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Category Archives: Literature
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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New Blog on “The Gift” on Palisades/Brentwood Patch: Pre-Trip Prep on a Sunny Tuesday and Brief Note on John Dryden’s “True Satire”
Reading the weather reports from New York and Boston this last week or two, I realized this will be the first time since 1996 that I have experienced bitter cold. As I have promised New York friends–one in particular … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Theater, Uncategorized
Tagged aaron sorkin, Alec Baldwin, blogging, Discourse on the Progres and Original of Satire, Ellen Paige, Geffen Playhouse, Hama Dance Center, Joanna Murray-Smith, John Dryden, new york city, satire, snow, Sports Night, The Gift, to rome, winter, with love, woody allen
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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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Merry Christmas from Santa Barbara! Dad’s Birthday at Wilshire and Good Tidings about Brother-in-Law (Progressive/Metal Guitarist Gregg Olson)
Merry Christmas to Victorian Chick readers! I hope you all had a wonderful day with family and friends and a minimum of what can be the unpleasant mishigas of holiday gatherings (yes, I’m a Christmas tree Jew). J is sleeping … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Food & Wine, Literature, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged A Novel of Thank You, Balthazar, Bistro Chat Noir, Christmas, Gertrude Stein, Matthew Williamson, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Moorpark Ballet, Nutcracker, pam rossi dance school, Prada, upper east side, Wilshire Restaurant
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Victorian Chick Is Now on Video! Whirlwhind First Week in NYC (and New Haven Overnight) [Four Videos]
With each passing day, writing a blog to do justice to the wonderment of New York at Christmas while galavanting, dancing, visiting, dining and just being in the city I am blessed to call home three months a year … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Literature, Theater, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged Bar Italia on Madison, Barcelona, Christmastime, Dear Elizabeth, elizabeth bishop, Hartford, luigi jazz dance, manhattan, new haven, New Haven Hotel, new york city, poetry, Robert Lowell, tapas bars, The Living Room, The Russian Lady, The Taft Apartments, Yale Repertory Theater, Yelp NYC reviews
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Friday of Halloween Weekend Reflections on Amy Biviano’s “Women of the Ivy League” 1995 Playboy Shoot, Feminism and Feminist Scholarship
As I noted en route to Bay Head, New Jersey a few weeks ago, my social and professional writing life (such as it is) depends upon technology, social media in particular. But I don’t understand technology and computers. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged Amy Biviano, beauty, Cielito, class, class distinctions, class warfare, divorce, donna haraway, elizabeth heckendorn cook, facebook, feminism, feminist criticism, gender, graduate school, grey's anatomy, John donne, julie carlson, katherine philips, money, nudity, Occupy Wall Street, Playboy, rescue me, Ruth Bernard Yeazell, sex, sexuality, the 1%, Women of the Ivy League, Wordsworth
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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
Happy Fiesta Weekend from Santa Barbara! (Plus Preview of “To Rome, With Love” Rave and Reflections on Victorian Chick’s “Rarefied” Life)
I am back from New York (and the Cape/Barrington, Rhode Island), happily ensconced with J and the animals on a stunning, sunny Saturday after a morning of clouds and drizzle. I didn’t plan to return on Thursday, August … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 1%, 360 State Street, amy waldman, big law, deconstruction, fiesta, graduate school, harvard westlake, husbands and wives, kathy reich, literary theory, manhattan, midnight in paris, new haven, o'melveny and myers, post-structuralism, taft apartments, to rome, upper east side, upper west side, west los angeles, westlake school for girls, with love, woody allen, yale, Yale Club of LA
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A Detour with a Happy Ending (Minus Wi-Fi): Santa Barbara to Denver to La Guardia Flight Reflections on Private School Culture, Single-Sex Education for Girls
Ed. note: I am just posting this before I head out. I will insert pictures but it is more like a memoir chapter combined with social commentary on the topics listed in the title. I am late but will post … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyle, Literature, Relationships, School, St. Augustine, Television, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged archer school for girls, diana meehan, Gramercy Park, harvard westlake, Hill Street Blues, hollywood, industry childhood. gary david goldberg, Jim Sikking, los angeles, new york city, private school, public school, San Fernando Valley, st. augustine, steven bochco, ucla, upper east side, WLA real estate
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Musings on the Culture of Money in my LA Childhood in the Wake of “Journey to Freedom,” the Story of my Pen Pal in Afghanistan (Major in U.S Army)
Ed. Note: This is nearly three times the length of any blog on Victorian Chick except my 2011 year in review and my SB Zagat-like dining guide. I have decided artificially to segment it though I think it flows together … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Politics, Relationships, School, St. Augustine, Television, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 1%, 2%, anna karenina, coffee beans company, culture of money, cup of joe for a joe, entertainment industry, heat, immigration, inheritance tax, military service, money, st augustine, vietnam war, works
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