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Happy Valentine’s Day to all Victorian Chick Readers! Dinner at Relais de Paris and a SCORE at the Cottage Boutique!
I just got to SB from LA with a detour to the Cottage Boutique which can be regarded as nothing short of miraculous! I got an early birthday present from my friends at the Cottage, lovely bangles I could not … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
Tagged consignment, happiness, love, relais de paris, shopping, The Cottage, Valentine's Day
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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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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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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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Pictures and Video of Emma, the Labrador Retriever Who Does Not Retrieve and Reflection on Fabricated Facebook Lives and the Freedoms of Victorian Chick
It feels like summer. I’m in a green mermaid sheer maxi-dress I bought as a cover up for the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2010. I hadn’t been out of the country in 17 years and I had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Philosophy, Politics, Travel, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged anti-romantic child, autism, depression, dyslexia, facebook, gossips, happiness, hyperlexia, kay young, kids, mean women on Facebook, parenting, parents, personal philosophy, priscilla gilman, summer vacations, ucsb english, west los angeles, yale english
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Victorian Chick at the “Love Event” (Sheraton Gateway): Larry Loik, Life Coaches and Motivational Speaking
“How many tapes, books, CDs, DVDs have you bought to change your life, only to find that nothing changed?” –Larry Loik, Biggest Tony Robbins franchisee, entrepreneur, motivational speaker “Uh, none.” –Victorian Chick (aka anti-woo woo therapy snob) … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged californication, counseling, dating, happiness, internet dating, larry loik, life coaching, maria simone, marriage, mental health profession, motivational speaking, psychoanalysis, psychology, sex, sheraton gateway, the love event, therapy
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Happy Friday from Santa Barbara! Mishigas with Landlord, Heroic Father Saves the Day and Catch-Up Post NYC/DC Trip
Well, I’m not going to say anything profound or earth-shattering, having consumed a respectable amount of the Skinny Margarita pictured here (on sale at CVS, 3 bucks off). I had a clusterfuck of a day with landlord who, as my Facebook … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Television, Travel, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Adoration tennis bracelet, al anon, business, buttonwood wine, codependency, coffee, depression, diamond nexus labs, emotional health, happiness, housing prices, john mayer, kalorama, landlord, Lorian Platinum, new york city, organo gold, real estate, recovery, room for squares, sales, san roque, santa barbara, skinny margarita, washington dc, whole foods, yale, yale english
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A Wonderful Weekend in LA! Louise’s Saturday with Parents, Descendants at Landmark, Golden Globes Online, Hama’s Dance Center, Erbe Matte in Beverly Hills!
I was having so much fun this weekend and removed from my USB cable until 8 30 PM that I didn’t blog. I don’t have time to do a full blog about the wonderful Clooney film which I saw four … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Food & Wine, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Descendants, fidelity, Golden Globes, hama, happiness, jazz dance, Landmark Cinema, Louise's, marriage, monogamy, parenting, sex, Westside Pavilion
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Merry Christmas Eve to Victorian Chick Readers and Facebook Friends: Twilight on Montecito Beach
J and I are sitting by the tree I made him get and paid for myself but which he now loves, listening to the Christopher West instrumental album–”Christmas Spirit”– by the fire with our lab Emma. Here is a picture … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Relationships, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged animals, Christmas, christmas eve, computer mishaps, depression, emma, happiness, montecito beach, netbook, ollie, santa barbara, sunsets, the weekly standard, tre lune, ucsb, yale, yale ucsb santa barbara happiness depression rescue me greg dulli montecito
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“There Are No Happy Endings”: Tommy Gavin in Season 7, Episode 3 of Rescue Me
Ordinarily before I write a real essay or piece of criticism, I want to have my text mastered, be it a poem, novel, film, or television show. But as my ex-chair once wrote on a chapter of mine, criticism is … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Family, Relationships, St. Augustine, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, alex patsavas, andrea roth, andy cipowicz, comedy, denis leary, fidelity, franco, friendship, grey's anatomy, happiness, heartburn, janet, lou, male friendship, marriage, monogamy, nypd blue, pain, peter tolan, rescue me, sex, sheila, strong female characters, tragedy
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