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Category Archives: Food & Wine
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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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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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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Lazy Allergic Saturday in Santa Barbara: Predictably Disappointing Visit to La Super Rica, Fabulous Mani/Pedi at C and J, Great Happy Hour at Uptown Lounge and Notes on the New Santa Barbara Sentinel
The only interesting or good part of today was a spectacular gel manicure and pedi at C and J. It was one of the first places about which I Yelped in September, when I joined a site I have … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged Kyoto, La Super Rica, LA Weekly, SB Independent, SB Sentinel, Shintori, Uptown Lounge
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Happy Friday from Uptown Lounge in SB: Great Dance Day Monday and Comedy at Hollywood Improv Tuesday (Jay Mohr and Jason Lawhead)
In anticipation of a day of organization—my least favorite sort of day—I decided I needed fortification in the form of Brioche French toast and many cups of Peerless Coffee. The San Francisco coffee is the closest thing to blow … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Politics, School, St. Augustine, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged archer school for girls, brentwood, Brentwood Country Mart, David Mamet, Davis and Polk, diana meehan, Farm Shop, gary goldberg, hama, hama jazz dance, Hancock Park, Jerry Evans, Karabel, Marlborough, Rebecca Pigeon, risa, Sherman Oaks, sitcoms, st. augustine, Sullivan and Cromwell, tracey durbin, traffic, TV, westlake school for girls
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Happy Sunday from Sunny Santa Barbara: Breathtaking Brunch at Maggie’s at State and A and Victorian Chick’s Anti-Helicopter Parents
Surrounded by French tapestries worthy of the Cloisters, with a second glass of red wine I’m sipping after five cups of coffee to recover from an asthma attack last night, I’m basking in the glow of Maggie’s motto: Comfort, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
Tagged American Masterpieces, brunch in SB, classical music, composers, Corks 'n Crowns, George Gershwin, helicopter parents, Jonathan Leshnoff, Leonard Bernstein, Maggie's at State and A, Nir Kabaretti, parenting, SB symphony, st. augustine, St. Patrick's Day, Westside Story, Yelp reviews
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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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Quick Happy Friday Blog: Scores from Cottage, Valentine’s Dinner Pictures and Link to Patch Blogs for the Week (5!)
I just finished my fifth patch blog in a week–a review of Cafe Vida embedded in observations of the Palisades, Brentwood and Santa Monica (north of Montana area particularly) over and above Beverly Hills. This is a condensed version of … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Albert Nipon, Brentwood Patch, consignment shopping, Deja Vu Toms River, diamond nexus, jewelry, luigi jazz dance centre, manhattan, michael kors, neiman marcus, Palisades Patch, relais de paris, Studio City Patch, The Cottage Boutique, Valentine's Day, Vera Cuoio
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Happy Valentine’s Day to all Victorian Chick Readers! Dinner at Relais de Paris and a SCORE at the Cottage Boutique!
I just got to SB from LA with a detour to the Cottage Boutique which can be regarded as nothing short of miraculous! I got an early birthday present from my friends at the Cottage, lovely bangles I could not … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
Tagged consignment, happiness, love, relais de paris, shopping, The Cottage, Valentine's Day
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