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Category Archives: Film
Laugh for Sight Benefit at Hollywood Improv Tonight Plus Michael’s Amazing All-Night Happy Hour and DMV Stupidity
I. Laugh for Sight, Lack of Shame/Guilt in America’s Youth, and High Percentage of Stupid People at the DMV. I have to go to the DMV today–bummer–so no lunch at Gjelina on Abbot Kinney with my LA dining buddy … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Food & Wine, Uncategorized
Tagged broadcast news, childhood, children, DMV, family, finances, holly hunter, laugh for sight, Michael's, parents, st augustine
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Victorian Chick Joins Twitter on 2nd Anniversary Week of VC Plus Thoughts on my “Relaxed” Attitude Toward Shipping, Unpacking and Organizational Matters Generally with Note on the Irritating Evan Handler
I. The Twitter Story Well, after my sixth writer or businessperson friend made a case for the value of Twitter–the practical rather than intellectual value of course–I finally decided to join. Of course, the first attempt was a Reverse … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Film, Relationships, Television
Tagged @victorian_chick, Breaking Seas, Brentwood Patch, californication, Crawford Doyle, evan handler, Fig and Olive, Glenn Damato, Hollywood liberals, Jason Lawhead, Jay Mohr, limousine liberals, Palisades Patch, philadelphia junto, Twitter
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Back from NYC and Back to Blogging: Highlights from Trip with Pictures en Route to LA for Parent Visit and Jay Mohr at Hollywood Improv
Ed. note: I wrote this a week ago but just posted the pictures. Jay Mohr was tremendous and Jerry Seinfeld made a surprise drop-in appearance. Going to comedy, like going to baseball games, is better during the week. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged al di la vino, alvin ailey dance, birthday celebrations, brophy brother's, cabaret music, camille paglia, Carly Ozard, cold pool, Crawford Doyle, dance, David Shields, Equinox UES, Fishtail by David Burke, fred's at barneys, genius on hold, george eliot dissertation, glittering images, grand havana room, Italian food, Laurie Beechman Theater, Lower East Side, luigi dance centre, montecito, new york city, pets, Pulino's, sarabeth's, SBAC, sharon zaslaw, Sharqui bellydance jazz, Sunshine cinema, upper east side, walter shaw, West Bank Cafe, winter, wolfgang's, writer's block
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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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Reflections on Relationships and the Relinquishment of One’s Own High and Pop Cultural Investments, or The Challenges of Living a Life of Ideas Outside the Academy
Usually Ollie prefers the ottoman on which I’ve photographed him numerous times but the sun is so brilliant and warm streaming through the window, he decided to lounge about on the hardwood floor. He often sunbathes on the upper … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Philosophy, Relationships, Television, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged CT, depression, dresses, graduate school, Grey Laswell, grey's anatomy, happiness, literature, money, Morning Glory, music from Grey's Anatomy, new jersey, new york city, parents, relationships, Suits, Tadashi Shoji, tutoring, wealth
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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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First Blog of 2013: Victorian Chick’s Reflections on Happiness, Social Media and Elizabeth Wurtzel
“Happy is good. I’ve always been a fan of happiness.” –Marsha Mason to James Caan in Neil Simon’s Chapter Two. It’s been two weeks since my pre-NYE blog as I have intermittently been working on my monster blog for … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Literature, Relationships, St. Augustine, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged chapter two, choices, Cliff Baldridge, daphne merkin, elizabeth wurtzel, facebook, feminism, friendship, gwyneth paltrow, happiness, harper's bazaar, hope Steadman, James Caan, Jewish, jezebel, Joe Bologna, katie baker, lynn beisner, marriage, Marsha Mason, mel harris, memoirs, money, New Years Eve, new york city, new york magazine, polly draper, private school, psychoanalysis, Role Reboot, secular jews, st. augustine, therapy, thirtysomething, yale
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Lazy Saturday pre-Geffen Playhouse Coney Island Christmas/New Headshots and Pro Photos from NYC
J fixed my Drop Box issue. He marvels at the extent to which I can “punk” up my computer and create problems where none previously existed. As a dear friend always says, “It’s a gift.” Before J could fix it, … Continue reading
New Years Eve Pops Concert Booked, Silver Linings Playbook at 7PM, Oct 4 Park Avenue Armory Pictures
Intending to pick up Christopher Beha’s wonderful What Happened to Sophie Wilder after a few months’ intermission, I realized it was in LA and elected to laze around rather than begin Katherine Alcott’s The Danger of Proverbial Alphabets, highly recommended … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Film, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged Ann Hamilton, art, Broadway, Deja Vu, Granada Theater, music, new york city, Park Avenue Armory
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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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