Gorgeous ex-bloggers Leah and ENC may have broken our hearts by leaving the blog world, but they were unable to resist my efforts to convert them into gorgeous WendyB clients. Leah, formerly of Style for the Stay at Home Mom, recently caved into my demands for a photo of her wearing my Isabella Wolf-Fang Necklace…
Archives for January 2009
I Suffer From Premature Enthusiasm
As any man can tell you, there’s such a thing as “too soon.” In 2004, while I was working at Lehman Brothers, a colleague introduced me to a bartending artist who specialized in portraits of his bar’s customers. The artist also did a huge, action-packed painting of the traders on the floor of the New…
The Fightin’ Walrus
My almost-husband Paul McCartney is on my good side today, thanks to his appearance on The Colbert Report. Some viewers are on my bad side for their online comments saying that almost-MrB didn’t “get it.” WTF? I’m resigned to people having poor reading comprehension but poor TV comprehension is a new low. As you’ll see…
Thursday Book Club: Author Randy Shilts
If you’re anything like me, there was only one possible reaction to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s opening remarks at the inaugural ceremony last week: Get me the names of her doctor and hair stylist! CLICK FOR VIDEO. Dianne is 75, people. Seventy-five! And she looks great. Clearly, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and President Obama…
Not Lovin’ It
On Monday, McDonald’s reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations. I hope you click the link in the first sentence because I put some effort into finding the right earnings story for you. A lot of the headlines on the McDonald’s stories out there just said earnings fell almost 23%. That’s true, but the fact…
Word of the Day*
Dysphemism (noun): the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one. The antonym of “euphemism.” Example: “Have a good day, bitches!” *Brought to you by Wendy Brandes, dysphemistic since (approximately) 1977.
Gratifying
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Not-at-Alla Donatella?
When this Dolce & Gabbana ad came out last year, I had the same thought that a lot of people had: “Oh, my! Is that very tan, very blonde lady fashion designer Donatella Versace?” Click to enlarge My next thought was, “It wouldn’t make much sense for Donatella to be in another designer’s ad. After…
Better to Have Loved and Lost
Why didn’t you bitches tell me that my 60-year-old, African-American identical twin was on Jimmy Kimmel Live? I would have skipped a Law & Order rerun or ten to check out security guard Veatrice Rice, whom I discovered only after she died of cancer. Someday, I hope to be remembered as Jimmy remembers Veatrice while…
The Third Dimension
Yesterday, I posted about some of my 3D designs. Here’s another. The gold Hatshepsut Locket is set with diamonds on both sides, so you can wear it either way. This photo shows the locket open and closed. Hatshepsut Locket© Wendy BrandesPhoto by Squaremoose If you want to invest in an ounce of gold, this is…