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Happy Fiesta Weekend from Santa Barbara! (Plus Preview of “To Rome, With Love” Rave and Reflections on Victorian Chick’s “Rarefied” Life)
I am back from New York (and the Cape/Barrington, Rhode Island), happily ensconced with J and the animals on a stunning, sunny Saturday after a morning of clouds and drizzle. I didn’t plan to return on Thursday, August … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 1%, 360 State Street, amy waldman, big law, deconstruction, fiesta, graduate school, harvard westlake, husbands and wives, kathy reich, literary theory, manhattan, midnight in paris, new haven, o'melveny and myers, post-structuralism, taft apartments, to rome, upper east side, upper west side, west los angeles, westlake school for girls, with love, woody allen, yale, Yale Club of LA
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Days One and Two of Luigi Jazz Dance Intensive: Quick Blog and Pictures, Much More To Follow
No words! This is a once in a lifetime experience and two days down, 5 hours a day, I’m pretty sore in the hamstrings but my God, the difference in my dancing and my body just from that! I … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Travel
Tagged fishtail happy hour, luigi, luigi jazz dance, summer, upper east side, upper west side
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At Cafe Stella on a Picture Perfect Day on Way to See My Favorite WWII Veteran after Three Weeks Away
A surprising, sunny day in June in Santa Barbara! It’s been 21 days since I left LA for SB to fly to NYC and I’ve collected Pico Iyer notes and Psycho Therapy furious scribblings on envelopes for Cherry Lane Theater subscriptions … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Barney's, Doobie, Harry's Burrito, Hip Sips, la, luigi jazz dance, nyc, pets, upper west side
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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
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Hello to Victorian Chick Readers from My Favorite Place on Earth (NYC)!
I have a 4K blog post written on the plane but will post that in the morning. I have no internet in the apartment and my boyfriend thinks it’s just the ethernet cable which looks about as old as I … Continue reading