I keep flipping through photos from my first trip to England in 1983, hoping to find the picture of my encounter with Roger Daltrey. I kept passing over one in which I was standing by a life-size model of a old-time train conductor; the white t-shirt I was wearing in the shot didn’t interest me….
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The Weeks in Review
The past two weeks have been wild around here! The big news was the announcement that the Columbia Daily Spectator — the undergraduate newspaper of my alma mater, Columbia University — would focus on its website, while reducing its printing schedule from five times a week to once a week. As the chairman of the…
Throwback Thursday: Lehman Brothers and Mr. Winkle
Gorgeous blogger Faux Fuchsia made me LOL with the comment she left on Tuesday’s post about my work history. It reads, in part: “In the 1st law firm I worked at in 1994, the one where I wished I’d be hit by a bus on the way to work, because it was that bad, we…
One of My Eminem Photos Has Gotten Some Lovin’
My obsessive photojournalist-like behavior at concerts has paid off! Recently, Eminem’s Facebook invited people to send in concert photos for use on Em’s official Tumblr. I sent in the ones from the G-Shock concert I went to last August and one popped up on Tumblr today. CLICK HERE TO GIMME SOME MORE LOVIN’! You’ll notice…
Kittehs (and Porn) Rule the Internet
The puppets of the play Avenue Q sang, “The Internet is for porn.” But, according to my scientific research totally made-up numbers, only 40% of the Internet is for porn. Forty percent is for cats. Ten percent is for idiots to write irrational comments on news sites. Five percent is for very young people and…
Throwback Thursday: Pearl Choker at 2006 Oscars
I wore a pearl choker to Vanity Fair’s Oscar party this year. I wore the choker to the same event in 2006. I was wearing an emerald-green Zang Toi gown which I further accessorized with a beaded, peacock-feather fan and a tux-clad MrB. We also went to the Oscar ceremony that year, and I managed…
FitzRoy: Official SpokesCat of Wendy Brandes Jewelry
If you’re not already following my company Instagram account — run by gorgeous employee Eryn — here’s a new incentive: FitzRoy the cat has graciously agreed to be our house model. Here is his debut. As you can see, he’s doing his best Blue Steel while wearing my Mia scent locket. FitzRoy enjoys working from…
Santa Claws Is Coming to Town
He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows when you’ve been bad or good … … so be good for goodness sake, because Santa Claws looks like one angry S.O.B.!
Recommended Reading: Newspaper Series
Some days it is challenging to read the newspaper around here … … but I usually prevail after scooping up FitzRoy and depositing him in another room. Those of you with more recalcitrant cats can catch up with the good stuff online. For instance, last week, the Wall Street Journal ran an interesting series called “The…
Rumors of Unsupervised Cat Exercise
Because cat things are always funny, I have to share a letter sent to The Ethicist column of the New York Times Magazine last month. W.S. of New York wrote in to say: “One of my neighbors complained to my co-op board’s management firm, claiming I allow my cat to exercise unsupervised in the hallway…