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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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Fun at the Garden Street Academy Holiday Boutique, Donald Marguiles’ Coney Island Christmas at the Geffen Tonight, and Reading Ambitions for 2013
Another rainy day in Santa Barbara but I don’t mind a bit. After a banner Saturday (minus swim) which began with the first professional cleaning of my apartment since February and a warm, wonderful afternoon at Garden Street Academy’s Holiday … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Philosophy, Relationships, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged afghan whigs, Augustine, autobiography, Christmas, Coney Island Christmas, David Holmes, Donald Marguiles, Donna Leon, edith wharton, Faiths of the Founding Fathers, Garden State Academy, Geffen Playhouse, greg dulli, Hanukah, Jewish Journal, john lithgow, Lisa Duncan Carrillo, memoir, morgan library, porter abbott, reading, rescue me, selfhood, subjectivity, Teresa of Avila, Teri Garr, the weekly standard, theory, theory of autobiography, Virginia Wolf
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Heading to LA: Thank You for Reading Me This Week (6 Blogs in 8 Days)/Lighthearted Reflections on Analysis, Massage, Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Al-Anon in the 1990s
I’m lollygagging since I awoke at 4 AM with the the bright moon shining like a laser beam through the windows of J’s master bedroom. I was already coughing a bit on and off but once the light pierced me, … Continue reading
Sick in Santa Barbara Redux! “Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?,” “Mudwoman” and other Recent NYT Book Reviews
So much for a peaceful night of rest. I literally woke up every 10 minutes to sneeze. I couldn’t believe when it was only 2 AM, figuring that the light would soon begin to peer through the drapes. I would … Continue reading
Booked NYC/DC Trip (2/27-3/15)! Mark’s Inventive Doctored 2008 Shot, and Victoria vs Can Opener Video
My Facebook friend, devoted LAX schlepper and superlative chef (German crepes and Bloody Marys pre-flight so “steerage” as Dad refers to it, stings a bit less, though I have only not flown steerage thrice in all my life), took … Continue reading
Idea for Book: “Victorian Chick’s Top 50 Movie Picks and Related Stories”/My Loquacious Ways
A friend who is always encouraging me to write a book, though the kind of book I wish to write is not possible for another 4 or 5 years, said that I should turn my anecdotal SB dining guide into … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, UCSB, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged aging, autobiography, bible, bible as literature, dissertation, english institute, harvard, hebrew scriptures, john hollander, leslie brisman, memoir, new testament, porter abbott, ruth yeazell, stanley cavell, stephen fraade, ta, theory of autobiography, yale school of criticism
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