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Happy Saturday from Plane to LGA: Lovely Travel Day and Gratitude for My Life and Freedom
[Ed. note: I'm posting this from the apartment where the rain is pelting the lush, green leaves which have popped up in the last two months. It was simply breathtaking when I arrived but now pretty wet out there so … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Food & Wine, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Ann Taylor, chicago, christina noel, consignment, elizabeth wurtzel, family, Fig and Olive, happiness, Ice, kids, marriage, money, new york city, new york magazine, O'Hare, ORD, purses, SB Handbag and Luggage, upper east side
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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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Wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend in LA: Westlake School for Girls Reunion Lunch, Dinner at Osteria Latini and League of Their Own, and American Buffalo at the Geffen Playhouse
Summer has come to West LA. Happily, summer here bears very little relation to summer in most of the country, which tends to be obscenely humid or so hot–115 in Arizona or Palm Springs–you don’t care whether the heat … Continue reading
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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Happy Easter from Rainy Santa Barbara!: Maggie’s Brunch, SBAC Swim and Musing on Gender and a Disposition to Math and Science
Well, J told me Monday or Tuesday that it would rain on Easter Sunday but this common knowledge didn’t move those responsible for the large annual Easter event by the courthouse to spring for some tents, so the poor people … Continue reading
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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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