Wendy Brandes Jewelry has lots of heart-themed jewelry that will make anyone’s Valentine’s Day perfect. If you are one of my beloved blog bitches, or related to one, email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com and I will give you a special, bitchy price on any of my heart pieces, including the Diana Necklace…
The Latest NieNie Update
Gorgeous blogger Practically Perfect in Every Way alerted me to the latest update on NieNie, the blogger who was critically injured in a plane crash last summer. I urge you to read the story and check out NieNie’s blog here. Yes, she’s back to blogging. It’s a miracle. Photo from NieNie Dialogues Last year, you…
John Varriano’s NYSE Painting
I got a nice note from John Varriano, the painter I posted about here, so I asked him for a photo of the New York Stock Exchange painting that I mentioned. Can you find the handsome fellow who intrigued so many ladies? Click to enlarge. For more on the very talented John Varriano, check out…
Gorgeous Ex-Bloggers Wear WendyB
Gorgeous ex-bloggers Leah and ENC may have broken our hearts by leaving the blog world, but they were unable to resist my efforts to convert them into gorgeous WendyB clients. Leah, formerly of Style for the Stay at Home Mom, recently caved into my demands for a photo of her wearing my Isabella Wolf-Fang Necklace…
I Suffer From Premature Enthusiasm
As any man can tell you, there’s such a thing as “too soon.” In 2004, while I was working at Lehman Brothers, a colleague introduced me to a bartending artist who specialized in portraits of his bar’s customers. The artist also did a huge, action-packed painting of the traders on the floor of the New…
The Fightin’ Walrus
My almost-husband Paul McCartney is on my good side today, thanks to his appearance on The Colbert Report. Some viewers are on my bad side for their online comments saying that almost-MrB didn’t “get it.” WTF? I’m resigned to people having poor reading comprehension but poor TV comprehension is a new low. As you’ll see…
Thursday Book Club: Author Randy Shilts
If you’re anything like me, there was only one possible reaction to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s opening remarks at the inaugural ceremony last week: Get me the names of her doctor and hair stylist! CLICK FOR VIDEO. Dianne is 75, people. Seventy-five! And she looks great. Clearly, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and President Obama…
Not Lovin’ It
On Monday, McDonald’s reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations. I hope you click the link in the first sentence because I put some effort into finding the right earnings story for you. A lot of the headlines on the McDonald’s stories out there just said earnings fell almost 23%. That’s true, but the fact…
Word of the Day*
Dysphemism (noun): the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one. The antonym of “euphemism.” Example: “Have a good day, bitches!” *Brought to you by Wendy Brandes, dysphemistic since (approximately) 1977.
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