Back in the ’90s, young designers Isaac Mizrahi, Todd Oldham and Christian Francis Roth were fashion stars. They were awesome. They didn’t make enough money to stay in business, but they were awesome. I last wrote about these designing men in September, when Oldham was named creative director for Old Navy. Earlier this month, Mizrahi…
gorgeous family
More New Year’s Photos
Finally, I have gotten the rest of the photos from my New Year’s Eve/Birthday Party at Butter. I will share a few. First, a couple of additional looks at my vintage Versace/Little Bo Peep dress. (And though I usually don’t do this, you can click on the photos to enlarge.) It had a nice circle…
Happy New Year, Bitches!
My husband threw me a big New Year’s Eve/40th birthday party. My friends Phil and Angeline sent me some flowers and balloons to get me in the mood. Lots more pictures to come! UPDATED TO ADD: My dress code for the party was black tie OR mutton dressed as lamb. As you can see from…
An Exception to My Non-Posting Vow
My husband had a great Page 1 story in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal about his career in journalism and his forecast for the news industry. Check it out! From Paul’s surprise going-away-from-the-WSJ party People sent him some lovely notes about the story, though there were a few asshats, like the woman who said the newspaper…
Show Some Respect, Bitches!
I’m another year older today and I think I’ve hit the age where I can scream at disrespectful youngsters and say things like “kids these days!” So mind your manners or you will rue the day I was born. Anyway, here’s a photo of Mom, aka BarbaraB, taken just over 40 years ago. I was…
"It’s Going to Taste Very Bad!"
Back in the day, Terri Berry and I loved a skit Christopher Walken did on SNL called “The Trivial Psychic.” Trivial Psychic Add to My Profile | More Videos Here we are in 1993 having a “trivial psychic” moment. UPDATED TO ADD: I may hold off on Part II of my Empress Wu Book Club…
No, Really, This Is the Last Time
I declared I was out of the tag business, but since I am not inspired to write anything else right now, I will answer the tags of Diva in a Carry On and, belatedly, SkyBluePink. I know! I’m such a user. Seven more facts about me: I have four stepchildren. The oldest is six months…
Air Berry
Terri Berry takes flight in Montauk, N.Y., in this undated photo, while I stand back and look pale. I found this at my parents’ house on Thanksgiving and thought I’d share
Home for the Holidays
Rejoice! My parents had all the old photo albums out. A random sample: WendyB, visiting California in 1984/85 BarbaraB with her mother (RuthK), father (SamK) and sister (SusanK) in 1967
Even More Surprise Party Pictures
I apologize to the readers who don’t know any of these people, but I want to share a few more photos with folks who attended the party. My favorite photo of the evening: John is amazed to learn he is Amy’s babydaddy.