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Meet the Rightful Queen on My 13th Blogversary

July 23, 2020 by WendyB

In honor of my 13th blogversary today, I’ve overcome some long-running technical problems and broken into my own blog in order to say hello. My dire need for a new website/blog developer (comment with your resume!) reminds me of the good old days of my blog’s random removal from listings by the now-defunct search-engine Technorati…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anniversaries, Arts & Entertainment, authors, blogversary, book club, books, Special Occasions Tagged With: isabelle steiger, Paths of Lantistyne, the empire's ghost, the rightful queen

Throwback Thursday: Purrkoy for Meowloween

October 31, 2019 by WendyB

Happy Halloween! Thank you to Instagrammer and cat-lover Mattie for creating this beautiful pumpkin tribute to the late, great Purrkoy the Kitten. Speaking of pets that have crossed the Rainbow Bridge, Gigi the dog left us exactly two years ago at the impressive age of 16.  As I’ve written before: “The ancient Celts believed that…

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Filed Under: anniversaries, Halloween, holidays, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: gigi the dog, meowloween, pumpkins, purrkoy the kitten

A “Dirty Dozen” Blogversary

July 23, 2019 by WendyB

It’s my 12th blogversary! It’s Dirty Dozen time! I mean, literally, here’s a video from D12. That video starts with OG rapper Ice-T (the husband of my OG obsession, Coco). His lines include direct quotes from The Warriors, an OG movie. That’s appropriate because I’m an OG blogger from the big burst of fashion blogs…

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Filed Under: anniversaries, blogs and bloggers, blogversary, Fashion, Special Occasions Tagged With: d12, ice-t, judith boyd, kingdom of style, style crone, the warriors

Happy 18th Wedding Anniversary, MrB!

July 22, 2019 by WendyB

MrB and I are celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary today — not to be confused with a date-a-versary. In February 2018, I wrote a 20th date-a-versary post and a few people have been befuddled by the number of years ever since. Sorry, y’all! Anyway, although I haven’t been able to find the rejection letter that…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anniversaries, Special Occasions Tagged With: wedding cake

My 11th Blogversary!

July 23, 2018 by WendyB

I started this blog 11 years ago today with “just a placeholder.” Shout out to Britney Spears, who — a couple of days later — inspired me to start writing a lot more than I’d planned to. Since July 23, 2007, I’ve published 3,746 posts, meaning I’ve added about 250 after celebrating my 10th blogversary…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anniversaries, blogversary, Special Occasions Tagged With: blogversary

Flashback Friday: Gareth Pugh in Las Vegas

July 20, 2018 by WendyB

MrB and I are celebrating our 17th wedding anniversary this Sunday, and I’m not sure what to wear. The past two years, I stuck to the same outfit: A strange hot pants/maxi skirt hybrid by Gareth Pugh, paired with a shiny L’Agence top. It’s a great look for a Boomerang video! Gareth Pugh skirt/shorts thing…

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Filed Under: anniversaries, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, purses, Special Occasions, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: gareth pugh

Throwback Thursday: Partying Like It’s 1998

February 15, 2018 by WendyB

MrB and I are celebrating our 20th date-a-versary today. That means that on this day in 1998, he and I started … um … “going steady”? “Became an item”? I’m not sure how to word it in a way that doesn’t make y’all feel like … Phoebe Buffay GIF from Phoebe GIFs It wasn’t our…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anniversaries, Dogs, pictures of me, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: date-a-versary

Throwback Thursday: 1 Wedding, 1 Anniversary

August 3, 2017 by WendyB

My gorgeous friend Alyssa Brownell and her fabulous man, Robert, got married last month. Alyssa wore my 18K gold tiara, as I’ve mentioned. The entire day was beautiful. There were a lot of happy tears during the ceremony in the awe-inspiring Church of St. Francis Xavier. Saturday afternoon church … #notmyusualsaturday #wedding A post shared…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anniversaries, dresses, Fashion, favorite brands, homegrown vintage, on the town, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, repeat offender collage, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday, weddings, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: slow fashion

A Big Blogversary: I’m Turning 10!

July 23, 2017 by WendyB

Can you believe it? It’s my 10th blogversary! Since July 23, 2007, I’ve published almost 3,500 posts. To those of you who have reading me from the beginning — thank you for sticking around! And a thank you also to the newer people for joining in, whenever you joined in! In this special blogversary video,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anniversaries, blogs and bloggers, blogversary, Special Occasions Tagged With: blogversary

Ninth Blogversary

July 23, 2016 by WendyB

In 2007, they all told me not to do it. Luxury-goods consultants. The former fashion director of a major department store. My own publicist. Random-ass acquaintances. “Don’t do a blog,” they said. “It will ruin your brand.” “You’re too accessible,” they said. “Luxury is about exclusivity.” Clearly, I didn’t heed their warnings because today this…

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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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