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Category Archives: Television
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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Penultimate Day in CA Pre-NYC: Brief Note on American Buffalo, the C Word, Rescue Me and Preview of Cabaret Cares for AIDS and Ben Vereen Tribute
I’m writing this on the porch of J’s condo. My Saab fob is in my friend’s SUV in LA (or by now in his house) as I left it there on Tuesday after an outstanding lunch at Maison Giraud with … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Relationships, Television, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged afghan whigs, alexandra patsavas, american buffalo, Ben Vereen, denis leary, diane farr, feminism, Geffen Playhouse, glengarry glen ross, grey's anatomy, john scurti, Laurie Beechman Theater, life in the theater, Maison Giraud, Mamet conversion, musicals, Naomi Wolf, new york city, Patrick Stewart, profanity, race, rescue me, ron eldard, Stepping Out, the chop shop, TR Knight, yelp
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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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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 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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Shortest Victorian Chick Blog Ever! Off to San Francisco with J for Afghan Whigs/Pictures from Montecito Bank and Trust B2B Matt Hicks’ “Thinking Beyond The Likes”
Well J said we wouldn’t get out of here till 11 and he was right. He is going to pick up dry cleaning and get gas. Emma is at the neighbor’s house. We live in 4 attached condos on 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music, St. Augustine, Television, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged aesthetics, afghan whigs, dissertation, ethics, fillmore, george eliot, greg dulli, hotel majestic, matt hicks, montecito bank and trust, philosophy, rescue me, san francisco, social media, social networking
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Happy Friday from Hot Santa Barbara! Fun 2nd Anniversary Weekend With J (Solo Second Viewing Tonight of To Rome, With Love and Preliminary Note on Evan Handler’s “Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors”)
Ed. note: After writing this last night, J and I watched the last two episodes of Californication, Season 2. They were the best two episodes of the second season and I will write about them later. Charley Runkel really does … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Relationships, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged californication, cocaine addiction, dan tanas, David Duchovny, evan handler, it's only temporary, Julliard, la, marriage, natasha mcelhone, neil simon, nyc, Paradigm, SBAC, time on fire: my comedy of terrors, troubadour, west hollywood
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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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