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Gloomy Monday in Santa Barbara Brightened by Lunch at Fresco and Musings on the Literary-Critical Landscape of UCSB English in the 1990s (Another Victorian Chick Ars Critica)
Gloomy gray days don’t bother me; I find them oddly comforting and generally energizing but not today. I am loving the Trader Joe’s mango Greek Yogurt, 5.5 ounces and 120 calories and will go for a big swim and … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, School, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged book reviews, books and arts, chaucer's books, christopher benfrey, claim of reason, cultural studies, depression, emily dickinson and the problem of others, ethical criticism aesthetics, fresco of santa barbara, grad school, henry james, in pursuit of the ordinary, julie carlson, kant, kantians, kay young, louise fradenberg, martha nussbaum, new criticism, new historicism, paul guyer, philadelphia junto, philip terzian, philosophy and literature, stanley cavell, ucsb, weekly standard, yale school of criticism
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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
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Thank You, Readers of Victorian Chick on Its First Anniversary! Preview of Royal Ballet’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Wall Street Journal’s Berkovitz on CA Colleges’ Indoctrination and a Fabulous Day in Hollywood Monday at Roosevelt Hotel
I knew today was the first anniversary of Victorian Chick because I looked back a couple weeks ago. A few blogs appear in archives prior to that but those were included (accurately) as earlier blogs on the short-lived Random … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, School, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged adam mansbach, anniversary, asshole song, bill kristol, bridesmaids, C magazine, denis leary, dennis prayer, east coast, facebook, fromin's deli, higher education, hollywood high, irving kristol, junto.blogspot.com, liberal indoctrination, literary criticism, los angeles, los angeles review of books, Los angeles times, national review, neil simon, new york city, no cure for cancer, paul fry, philadelphia junto, philip terzian, pulp fiction, r and d montana, romeo and juliet, roosevelt hotel, royal ballet, sex sells, social conservatism (repugnance of), the weekly standard, ucla, ucsb, wall street journal, west coast, WLA real estate, yale, yale school of criticism
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Happy Sunday From NYC: DC Photo Blog (Angela Gheorghiu at Kennedy Center, Ali Wentworth Signing Four Seasons, Michel Richard, Library of Congress, Atlas District/H Street)
I have been remiss with blogging as I sometimes am on the East Coast, where the majority of my friends live and I have a constant stream of social engagements. Also, as I observed on Facebook, I tend to write … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Music, School, St. Augustine, Television, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged angela gheorghiu, Atlas District, cherry blossoms, childhood friends, graduate school, H Street, kalorama, library of congress, michel richard, restaurants in DC, st augustine, ucsb, washington national opera
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Happy Pre-NYC/DC Trip Friday! Photo Blog from San Francisco and Auburn 40th Birthday Trip with Trip-Inspired Grad School Reflections
Friday, 9:30 AM. I have been up on Facebook and chat since 5:30. I do not usually arise this early but this is the second day in a row up before 6:40, my internal clock’s preferred wake-up time. J and … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Philosophy, Relationships, School, Television, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 40th birthday, application to grad school, auburn, birthday, book reviews, brian fischler, brutality of academia, californication, cross country skiing, depression, dissertation, garwood's, grad school, irvine, journalism, lake tahoe, laugh for sight, law school, literary theory, luigi dance center, monkey cat, new york city, orange county, person of interest, rutgers, san francisco, smash, snow, the weekly standard, toddlers, ucla, ucsb, washington dc, west los angeles, white collar, yale
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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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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
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Happy Friday Night! Unproductive Sick Day at Car Dealer and Starting Grey’s Anatomy, Season 6 after Wasting Time on Bristol Palin on Facebook Today
As I posted when I stopped back into my apartment to hang out while my boyfriend and his son grab dinner, my brother dated a great Tri Delt at UCLA who used to say that “going to the car dealer … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Food & Wine, Politics, Television, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged arizona robbins, bristol palin, callie torres, chyler leigh, eric dane, george o'malley, great TV as art, greg laswell, grey's anatomy, hector elizondo, hillybilly bars in west hollywood, izzie stevens, jessica capshaw, lexie grey, mark sloan, mechanical bulls, off i go, sara ramirez, season 6, stupidity, ucsb
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“Ponzi is not a Jewish Name!”: Review of Abe Foxman’s “Jews and Money, Story of a Stereotype”
Note: This appeared on Gregg Hilton’s FB page. As you know, I owe half my FB friends to him directly, or indirectly, and while I rarely venture into political or historical waters, I read this book in March and learned … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook Notes, Politics, UCSB, Yale
Tagged 13 bankers, aaron feuerstein, abe foxman anti-semitism, bigotry, chapter 11, goldman sachs, inside job, jews and money, judaism, michael o'connell, new testament literature, racism, simon johnson, stereotypes, ucsb, wall street, yale
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Victorian Chick: Revised Inaugural Post From 62nd and Lexington (NYC)
Hello to all my sweet friends who read my work from WordPress, not Blogger. I am so thrilled with this and I must thank my friend Bob Fois, for the idea. He said, when I posted the picture that is … Continue reading