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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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Nora Ephron (1941-2012) Made The World (and Movie Theaters) A Funnier, Smarter, Better Place
How to pay tribute to a cinematic trailblazer, or as the Washington Post put it in their long and loving obituary, a rare female “tripartite”– writer, producer, director–responsible for some of the sharpest, funniest, most beloved films of my lifetime? … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged carl bernstein, carly simon, charlie rose, cheating, children, dan ackroyd, dan savage, female filmmakers, gaby hoffman, goodfellas, heartburn, I Feel Badly About My Neck: And Other Reflections on Being a Woman, I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections, infidelity, jack nicholson, joanna gleason, julie kavner, marriage, meryl streep, mike nichols, monogamy, nicolas pileggi, nora ephron, parenting, psychology, richard masur, samantha mathis, silkwood, stockard channing, this is my life, washington post, watergate, when harry met sally, wiseguys, women in film
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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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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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Happy Saturday! Amy Chua (aka Tiger Mom) at 3PM at UCSB Arts and Lectures: Going with Open Mind
www.artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu J and I are going to hear Yale Law professor Amy Chua discuss her bestseller Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother at Campbell Hall, where most of the non-theatrical events through UCSB Arts and Lectures take place. I … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook Notes, Family, Fashion, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Relationships, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged amy chua, battle hymn of tiger mother, eating disorders, hitchhiking, los angeles, parenting, permissiveness, psychology, santa barbara, tiger mom, ucsb, ucsb arts and lectures series, winnicott, yale law
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Tiger Mom (Amy Chua): Not a Sadistic Parent, My Surprise (as the Daughter of Externally Permissive Parents) at Chua’s Charm and Normalcy in the Michael Medved Interview
One of my few liberal FB friends (someone I knew before FB about two years) private messaged me after errands with Dad: “That Tiger Mom you hate is on Michael Medved Show, 870 AM. Call her up and bitch at … Continue reading