The clearing out of my childhood home continues to yield all kinds of Throwback Thursday material. The latest is a page from a 1998 issue of New York Magazine. Gael Greene reviewed a restaurant called Pondicherry; her blurb was accompanied by a blurry photo of me and my gorgeous sister, Terri Berry. (We’re at the…
In the News
Jeremy Scott, the Skateboard Controversy and Moschino
The news that designer Jeremy Scott has been named creative director at ever-whimsical Moschino, one of my favorite fashion houses, reminded me of an item I had lurking in my blog drafts. Last month, Scott settled with NHS, Inc./Santa Cruz Skateboards after the latter accused Scott of using artist Jimbo Phillips’s distinctive skateboard graphics in Scott’s…
Good Reading for Aspiring Rocket Scientists (and Other Wimmins)
A fascinating article by Eileen Pollack in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine asks, “Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science?” It’s worthwhile reading for all wimmins, even those not interested in science, and I’m going to get to why that is … just as soon as I tell you about the science part….
Pop Divas and Rolling Stone
Clicking around the Interwebs, as one does, I came across an old Rolling Stone magazine slideshow of its “pop diva” covers. The 29 images include the iconic Britney Spears and Janet Jackson covers, of course. Mariah Carey’s cover might be the best she’s ever looked. One of my favorites is this playful 1989 Herb Ritts…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in Jeweller Magazine
I got a nice mention in the September issue of Jeweller Magazine, a jewelry trade magazine for Australia and New Zealand. The story by India Nicholson is about jewelry with secret compartments; it really gets into the history of this type of design: I was pleased to see a mention of a locket ring owned…
From the September 11 Archives
Here are my previous September 11 posts, from oldest to newest. 2007 September 11 Is Here Again 2008 9/14/01 Laughing While Crying The Prodigal Bumpe Returns 2009 Three Old Posts and a Little Story 2010 Thoughts on 9/11: The Devil Is in the Details 2011 “I Thought Everybody Else Was Lost” 10 Years Later: “Essential…
The Unofficial Twitter Policy. And Miley Cyrus.
I came across this description of social-media attitudes on MetaFilter recently, and I thought it was high!larious! “OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENJOY THINGS THAT I DO NOT ENJOY.” That line sums up a vast number of conversations on Twitter. I’m always amazed that people have the time and energy to aggressively tell strangers…
What Wendy Wore: Business Algorithms and Birthday Math
I was reading music magazine The Fader’s cover story on rapper Mac Miller and the first anecdote resonated with me. The story starts with Miller hunting for copies of his second album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off, in Target, the day after the album’s release. The store nearest his home in Los Angeles had…
Go Away, Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin!
I took a day off yesterday from reading about crazy New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin, but I was forced to acknowledge the freaky couple again this morning while I was reading the New York Times (in print, of course!). Oh! Instead of sexting with just one woman a…
Throwback Thursday: Madonna and Her Keith Haring Denim Jacket
When I was in London last month, I found a great magazine about ’80s music called Classic Pop. I was excited to find a long article about the late graffiti artist Keith Haring in it, particularly because of this 1984 photo of Madonna in a Haring “boy toy” painted denim jacket. This photo made me…