In case you missed it, here’s what’s been on the blog recently, including Katie Couric and lots of Oscar stuff. Monday, Feb. 24: Katie Couric speaks at the Columbia Daily Spectator dinner. Tuesday, Feb. 25: White guys on late-night television. Wednesday, Feb. 26: Nasty Gal stops selling a copy of my swear-ring design. Thursday, Feb….
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ICYMI: All of My Oscar Posts
I have done five Oscar-related posts since Friday. In case you missed anything, here’s a list, from oldest to newest. Friday: Big companies pay to put jewelry on the red carpet. Saturday: Dressing like a mermaid for the Weinstein Co.’s pre-Oscar party. Sunday: My choices for best dressed at the Oscars. Plus, Grammy-nominated singer Skylar…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday: My almost-husband Paul McCartney and the rest of the Beatles celebrate an anniversary. Tuesday: Fine jewelry should be fun! Wednesday: Feeling a little like a trendsetter. Thursday: Throwback to Marc Jacobs 2004. Friday: Feeling the Valentine’s Day love from Elle. Saturday:…
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan: 50 Years Later
Did you watch last night’s The Beatles: The Night That Changed America – A Grammy Salute, the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Beatles’ performance on the Ed Sullivan show? I loved it … except for the appearances of Maroon 5 and assorted, random-seeming actors. I’m wondering if Johnny Depp, Sean Penn and Kate Beckinsale are close personal…
Recommended Reading and the Week in Review
Random reading recommendation: This investigative series by Megan Twohey for Reuters exposing the underground market for foreign-born adoptees is extraordinary. On a less serious note, here’s what was on the blog this week: Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013: Leave Paul McCartney alone! Monday: Trying to dress ’80s for Depeche Mode. Tuesday: September’s Jewel of the Month….
Musings on Former Greatness and the Week in Review
On the weekends, I spend a lot of time reading old-fashioned paper copies of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. I still enjoy newsprint because being forced to flip pages leads me to things I’d never see if I were clicking only what was of obvious interest to me on a website. Yesterday,…
Happy Birthday, Keith Richards, and Thanks for the Concert
Rolling Stone Keith Richards turns 69 today, thanks to an indomitable constitution that has survived everything from heroin to a mean coconut tree. His rock ‘n’ roll sartorial flair is intact too: when MrB and I saw the Stones on their 50th anniversary tour at Barclays Center on December 8, I was thrilled to see…
What’s My Style? BarbaraB Responds and Then Some.
If you’re involved in fashion in any way — blogger, designer, magazine editor — people often ask you to describe your personal style. I have a tough time answering that question. I don’t have one of those colorful, yet confusing, descriptions that all the real fashionistas seem to have on the tips of their tongues:…
Whitney Houston Is Gone
There are people who believe that the real Paul McCartney died in a car accident in 1966 and was replaced with a lookalike. I’ve always felt that way about Whitney Houston. I was never able to reconcile this Whitney — — the bubbly, bow-wearing Whitney of 1985’s “How Will I Know” — with what she…
Book Club: A Distant Mirror, Part II
Today is a day for celebration: it is the one-year-and-one-day procrastination-versary of my introduction to my favorite history book, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Tuchman. On March 26, 2009, I posted about A Distant Mirror and told you to come back the next week for more. I wrote a long and…