Thursday, April 4, 2013
Tweet Here’s a really old photo — a Polaroid, in fact — for Throwback Thursday. I had recently turned 14 in this picture from 1982. As you can tell from the name of my Shih Tzu puppy, my love for the Beatles was in full effect. (Even though Paul was my favorite Beatle, the dog [...]
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Tweet In 2000, Yoko Ono paid for this gun-control billboard showing her late husband John Lennon’s blood-stained glasses. I’m appalled by the number of gun-related tragedies that have occurred since then.
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Tweet I can’t let the day go by without wishing a happy 70th birthday to my almost-husband Paul McCartney. I totally would have married the guy, but I have a thing for younger men and MrB doesn’t turn 70 till August. Call me shallow! But, seriously, I like what McCartney had to say about age [...]
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Tweet If you’re involved in fashion in any way — blogger, designer, magazine editor — people often ask you to describe your personal style. I have a tough time answering that question. I don’t have one of those colorful, yet confusing, descriptions that all the real fashionistas seem to have on the tips of their [...]
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Tweet Congratulations to my almost-husband Paul McCartney for marrying the nice-seeming and very attractive Nancy Shevell. I think she’s perfect for him because she: doesn’t have a resume of crazy. can presumably tolerate annoying thumb activity, pot and the word “veggie.” Speaking of Paul, the New York Times called him “impossibly charming” in the Martin [...]
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Tweet In honor of my almost-husband Paul McCartney’s 69th birthday, here is a list of my posts mentioning him … including the one that explains why he’s my almost-husband: It’s a Beatles-ful Day in the Neighborhood A Few of My Favorite Things (with the explanation) My Dogs Are Lazy Jane Asher, ’60s Chick Lunatic of [...]
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Tweet Yesterday, at the benefit luncheon for the Trust for the National Mall (to which I wore my Alexander McQueen suit), I had a enjoyable and completely biased chat with a woman at my table about how the third time’s the charm when it comes to wives. In our experience, men who have been married [...]
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Tweet Well, well, well. John Lennon would have been 70 today. It’s strange to think that it’s been almost 30 years since he was murdered. I remember getting up for school that morning. My mother, who was in the kitchen surprisingly early, told me, “John Lennon was killed,” and I said, “WHO?!” because I was [...]
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Tweet If your child asks, “If drugs are so bad for me, why did you do them when you were a teenager?” I suggest you answer, “Because I wasn’t sure they led to stupid children till now.” WendyB: Answering idiotic questions with brutal honesty since forever. UPDATED: I didn’t include the Rachel Leigh Cook anti-drug [...]
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