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Post-Sandy, Election Eve Blog: Closing Day of Circle Bar B Season (“Any Wednesday”), Seagrass Dinner With J (Travelzoo) and CALM (Child Abuse Learning Mediation) Wine, Jewelry Chocolate Event at Montecito Country Club
I don’t know that I have ever gone 10 days without a blog but if I have it’s rare. I’ve been posting as usual on Facebook Victorian Chick and my personal page and written half of four blogs I … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Politics, Theater, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Any Wednesday, Ben Vereen, Broad Stage, Broadway, CALM, Circle Bar B, consignment, dance, David Selberg, fine dining, hama jazz dance centre, Karabel, lola, Lori Shinder Pearl, luigi, Main Street Dance and Exercise, Northwest Dance Project, pacific pride foundation, Paul Rudnick, pets, Pippin, Rachel Hett, Regrets Only, Richard Goode, Seagrass, Susie and David Couch, tracey durbin, Yogaworks
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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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Happy Monday Night from the Daily Grill Santa Monica Happy Hour: Default Plan after Horrific Traffic from the Palisades to Studio City (Hence No Dance Class)
“Ah, L.A.!” wrote my friend from Barrington, RI, where I spent a night in July en route to the Cape. For 25 years or so, D.C. was their primary residence and they were such generous hosts to me in … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Relationships, St. Augustine, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged brentwood, children, daily grill, Duckhorn Sauvignon, fathers/daughters, fathers/sons, hama jazz dance centre, hollywood, La Terre, Little League, luigi jazz, marriage, Oedipal matters, pacific palisades, risa, soccer, traffic in LA
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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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The “Vulgar Charm” of Mob Wives: A Reality Show Which Does Not Induce Nausea! (Posted en Route to the Cape on Bus)
Ed Note: I have a backup of blogs on Ben Vereen at 54 Below, the end of Luigi Jazz Dance Intensive and the traditional galavanting of Victorian Chick in the city but will leave those for the weekend at … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Philosophy, Television, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Barrington, Ben Vereen, cape cod, Carla Facciolo, cultural studies, deconstruction, Drita D'Avanzo, Essex County, geoffrey hartman, Housewives franchise, Housewives of Beverly Hills, Jacques Derrida, John Milton, John Rogers, Karen Gravana, los angeles, MA, Mob Wives, Montclair, new jersey, new york city, Nicole Miller, orange county, osterville, paradise lost, post-structuralism, Renee Graziano, RI, soap operas, Staten Island, TWice the Style, upper east side, William Wordsworth, yale, Yale English. Paul de Man
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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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Goodbye to the City From Santa Barbara: Yale, New Haven, Luigi Pictures (Minus “Remembering Shakespeare” at Beinecke Library) with Captions
Ed. note: WiFi spotty on American Airlines so I am posting this after a great re-entry to Santa Barbara with J, Emma and Ollie. I had a terrific brunch at Cafe Stella: crab/avocado melt with fontina on rye with Pays … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Theater, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged American Airlines, amtrak, Basta, berkeley college, Bloomberg, cafe stella, Claire's, English, la, luigi jazz dance centre, metro north, Mory's, New Haven Hotel, nyc, Owl Shop, Psycho Therapy: Couples Counseling for Three, sb, taft apartments, upper east side, Vanderbilt Hall, yale, Yale Repertory, Yale School of Drama, York Street
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Gloomy Monday in Santa Barbara Brightened by Lunch at Fresco and Musings on the Literary-Critical Landscape of UCSB English in the 1990s (Another Victorian Chick Ars Critica)
Gloomy gray days don’t bother me; I find them oddly comforting and generally energizing but not today. I am loving the Trader Joe’s mango Greek Yogurt, 5.5 ounces and 120 calories and will go for a big swim and … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, School, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged book reviews, books and arts, chaucer's books, christopher benfrey, claim of reason, cultural studies, depression, emily dickinson and the problem of others, ethical criticism aesthetics, fresco of santa barbara, grad school, henry james, in pursuit of the ordinary, julie carlson, kant, kantians, kay young, louise fradenberg, martha nussbaum, new criticism, new historicism, paul guyer, philadelphia junto, philip terzian, philosophy and literature, stanley cavell, ucsb, weekly standard, yale school of criticism
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Prelude to Victorian Chick’s Ode to Santa Monica on a Cloudy Monday Night: Vidiots and Flying Saucers: Caffeine and Art
N.B.: This began as a blog about Santa Monica and two places Mom goes every Saturday after her ballet class for the week’s DVDs and treats for Dad, along with a latte and soup for herself. But it turned into … Continue reading
Posted in Family, School, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged californication, colleges, flying saucers, harvard, orange county, penn, private school, santa monica, swarthmore, uc system, vidiots, west los angeles, westlake, yale
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