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Tag Archives: rescue me
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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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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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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Friday of Halloween Weekend Reflections on Amy Biviano’s “Women of the Ivy League” 1995 Playboy Shoot, Feminism and Feminist Scholarship
As I noted en route to Bay Head, New Jersey a few weeks ago, my social and professional writing life (such as it is) depends upon technology, social media in particular. But I don’t understand technology and computers. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged Amy Biviano, beauty, Cielito, class, class distinctions, class warfare, divorce, donna haraway, elizabeth heckendorn cook, facebook, feminism, feminist criticism, gender, graduate school, grey's anatomy, John donne, julie carlson, katherine philips, money, nudity, Occupy Wall Street, Playboy, rescue me, Ruth Bernard Yeazell, sex, sexuality, the 1%, Women of the Ivy League, Wordsworth
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Victorian Chick vs. the Gas Pump: Round Three
“How does one do this? Let alone three times in a year?” This seemed to be a popular question among the friends whom I tagged in this picture on Sunday after my nieces’ wonderful end of year dance concert in … Continue reading
Thoughts on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 and Rescue Me’s Last Season (“Jeter” and “Vows”)
I don’t believe in astrology, though I have seen that psychic on 57th and Lex who now apparently has been reported for some sort of fraudulent activity. If you google Sara on 57th and Lex, you will see a number … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Television, Uncategorized
Tagged 61*, 9/11, baseball, baseball movies, denis leary, jeter, john scurti, lincoln lawyer, lou, nypd blue, rescue me, tenth anniversary, tommy gavin
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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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“As Long as We Keep Talking, We Stay Alive”: Michael Keaton’s Platonic Love Affair with Helena Bonham Carter in “Live from Baghdad” (HBO)
I remember watching this movie repeatedly, about ten times over a two year period, from 2003 to 2005 on my VCR in the horrid, truck route Lebanon apartment about which I have written many times in my FB notes. It … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Facebook Notes, Family, Film, Health & Beauty, Literature, Relationships, School, St. Augustine, Television, UCSB, Yale
Tagged cnn, depression, friendship, Helena Bonham Carter, isolation, katherine philips, laundry, live from baghdad, michael keaton, nypd blue, poetry, rescue me, swimming, terror
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Assembling Charles Fried, Louie Zamperini, Detroit 1 8 7: But First Beautiful Girls and The Big C (Showtime Series)
Trying to assemble a lot of material for blog posts but psychically they are all so diverse from one another so I have been a lollygagger–a term whose use I adore in a great film I have loved since high … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Film, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged anthony lane, arliss, beautiful girls, janet maslin, laura linney, matt dillon, mira sorvino, natalie portman, nypd blue, oliver platt, rescue me, showtime series, the big c, timothy hutton, working class context in pop culture
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More Magazine: The Beauty/Fashion/Lifestyle Magazine for Women with Brains (also Grey’s Anatomy, Heat, Hot Nietzsche Scholar, 6th Grade Graduation)
I had never heard of this magazine before my beautiful and courageous new FB friend Alessandra Kelmans de Bozzo entered the “most beautiful woman” contest, which she entered not for self-aggrandizing reasons, but rather to pay for the medical bills incurred … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Philosophy, School, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged denis leary, dermal fillers, food, grey's anatomy, kate walsh, kevin mckidd, kierkegaard, nietzche, patrick dempsey, rescue me, restaurants, st. augustine, westlake school for girls, yale
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