Rescue Me and Preview of Cabaret Cares for AIDS and Ben Vereen Tribute
I’m writing this on the porch of J’s condo. My Saab fob is in my friend’s SUV in LA (or by now in his house) as I left it there on Tuesday after an outstanding lunch at Maison Giraud with … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Relationships, Television, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged afghan whigs, alexandra patsavas, american buffalo, Ben Vereen, denis leary, diane farr, feminism, Geffen Playhouse, glengarry glen ross, grey's anatomy, john scurti, Laurie Beechman Theater, life in the theater, Maison Giraud, Mamet conversion, musicals, Naomi Wolf, new york city, Patrick Stewart, profanity, race, rescue me, ron eldard, Stepping Out, the chop shop, TR Knight, yelp
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Highlights of Laugh for Sight Benefit, Yelp List of the Best and Worst So Cal DMVs, Rosa Mexicano West Hollywood, and LA Daily News Piece on Harvard-Westlake’s Stellar Work Environment
After a whirlwind 48 hours in LA, I’m happily ensconced in my overstuffed white chair, with Ollie purring up a storm on the arm keeping me company while I write. A behemoth of a cruise ship is anchored in Santa … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls
Tagged Bianca Kjalin, brian fischler, Eric Ellis, Greg Fitzsimmons, Greg Proops, Hama Dance Center, happy workplaces, Hollywood Improv, LA Daily News, laugh for sight, Millenium Dance Center, Nash, North Hollywood, Pacific Palisades Patch, Paul Rodriguez, prep school, private school, risa, Santa Monica Patch, standup comedy, Studio City, Studio City Patch, yelp
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Happy Cinco de Mayo from SB!: Highlights of Midwestern Tour with New Yelp Lists and Patch Blog re Yelp’s Virtues and Vices
I can’t believe it’s been nearly a month since my blog about joining Twitter (with digs about the sanctimonious Evan Handler) but the Chicago/Champaign/Grand Rapids trip was jam-packed and I elected to document my trip via Yelp rather than Victorian … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged big grove tavern, champaign, chicago, Deidre Bair, diamond nexus, LA Times, Lake Shore Drive, marina city, Midwestern weather, New Yorker, Pacific Palisades Patch, Portillo's, purple pig, Sandy Banks, saul steinberg, Victoria Ordin, woodfield mall, yelp
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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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Victorian Chick’s Philosophy of Yelping (LA, NYC, Santa Barbara) and Remarks about Wasted Political Energy on Facebook
I. Yelp as Vehicle for Bestowing Praise on the Worthy. My Austin friend who gave me the title for last week’s prose ode to Groupon–”Food Stamps for the Upper Class”–inspired this blog as well. I have 9 reviews thus … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged anger, denial, diamond nexus labs, political incivility, political wasted energy, ugly divorces, yelp
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