New York isn’t quite as cold today as it was yesterday, but it’s still “a bit nipply out,” as the dad played by Chevy Chase said to Nicolette Scorsese’s sex-ay saleswoman in the 1989 movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. A Bit Nipply Out What better day to buy one of my Mud Flap Jill necklaces…
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Musical Interlude: Neil Young at Carnegie Hall
Don’t you love it when things that are disappointing at first ultimately work out for the best? I was bummed out when the Neil Young and Crazy Horse concert I was supposed to go to over Labor Day weekend was canceled. But if it hadn’t been, I might not have gotten tickets to see Neil…
Throwback Thursday: Lexi’s Versace, 10 Years Ago This Month
In mid-January 2004, I went to the Los Angeles premiere of Along Came Polly. There was a little salon in the hotel so I made an appointment with a makeup artist who decided to give me a tan, L.A.-worthy look, even though I didn’t ask for one. I wound up more orange than tan. This…
Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2013
Here’s a “What Wendy Wore” outfit for each month of 2013. Click the photos for the original posts. I got the year off to a lively start with the vintage dress I wore last New Year’s Eve. I wore fuchsia again in February to Vanity Fair’s Oscar party. My designing friend Zang Toi made this…
Year in Review: Concert Photos From 2013
Someone said to me recently, “You go to SOOOO many concerts,” but I don’t think I’ve seen all THAT many this year. I’m not going to shows every week or checking out every up-and-coming performer. I know people who do that. That said, I do attend more concerts now than I did in my early…
I Like to Regift
Why write a new Christmas Day post when I wrote the perfect one in 2008? Here is “Happy Holiday, Goyim!” again, with a new, working version of the video and a couple of other updated links: Every December 25, I get into the holiday spirit by reminiscing about an idiot I knew in my freshman…
“We Gonna Party Like It’s Your Birthday”
I’m going to be drowning my sorrows in Champagne tonight because it is, indeed, my birthday. As I’ve previously noted, I don’t think birthdays are that much fun anymore, even though they’re better than the alternative. I was much more thrilled by them when this photo was taken … on Dec. 23, 1984, when I…
Last Call for Holiday Jewelry, Plus the Week in Review
If you order today or tomorrow, you can still get my jewelry shipped within the U.S. in time for Christmas! (Check out my sale section and my popular emoji stud earrings.) Make sure to select overnight delivery during checkout. If you have any problem with that, email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com for…
November Concert Catch-Up: Kanye West and Jonathan Richman
Over the years, I — like a lot of people — have rolled my eyes over Kanye West‘s antics and outbursts. But, as I always say, “Never Is the Next New Thing™.” In other words, things that are turn-offs at first can become appealing after repeated exposure. Kanye started winning me over in ways unrelated…
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: New Gun Emoji Stud Earring
I came through on last month’s promise/threat — my newest emoji earring is the little gun. I don’t love real-life guns (except for sport), but I do love the emoji gun and how people use it on Twitter and in text. When I told my friend Jay that I couldn’t decide if I should do…