{"id":1647,"date":"2009-07-10T19:14:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T23:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2011-08-31T23:30:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T03:30:23","slug":"london-day-4-henry-viii-and-hamlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/london-day-4-henry-viii-and-hamlet\/","title":{"rendered":"London, Day 4: Henry VIII and Hamlet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I had a make-up date with the guy I stood up yesterday<\/a>, Henry teh 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I guess he forgives me, because I'm still in one piece.<\/p><\/div>\n

In a moment of fashion insanity, I did NOT wear my Boleyn necklace<\/a> to the Henry VIII exhibit at the British Library<\/a>. What was I thinking? To make matters worse, I was wearing my Cleves<\/a> ring. Sure, Henry had Anne Boleyn<\/a> beheaded, but at least he had been wildly in love with her. He never even got busy with Anne of Cleves, damn genius<\/a> though she was. My favorite item in the exhibit was a prayer book that AnneB and Henry passed back and forth during Mass, writing little love notes to each other in it. How cute! I went back to look at that a second time.<\/p>\n

I wore my new Castelbajac shoes <\/a>today. They matched almost every color in my Francis patchwork plaid jacket<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I'm wearing the rainbow!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The shoes in a London taxi.<\/p><\/div>\n

This was officially “kings who marry their late brothers’ wives”<\/a> day, because after Henry, we went to see Hamlet<\/a>. Thank you, gorgeous Fiona, for arranging those tickets. Jude Law starred<\/a>, and his delivery of that great line, “To WendyB or not to WendyB…” was flawless. Wait? That’s not the line? WTF! I’m insulted. Anyway, despite that blow to my self-esteem, the performance was excellent. Also, I was mesmerized by Jude’s hairline. I think he should win two awards<\/a>: one for him and one for his hairline. It was so expressive! But don’t worry, Sam Waterston’s eyebrows<\/a>! No other arrangement of hair will ever take your place in my heart.<\/p>\n

The other delight was MrB, who, as we walked back to the hotel, said, “That guy who played Hamlet was really good.” I said, “That guy was Jude Law.” MrB said, “THAT WAS JUDE LAW?!” Alas, poor MrB. I gave him hell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A prince of a guy.<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I had a make-up date with the guy I stood up yesterday, Henry teh 8. In a moment of fashion insanity, I did NOT wear my Boleyn necklace to the Henry VIII exhibit at the British Library. What was I thinking? To make matters worse, I was wearing my Cleves ring. Sure, Henry had…<\/p>\n

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