{"id":1140,"date":"2009-04-02T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2009-06-18T18:50:47","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T22:50:47","slug":"pining-for-pimms-at-harrods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/pining-for-pimms-at-harrods\/","title":{"rendered":"Pining for Pimm’s at Harrods"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was thinking of gorgeous ex-blogger Miss L of London and her sadly defunct Times of Glory blog<\/a>, so I looked up her post about my visit last year with her and the adorable Sharon Rose<\/a>. It was a perfect day, as she said, and I love this picture she took of Sharon<\/a> and me.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hugging it out while drinking Pimm’s at Harrods<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

Miss L also took this picture of me wearing the Zac Posen gown I’d just gotten at Mrs. Sting’s charity sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>With MrB, who is wearing a Pucci tie<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

I am planning to wear that dress to an event soon, so I tried it on recently. The very same day, I stumbled across this amazingly similar Jessica McClintock dress<\/a> for $75. I don’t know which dress came first — great minds think alike! — but I do know that if you buy the McClintock, I’ll make you wear it out on the town with me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Available at <\/span>Housing Works<\/a><\/p>\n

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Going back to people of the British persuasion, comedian Peter Cook has been on my mind since January, when I wrote about the Having a Wank recording<\/a> he did with Dudley Moore. Well, I can hardly forget him<\/span> when people hit this blog 10 times a day due to a wank-related search<\/a>. The search terms are often for “secret” wanking. Secret? As opposed to what … “out in the open”? Are all these people public wankers who are thinking, “I’m tired of being arrested. I’ll wank privately from now on, but I need some information about how to do that.” OH MY GOD! GEORGE MICHAEL<\/a>, IS THAT YOU?<\/p>\n

If you can bear to keep your hands off your private parts for moment, click on these highlarious videos. The first is Peter Cook’s Interesting Facts skit, performed live with Monty Python’s John Cleese. Cleese’s laugh at 1:45 is priceless. To give Cleese his due, I’m including my all-time favorite performance of the Pet Shop (Dead Parrot) sketch, during which Cleese makes his Python partner, Michael Palin, laugh uncontrollably. I also highly recommend Cook’s “mining” monologue<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And now for something completely different! This week’s Links a la Mode<\/a><\/span>, selected by Sandra of Debutante Clothing<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n