I’ve got an offer for you single peeps who want to say F@#! Valentine’s Day! From now through February 14, you can get free shipping on your purchase of Wendy Brandes swear rings. Just enter VALENTINE at checkout. Click the photo to shop! Don’t forget my Valentine’s Day sale. The virtual pre-sale is February 9….
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Valentine’s Day Sale on February 10
UPDATED FEBRUARY 10: The sale has been postponed till February 11 due to heavy snow. Virtual pre-sale is extended through February 10. More details here. The rest of this post was published before the blizzard came though! Join me on February 10, have a glass of Prosecco and buy someone a beautiful Valentine’s gift from…
Ringing in 2010, Two by Two
Twenty-four of our closest friends joined me and MrB for my traditional New Year’s Eve/belated birthday celebration on Thursday night. We had dinner at Balthazar, which has also become a tradition. I already gave you a glimpse of the Zang Toi gown I wore. Here’s the whole look. My gorgeous friend Stacy — who, as…
A Decade of New Year’s Fashions
Counting down a decade (almost) of New Year’s outfits and party people. Happy new year to you all! Stay tuned for more pictures from the 2010 celebration. And for my thoughts on the best and worst fashion trends of 2009, click here. *Pre-digital-era 2000 photos are MIA. I still wear that shearling coat!
Thanks for Giving, Part I
Several gorgeous bloggers have surprised me with thoughtful gifts over the past few months. I’ve thanked them by email, but it’s way past time to thank them publicly. I still need to take photos of several items, so I’ll start out with just one: the Ghostbusters uniform Halloween dress made by Practically Perfect in Every…
Paris, Day 3: Bastille Day With Tom
MrB and I met up again with our handsome friend Tom for Thai food and fireworks.
Happy 4th of July
Weight-Loss Tip
When the moon is directly overhead you weigh slightly less. I got this bit of trivia from the underside of my Diet Snapple lid. Snapple always puts what it calls a “Real Fact” on the flip side of the lid. That’s where I read that a duck’s quack doesn’t echo. I’m skeptical about that. I…
Keeping It Perv in the Family
For Mother’s Day, my family went to La Baraka, a French restaurant. I dressed in a Catholic schoolgirl skirt so my gorgeous mother, BarbaraB, and I could feel 25 years younger. I gave us the gift of youth! On me: Kilt with trompe l’oeil pins by Francis by Christian Francis Roth Prada Gaufre bag Mid-’90s…
Holiday Confusion
You know how calendars have all the important holidays printed in them? Well, my 2009 calendar is defective because today it says “St. Patrick’s Day” when it is really St. Coco’s Day. Yes, people. My idol, Coco, came into the world 30 years ago today. I resent that you just thought, “Only thirty?!” You better…