Recently, I was lucky enough to catch part of 9 to 5 on TV. You must see this kick-ass feminist comedy about three assistants (Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dolly Parton) who take revenge on their chauvinist boss (Dabney Coleman). Dolly looks unbelievable in her clingy knit dresses and baby blue trench coat. I was…
Arts & Entertainment
Consolation Prize
My obsession: the beauteous Christian Louboutin Pesce shoes. During my never-ending quest for fish feet, I found a young-adult book about a boy who wants to be a ballet dancer. I also found a female science blogger (you go, girl!). But alas, no fish shoes in my size. My gorgeous sister, Terri Berry, came up…
Thursday Book Club: More Anne Boleyn
There are many, many Anne Boleyn books to read. I’ll give you a few more in this post. I’ve already posted my favorite ones here: Introduction to Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn, Continued First, some jewelry comments for those who haven’t read the other Anne Boleyn entries or who have questions about the Boleyn initial necklace…
It’s That Time …
Tampon heart earring (With food coloring! Calm yourself!) Photo from Tampon Crafts Time for Tampon Crafts! I must say thanks to Jezebel for brightening my day with this hilarious DIY site. The blowgun with tampon bandolier is impressive, but the tampon pan flute video is a must-see and -hear! The hills are alive with the…
Music Hum: Joy Division/New Order
The college I went to has a required course called Music Humanities, but everyone calls it “Music Hum,” so that’s what I’m going to call my occasional music posts. Hopefully, my alma mater won’t try to sue my ass as a result! You know how uptight peeps are these days! If they want to sue…
Giving You the Boot
I’m trying to avoid going into stores so that I’m not tempted to spend. Things are so much more enticing in person than they are online. I went into Barneys recently and I thought I was going to start licking the purses on the first floor. They looked so delicious. But I have new jewelry…
Naughty, Stylish Audrey Horne
Who killed Laura Palmer? In 1990, I was totally obsessed with David Lynch’s show Twin Peaks. Set in the eerie fictional town of Twin Peaks, Wash., it starred Kyle MacLachlan, who might be more familiar to you youngsters as Trey on Sex and the City and Orson on Desperate Housewives. He played Dale Cooper, an…
Thursday Book Club: Anne Boleyn, Continued
My interpretation of Anne Boleyn’s famous initial pendant (Boleyn Necklace © Wendy Brandes 2007-2008) (Photo by John Muggenborg) I’m continuing last week’s post on Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, or “Henry teh 8” as I will now call him thanks to whoever hit my blog with that search term. In…
"Nothing"
For those of you who are too young to have seen Brooke Shields in the 1980 Calvin Klein TV ad that caused a scandal, here it is. UPDATED TO ADD: How thrilled am I that the Manolo enjoyed this too! The Manolo’s shoe blog was the first fashion blog I ever read. I am delighted…
Thursday Book Club: Introduction to Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn Good lord! When I said I’d do a Thursday book post, I didn’t realize Thursdays were going to start coming at me so fast and furiously! When did every day become Thursday? I feel like I just did Katherine of Aragon a minute ago. Katherine was the first of the six wives of…