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Happy Friday from Uptown Lounge in SB: Great Dance Day Monday and Comedy at Hollywood Improv Tuesday (Jay Mohr and Jason Lawhead)
In anticipation of a day of organization—my least favorite sort of day—I decided I needed fortification in the form of Brioche French toast and many cups of Peerless Coffee. The San Francisco coffee is the closest thing to blow … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Politics, School, St. Augustine, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged archer school for girls, brentwood, Brentwood Country Mart, David Mamet, Davis and Polk, diana meehan, Farm Shop, gary goldberg, hama, hama jazz dance, Hancock Park, Jerry Evans, Karabel, Marlborough, Rebecca Pigeon, risa, Sherman Oaks, sitcoms, st. augustine, Sullivan and Cromwell, tracey durbin, traffic, TV, westlake school for girls
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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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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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A Detour with a Happy Ending (Minus Wi-Fi): Santa Barbara to Denver to La Guardia Flight Reflections on Private School Culture, Single-Sex Education for Girls
Ed. note: I am just posting this before I head out. I will insert pictures but it is more like a memoir chapter combined with social commentary on the topics listed in the title. I am late but will post … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyle, Literature, Relationships, School, St. Augustine, Television, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged archer school for girls, diana meehan, Gramercy Park, harvard westlake, Hill Street Blues, hollywood, industry childhood. gary david goldberg, Jim Sikking, los angeles, new york city, private school, public school, San Fernando Valley, st. augustine, steven bochco, ucla, upper east side, WLA real estate
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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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