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Category Archives: Lifestyle
New York City, Part II: Corner Bookstore, Laura Benanti at 54 Below, Waverly Inn, Cafe Wha!, Don’t Tell Mama, and Joe Allen [Posted from SB]
Ed. Note: I’ve been back in CA since Tuesday night but spending time with J and resting after a great but physically rough trip (ankle, short cold, abdominal pain). I will blog tomorrow on the wonderful art opening at Lola, … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Family, Fashion, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Music, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged 54 Below, cabaret, cafe nights, Cafe Ronda, christina stankard, Don't Tell Mama, jack phillips, Joe Allen, Laura Benanti, Le Pain Quotidien, McKeown's Pub, new york city, Waverly Inn
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Best Week Ever 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–notwithstanding two beastly hot days and then a flash flood warning yesterday–has been … 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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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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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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Sunday Memoir Blog en Route to LA: Spectacular Night at the Marquee and the Granada for the State Street Ballet’s Firebird Suite and Studio City Patch Blog about Hama Dance Center
Ed. note: Several friends who have little connection to dance (at least not jazz) asked me both to define lyrical jazz dance and to explain a bit of my dance history and lineage. This blog attempts to do just that. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Lifestyle, Music, School, St. Augustine, Theater, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
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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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Happy Friday and First Day of February! George Eliot Letters, Shine Blowdry Bar Pedicure and Fun Weekend in LA with Play at the Geffen and Time with Florida Friends
It’s what everyone says but there’s a reason for this: I can’t believe today is the first day of February! Where did January go? For me it went to dance, the symphony, LA, Dad’s bronchitis, the SBAC pool and … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Babe Walker, class, death gardens, depression, grad school, happiness, memoir, nyc, Shine Blowdry Bar
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Happy Monday! Wonderful LA Weekend of Dance, Food, and Old Pictures I Never Knew Existed
Jerry Evans teaches a 1:30 lyrical jazz dance class at Hama Dance Center in Studio City which is too advanced for me but which I love to watch if I’m in town. I had an outstanding and heartwarming class Saturday … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, School, St. Augustine, Theater, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
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