{"id":1182,"date":"2009-05-17T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T02:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2009-06-23T01:02:06","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T05:02:06","slug":"devilish-times-with-gorgeous-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/devilish-times-with-gorgeous-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Devilish Times With Gorgeous Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gorgeous blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/shoedaydreams.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Poochie<\/a> came to New York this weekend, and I was delighted to spend quality time with her.  We took a mini-jaunt to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riverdale,_Bronx\" target=\"_blank\">Riverdale<\/a> to visit my gorgeous friends Jen and Amanda. I was most entertained by the name of the train stop &#8212; Spuyten Duyvil &#8212; which is an old Dutch phrase that has something to do with the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spuyten_Duyvil,_Bronx\" target=\"_blank\">devil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/shoedaydreams.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/new-york-day-1-and-2.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/ShC2fyl1vyI\/AAAAAAAAHuY\/IKZwd3snGD0\/s320\/IMG_0262.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336966215706722082\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The duyvilish Princess Poochie<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<p>We stopped by Jen&#8217;s apartment and met her grumpy-faced cats, Simon and Elise.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persian_%28cat%29\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/ShC1poat73I\/AAAAAAAAHuA\/pjfav_NU9D8\/s320\/IMG_0264.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336965285262782322\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jen holding Elise the cat.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<p>The ladies took turns trying on my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/keeping-it-perv-in-family\/\" target=\"_blank\">Francis by Christian Francis Roth skirt<\/a>. I swear on the Duyvil himself that this skirt is universally flattering. You can get one of your own for 30% off at Bloomingdales. Then if you come to NYC, we can go out on the town dressed like twins. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/great-minds-think-alike-about-lamb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don&#8217;t think I won&#8217;t do it<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.bloomingdales.com\/catalog\/product\/index.ognc?ID=142325&amp;PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/ShC2CfWQ84I\/AAAAAAAAHuI\/XTJyyEbcUbk\/s320\/IMG_0281.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336965712324916098\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jen wearing my skirt.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Amanda eluded my camera.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The next day, Poochie and I checked out the Model as Muse exhibit at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/special\/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7BEB2C67EF-1CCB-4EB2-9329-A955A7EDFBC2%7D\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>, dined at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flexmusselsnyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flex Mussels<\/a>, and stopped by my apartment to meet MrB and the dogs. MrB took our photo.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/ShC1YN5cnvI\/AAAAAAAAHt4\/KMZdFWtdXuI\/s320\/IMG_0292.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336964986086137586\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Don&#8217;t click &#8212; it won&#8217;t enlarge.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m wearing a vintage <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/great-minds-think-alikeabout-ossie-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ossie Clark<\/a> snakeskin vest in the picture above &#8230; and speak of the Duyvil! Gorgeous blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/disneyrollergirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/ossie-clarke-pre-empts-biker-trend-by.html\" target=\"_blank\">Disney Roller Girl<\/a> tipped me off to an Ossie Clark snakeskin jacket on <a href=\"http:\/\/rockpopfashion.com\/blog\/?p=150\" target=\"_blank\">The Look<\/a>. The current owner of that jacket thinks it&#8217;s a jacket that was worn by Ossie himself. Could be.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/rockpopfashion.com\/blog\/?p=150\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/ShC9_K8Ul-I\/AAAAAAAAHug\/EjoripnIfaU\/s320\/3534674185_e89a53db89_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336974451400808418\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sex-ay Ossie Clark in 1970<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><br \/>Photo: Hulton Getty<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><br \/>Via The Look<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I also have an Ossie Clark snakeskin jacket. I know it wasn&#8217;t owned by Ossie though. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/my-ossie-clark-jacket-and-some-60s-it-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\">I got it from one of his employees<\/a>. It&#8217;s my most treasured piece of clothing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/ShBdXx5Z3GI\/AAAAAAAAHtw\/t3Ikyc5aj6U\/s1600-h\/IMG_0283.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/ShBdXx5Z3GI\/AAAAAAAAHtw\/t3Ikyc5aj6U\/s320\/IMG_0283.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336868221546519650\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">My Ossie snakeskin jacket<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing Princess Poochie one more time tomorrow. I don&#8217;t want her to go home. Maybe I can convince her to move to NYC with her husband, two chickens, four cats, one dog, and two mini-goats. I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s room for all of them in Riverdale.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: Read Poochie&#8217;s version of our adventures <a href=\"http:\/\/shoedaydreams.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/more-more-more-new-york.html\" TARGET=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gorgeous blogger Princess Poochie came to New York this weekend, and I was delighted to spend quality time with her. We took a mini-jaunt to Riverdale to visit my gorgeous friends Jen and Amanda. I was most entertained by the name of the train stop &#8212; Spuyten Duyvil &#8212; which is an old Dutch phrase&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/devilish-times-with-gorgeous-friends\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,81,83,48,41,100,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-blogs-and-bloggers","category-christian-francis-roth","category-gorgeous-friends","category-ossie-clark","category-pictures-of-me","category-restaurants","category-things-to-do-in-nyc","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}