For the past few years, “halo” settings for engagement rings have been popular — a halo being a ring of smaller diamonds set around a center stone. I see a LOT of them. Too many to get excited about, unless a friend (or reader) of mine is wearing one. In that case, of course, I’m…
Throwback Thursday
Flashback Friday: Last August’s Platinum Video
Last August, I shot a video for Platinum Guild International about platinum jewelry, and the video recently went up on PGI’s site. Before I get to the video, some background: In the 1990s, I worked at CNN business news as a producer. In that role, I occasionally had to shoot those scene-setting B-roll moments that…
Throwback Thursday: Save Allan & Suzi!
I’m distressed by this Vice story about skyrocketing rent leading to the possible shuttering of Allan & Suzi’s consignment/vintage boutique. My relationship with Allan & Suzi goes back more than 20 years. In April 1995, I wrote a Wall Street Journal story about the owners’ local-cable shopping show. (As Vice notes, Golden Globe-winner Tracee Ellis…
Throwback Thursday: What Wendy Wore in January
Yesterday, I finally got around to writing about January’s Columbia Spectator fundraising dinner, at which Dan Rather was the keynote speaker. So it seems like the right time for the outfit post from that evening. This one has a guest star: my right-hand woman and branding chief, Eryn Patton, who joined me for the dinner….
Throwback Thursday: What Wendy Wore in January
For Throwback Thursday, I’m going to catch up on some of the outfits I wore in January. I’ve been too distracted by political activity to do my usual outfit posts! I joined a local Indivisible group, which I highly recommend. Indivisible aims to bring Tea Party-inspired, grass-roots activism to progressive causes, and it’s a good…
Throwback Thursday: 1995’s Down by the Water
Last night, I had the urge to watch and rewatch PJ Harvey’s 1995 video for “Down by the Water,” one of the creepiest songs of all time … OF ALL TIME! Maybe all the people wearing red for International Women’s Day reminded me of PJ’s satin dress. “Down by the Water” was a single from…
Throwback Thursday: Adele in Concert
When I was writing about Beyoncé, Adele, and the Grammys on Monday, I wanted to link to my post about Adele’s concert at Madison Square Garden last September. However, such a post was nowhere to be found! Adele wasn’t even mentioned in my year-end list of all the 2016 concerts I hadn’t written about earlier….
Throwback Thursday: The Big Shirts of the 1980s
BarbaraB — aka my mom, the style icon — was going through some old pictures recently. I think I might be her clone! The silky green blouse that BarbaraB is wearing in that photo is a different one from the linen-look green blouse mom wore in a later photo that I originally posted here. She…
Throwback Thursday: Press Freedom Awards
I always look forward to the International Press Freedom Awards dinner held by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The black-tie fundraiser — which has for years taken place the Tuesday before Thanksgiving at the Waldorf-Astoria — honors journalists from around the world who risk their lives to report from war zones and in defiance of…
Throwback Thursday: Who’s Got the Button?
In 2014, Marie Kondo wrote the book on decluttering. Literally. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Fans are devoted to Kondo’s “KonMari” method for organizing their homes. You will not find Kondo’s book perched in my extensive bookshelves. If you look…