The title of this post refers to Mad Men and sandals, not Mad Men and the “gladiators in suits” populating Scandal. I admit that I have only seen one episode of Scandal, but I’ll have time to catch up now that MrB and I have gotten 72 episodes of Mad Men out of the way….
What Wendy Wore: The Last Winter Look?
We had two warm(ish) days in New York City this week, meaning our dreary winter might finally be ending! Hopefully, this is my last cold-weather “What Wendy Wore” post for a while. This outfit is actually from two weeks ago, when MrB and I had dinner with friends on a 29°F night. I didn’t feel…
Throwback Thursday: KC & the Sunshine Band
Here’s some disco for Throwback Thursday: KC & the Sunshine Band’s 1975 performance of “That’s the Way I Like It.” I watched this video recently and became obsessed with the dancing horn players. More bands need dancing horn players! However, in 1984, I was much more interested in Dead or Alive’s cover of the song….
RIP, Cynthia Lennon
I am sad to see that John Lennon’s first wife, Cynthia, died today of cancer at age 75. In the 1980s, I read her book, A Twist of Lennon, again and again. I was always most interested in the Beatles’ early Liverpool and Hamburg days, and Cynthia had that covered. I wish I could find…
Karl Lagerfeld Is Like His Mother
Designer Karl Lagerfeld always gives good interview and this Q&A with Amy Larocca for The Cut is no exception. I like his response to “What are you reading?”: “I will not talk about that. I like to read biographies, history, philosophical things like this. But it’s for my private use, and not for making people…
Wish List: Totally Impractical Vintage Tulle Skirt
Surely I need this vintage, pink, tulle, mullet skirt for something, right? Maybe it’s time for me to fulfill my ambitions of recreating Pat Benatar’s 1983 “Love Is a Battlefield” video. The skirt would fit right in. This video has so much hilarity in it, but my favorite bit is at the beginning when Pat…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday: Marc by Marc Jacobs may be gone, but I’ll still have my yellow boots. Tuesday: Angelina Jolie, surgery and menopause. Wednesday: Purrkoy the giant kitteh. Thursday: My original emoji face.
Throwback Thursday: Emoji Face
Here’s a Throwback Thursday photos from my younger days. My MUCH younger days. Do you think the tongue-out emoji face was based on me? I demand royalties!
A Matter of Perspective
FitzRoy the cat is closing in on 10,000 Instagram followers, so it shouldn’t surprise you that he and his younger brother, Purrkoy, have fans who are interested in meet-and-greets! Actually, cat-loving Kelli and Aaron have visited before. They were in New York again this weekend and came bearing gifts, including one of the weirdest cat…
Angelina Jolie’s Decision
Actress Angelina Jolie Pitt wrote an essay that was published on the New York Times op-ed page today about her decision to have her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ESSAY. This comes two years after an essay in which she described her preventative double mastectomy. Jolie Pitt is not removing…