In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday: Danielle Brooks won me over with her hair jewelry and pants at the Screen Actors Guild awards. Tuesday: Every Tuesday is a Resist Trump Tuesday and the truth about Mexican immigration is that everything Trump has said about it is a…
Jewels of the Month: Amethyst Studs, Madame Royale
Amethyst is February’s birthstone and I’ve got a fresh pair of luscious amethyst cabochon studs in stock. The studs are featured on my website as a set with 18K gold FitzRoy the Cat earring jackets. To get the studs by themselves for $550, inquire at info at wendybrandes dot com. First come, first served —…
Valentine’s Day Is Coming. Practice Your Sex-ay Poses.
It’s February 1! Time to get ready for the romance of Valentine’s Day. Practice enticing the object of your desire by signing up for Purrkoy the Kitten’s sex-ay poses tutorial. Here’s a freebie to get you started. I gots da seksi booty. #smooshfacecat #katze #neko #exoticshorthair #babycat #gato #bunnyfeet #fluffybutt #catsofinstagram #cats #squishface #smooshface A…
Because Facts Matter …
Trump’s plan to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico is even more foolish than it seems on the surface because unauthorized immigration from Mexico is at a 40+ year low, as has been reported many times by many sources. Trump’s claims about Mexican immigrants pouring into the country have always been bald-faced lies….
Today’s #ResistTrumpTuesdays Action
Your new passion for activism is rattling the regime. Keep it up with #ResistTrumpTuesdays and spend your lunch hour at a rally to “Stop Trump’s #SwampCabinet.” FIND A LOCAL RALLY THROUGH MOVEON’S WEBSITE. Last week, hundreds of people — including me — went to New York’s senators’ offices despite driving rain. People out in the…
My Best Dressed at the SAG Awards Is …
Because I’m a jewelry designer, you might think my eyes would be on awards-show jewelry to the exclusion of everything else fashion-related, right? You’d be wrong! While I admire the big-time red-carpet jewelry, it doesn’t often surprise me. We all know Harry Winston can provide a breathtaking diamond necklace. Big juicy emeralds are bound to…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday: Don’t let your activism end with the Women’s March! MoveOn.org and other organizations are planning #ResistTrumpTuesdays. Thursday: RIP, Mary Tyler Moore and an appreciation of Marlo Thomas. Friday: Finally got around to my New Year’s Eve outfit post. Over on Instagram,…
What Wendy Wore: New Year’s Eve Masquerade
It’s “Flashback Friday,” meaning it’s a good day to get around to my New Year’s Eve outfit post. If I procrastinate on this one any longer, I’ll wind up being sucked into a long-term procrastination spiral, at the bottom of which will be the 2018 New Year’s post! To ring in 2017, my peeps and…
Marlo Thomas, Mary Tyler Moore’s Contemporary
As I was writing about Mary Tyler Moore last night, I kept thinking, “Hers wasn’t the only important show about a single working woman living alone in a big city.” But there was so much to say about Moore that I decided I’d write about Marlo Thomas another day. Procrastination in moderation once again worked…
RIP, Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore died today at age 80 of complications from pneumonia. In the headline for her obituary, the New York Times said she “incarnated the modern woman on TV.”. Embed from Getty Images It wasn’t just her The Mary Tyler Moore Show character of Mary Richards, a single woman working as television-news producer, that…