{"id":1041,"date":"2009-01-10T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T05:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2019-11-03T20:02:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T01:02:59","slug":"yeah-yeah-yeah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/yeah-yeah-yeah\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a great time last night thanks to my gorgeous friend Jen, who invited me to her family&#8217;s annual outing to Carnegie Hall to see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.1964thetribute.com\/\">1964&#8230;The Tribute<\/a>,&#8221; an unbelievably realistic-sounding Beatles tribute band. If you closed your eyes, you&#8217;d think it was the real thing. And, if you opened your eyes (which I&#8217;d recommend &#8212; it would be weird to sit through a whole concert with your eyes closed), you&#8217;d notice how the band members had all the mannerisms down pat.  If you&#8217;re an ardent Beatles fan, seize any opportunity to go. And if you go to next year&#8217;s Carnegie Hall performance, keep an eye out for me.<\/p>\n<p>In other Beatles-related news, Sharon Stone called &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='mL7hYKr3RsRcCb0pVcyu9A' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/86024113' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'mL7hYKr3RsRcCb0pVcyu9A',sig:'_G47hHhrljGN2shQF1IblFPguT4VqSISGM6_8Xt8-KE=',w:'393px',h:'594px',items:'86024113',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;she wants her hair back from <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/nothing-to-see-here-heather-move-along.html\">Heather Mills<\/a>, aka the former Lady McCartney. What in the name of Britney Spears is this hairdo about? When my long-time gorgeous reader (and brand-new <a href=\"http:\/\/thepoodleparlor.blogspot.com\/\">blogger<\/a>) &#8220;L&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylelist.com\/hair-styles\/hair-trends\/pixies-cuts?icid=200100397x1216315062x1201103855\">first sent me a picture<\/a> of this catastrophe,  I didn&#8217;t believe it was real. She had to send me further evidence before I stopped thinking it was an unconvincing Photoshop project thrown together by my <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/few-of-my-favorite-things.html\">almost-husband<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/celebs\/news\/2009\/01\/05\/sir-paul-mccartney-pictured-on-the-beach-with-girlfriend-nancy-shevell-115875-21016741\/\">Paul McCartney and his new ladypal Nancy Shevell<\/a> after they&#8217;d killed off a couple of bottles of wine.<\/p>\n<p>Let me assure you that I&#8217;m not hopping on the mocking-celebrity-appearances bandwagon in a desperate attempt to win your votes for <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-fashion-blog\/\">Best Fashion Blogger of 2008<\/a>. Heather Mills is not a celebrity. She is a demon who escaped from hell to torment my almost-husband. While Sir Paul and I are too different to have ever had a successful relationship (he hates women who eat meat; I hate men who give the <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/mrb-gets-his-kicks-on-route-66.html\">thumbs-up sign<\/a>), I still have his back, which Nancy Shevell is probably tickling with her lovely locks right now while she laughs uncontrollably.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Best Fashion Blogger award: don&#8217;t forget to do your daily voting for me <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-fashion-blog\/\">here<\/a>. I&#8217;m  hoping for a decent third-place showing. A big thank you goes out to gorgeous blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/ineedmoredrama.wordpress.com\/\">Evie<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/ineedmoredrama.wordpress.com\/\">I Need More Drama<\/a> for tweeting on my behalf. You&#8217;re the best, Evie! So are you, <a href=\"http:\/\/sololisaynadamas.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/go-forth-and-vote.html\">Lisa<\/a>. Nice to see the best <a href=\"http:\/\/sololisaynadamas.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/go-forth-and-vote.html\">Halloween costume picture of 2008<\/a> again.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: Gorgeous blogger Lizzi deserves a great big hug for this <a href=\"http:\/\/arizonasteenbocks.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/bejeweled-and-bedazzled.html\">incredibly nice post<\/a> about my work (with a voting link, no less).<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: Yet another thank you goes out to gorgeous blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unefemme.net\/2009\/01\/vote-early-vote-often.html\">Deja Pseu<\/a> for becoming a campaign volunteer. If votes were assigned based on the fine character of the volunteer, I too would get 8,000 votes in a matter of hours, because DP has already <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/winner-of-nienie-auction.html\">shown herself to be an exceptionally lovely and generous person<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED YET AGAIN TO ADD: Gorgeous blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/theshoegirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/rock-vote.html\">TheShoeGirl<\/a> both campaigned for me and made me laugh out loud. What could be better than that? <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a great time last night thanks to my gorgeous friend Jen, who invited me to her family&#8217;s annual outing to Carnegie Hall to see &#8220;1964&#8230;The Tribute,&#8221; an unbelievably realistic-sounding Beatles tribute band. If you closed your eyes, you&#8217;d think it was the real thing. 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