Like This Blog On Facebook
Archives
Categories
Tags In Posts
Ben Vereen californication Christmas dance deconstruction denis leary depression facebook family friendship graduate school grey's anatomy gwyneth paltrow happiness henry james kant kids literary criticism los angeles luigi marriage memoir money new haven new jersey new york city nyc nypd blue pacific palisades parenting psychoanalysis relationships rescue me santa barbara sex st. augustine stanley cavell the weekly standard ucsb upper east side westlake school for girls west los angeles yale yale school of criticism yelpAdministration & Feeds
Tag Archives: santa barbara
Happy Tuesday from Manhattan! Best (41st) Birthday, Steps on Broadway/Luigi, Fig and Olive Brunch and Thursday Broadway World Cabaret Awards at Metropolitan Room
I finished the blog about TSA with a revision of my response to the hostile commenter on my Patch review of “The Gift” and will post that tomorrow, but as usual, my blogging impulses wane in NYC because I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Food & Wine, Music, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Academy Awards, Ben Vereen, birthday, Cruise Line, dennis franz, dennis miller, Elaine Stritch, Fig and Olive, Green Gourmet, jazz, Liz McKendry, luigi jazz dance centre, Metropolitan Room, musical theater, Rick Knight, Rob Lowe, santa barbara, SBIFF, Steps on Broadway, upper east side, V2
Leave a comment
Rainy Day for Opening Night of SB International Film Festival, Victorian Chick on YouTube (VictorianChickBlog), Flurry of Errands Including Repair of “Like” Button
It’s quite ridiculous that even after I recovered from the decade of death, I never participated in the SB Film Festival’s various social functions or private parties. Mom bought me a few tickets when I moved to SB in 1996 … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Baby Boom, Cheri Bib, customer service, Diane Keaton, Geffen Playhouse, James Spader, los angeles, michael kidd, Neil Patrick Harris, Nothing to Hide, nyc, Robert Greenhut, santa barbara, SBAC, SBIFF, susan sarandon, Sweethearts Dance, Trimm Salon, yelp, YouTube
Leave a comment
Rainy Day in SB: Cut, Color, Tiny Dysport (6 Units) Undereye, Tummy Ache, Wine, Chorus Line (1985), the 1980s Sitcom Benson and White Nights Soundtrack
I’m with Ollie purring like a neck rest and Emma happy on her doggie bed downstairs after my 6 units/60 bucks Dysport touch-up for the undereye just where I apply the liner from Sephora I’ve grown to love (halfway … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Music, St. Augustine, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty treatments, Benson, Century City, CHiPs, Chorus Line, dysport, michael douglas, Montecito Aesthetic Institute, Plitt Theater, robert guillaume, santa barbara, Tiburon Tavern, Trimm Hair Salon, Victorian Chick, White Nights
Leave a comment
Torrential Rain and Thunder This Friday in LA: Facebook Timeline Rant, the Clare Spark Blog, Life in the Age of Psychoanalysis
I’m at Cafe Vida in Pacific Palisades, my favorite munchkin sighting place in West LA. It’s very loud as the rain and wind have shut down the outdoor dining area and every table is occupied. I’m exhausted, having coughed all … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lingerie, Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, School, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged barre method, clare spark blog, cosabella lingerie, cultural studies, death gardens, depression, facebook, freud, friends with kids, greg hilton, lacan, living social, psychoanalysis, purr mission, reflex action and theism, santa barbara, ucsb, will to believe, william james
1 Comment
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
2 Comments
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
3 Comments
The Best Year of My Life Since College: Victorian Chick’s Photographic 2011 Year in Review (Unfinished, Sept to December Posted New Years Day)
My morning ritual (in Santa Barbara) goes like this: 1) wake up and snuggle next to my warm boyfriend with big strong shoulders as he snoozes away, 2) snuggle with Emma, whose tail wags as I approach her doggie bed … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Lingerie, Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, School, St. Augustine, Theater, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged american philosophical association, ankle sprain, beinecke library, berkeley college, cafe rouge, cats, chictopia, connecticut, cosabella, davenport, dogs, dorothy chandler, dresses, dropkick murphys, facebook friends, fishtail, george eliot, gordon haight, greg hilton, jblangconsulting, jewelry, le chat noir, los angeles, luigi, luigi jazz dance centre, monique lhuillier, new york city, Nicole Miller, pets, philadelphia junto, san diego, santa barbara, sherry netherland, the weekly standard, trina turk, upper east side, upper west side, westlake reunion, yale, yale reunion
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment