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Pinkies in Business for Themselves

August 2, 2019 by WendyB

When people take a photo of my rings — a regular occurrence for a jewelry designer — they tend to scowl at my proffered hand and say, “Hold your fingers naturally.” I’ve been puzzled by that instruction because my hand position feels natural to me, but I let folks move my fingers into what they…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Cute/Funny/Weird, excuse my beauty, pictures of me Tagged With: family guy, steve buscemi

Favorite Hair

March 4, 2009 by WendyB

I got my hair cut yesterday, but didn’t feel like taking a picture. Instead, I’ll show you my 1995 hair. Back then, my hair guru, Keith Carpenter (who also did my hair yesterday), and I decided I needed the curliest perm possible — a chemically-induced ‘fro. Keith’s colleague did the perm reluctantly while Keith and…

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Filed Under: excuse my beauty, hair, pictures of me, vintage WendyB photos

The Weather Gods Are Angry

February 25, 2009 by WendyB

I was wondering why it has been so windy and cold New York the past couple of days. It turns out that the weather gods are trying to blow Heather Mills home to England. This hasn’t done Heather’s new hairdo any favors. WHOOSH! Spring won’t come as long as Heather is here, so if you…

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Filed Under: Beatles, blogs and bloggers, excuse my beauty, hair, insanity

Nothing to See Here, Heather. Move Along.

April 3, 2008 by WendyB

Jack Nicholson had a great line in the movie As Good As It Gets: “Sell crazy someplace else, we’re all stocked up here.” That was my reaction to reading that professional psychopath Heather Mills is looking for real estate in New York. You know, Heather, Rudy Giuliani violated a lot of people’s rights to make…

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Filed Under: Beatles, excuse my beauty, In the News, insanity

My New Catchphrase

February 23, 2008 by WendyB

I don’t like to tease anonymous peeps whose photos turn up online, but I have to make an exception for this woman’s mug shot because Dlisted’s item on her made me laugh out loud. The following sentences are all great: It’s strange, because she has office manager hair, but chola eyebrows. It’s like she’s in…

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Filed Under: excuse my beauty, insanity

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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