Friday, April 20, 2012
FitzRoy (or Fitzroy) is an Anglo-Norman name that means “son of the king.” Several English monarchs gave it as a surname to their illegitimate children. Henry VIII’s only acknowledged illegitimate child — his son with Bessie Blount — was named Henry FitzRoy. As I’ve said before, I named Henry the dog after Henry VIII because [...]
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Before I got dressed for New Year’s Eve, I killed a little time checking out Burberry trench coats online. When I got tired of that, I decided to look in on my stepson’s new kitten, Portia. She’s confined to his bedroom (till they depart for Chicago later today) because she’s only two months old and [...]
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Friday, December 30, 2011
My stepson, an “Arrested Development” fan, got a Ragdoll kitten and named her Portia. They’re staying with us till they go back to Chicago in a couple of days. Hopefully, my allergies won’t act up because I enjoy having Portia on my lap. Once she leaves, I’ll have to go back to poring over the LOLcats [...]
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
I’m always looking for pieces that remind me of this gloomy/gorgeous Fall 2006 bird gown by Olivier Theyskens for Rochas. This bodysuit-and-pants ensemble by Bernard Perris, spotted on 1stdibs.com, immediately brought the Rochas to mind. I prefer seeing birds on clothes to birds on jungle gyms. Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds has been on television quite [...]
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Last month, I skipped participating in No Makeup Week. It seemed unnecessarily puritanical and you know how I feel about Puritans. “Oh, I’ve been looking too good! Now I have to show the world how I can look shitty,” is not the way I think. Nor do I believe that unflattering photos are so challenging [...]
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Just a few days after I took note of a plethora of “Wendy 4” searches, I looked at Feedjit and discovered that someone from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, found my blog by Poodling the following (punctuation and capitalization are direct from Feedjit): “I saved 10 pandas and a koala bear by putting this picture of my [...]
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
My post about panda dresses reminded me of a fashion fad from my childhood: clip-on koalas. For a year or so, it was de rigueur to walk around with a small, stuffed koala toy clipped to one’s shirt or jacket. They came in gray and tan. Eventually there was a clip-on panda too. I was [...]
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Monday, June 15, 2009
A good squirrel is one you can wear around your neck. WendyB’s haiku-inspiring silver Squirrel Necklace is available for $125 Click photo to purchase A bad squirrel is one that invades my personal space while I am sitting outside minding my own damn business. “This squirrel is a little closer than normal.” “Uh-oh, he sees [...]
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I want one. More insanely cute hedgehog photos here. And here are the hedgehog cufflinks I made. Hedgehog cufflinks in petrified wood, onyx and 18K white gold© Wendy Brandes 2007-2008
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Monday, October 20, 2008
This video reminds me of the Ghostbusters line: “Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!” Except this time there’s a side of Chicken McNuggets. Thanks for Cute Overload for this one. And thanks to the New York Times for some not-cute-at-all moments. They should have renamed this Sunday’s Styles section the “Boys Who [...]
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