{"id":176,"date":"2007-09-28T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=176"},"modified":"2007-09-28T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-28T17:56:00","slug":"consolation-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/consolation-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Consolation Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/Rvhru1daehI\/AAAAAAAAApk\/FahuS-KBTiw\/s1600-h\/fishshoes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/Rvhru1daehI\/AAAAAAAAApk\/FahuS-KBTiw\/s320\/fishshoes.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113955829247801874\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">My obsession: the beauteous Christian Louboutin Pesce shoes.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>During my never-ending quest for <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/fish-feet-i-want-them.html\">fish feet<\/a>, I found a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fish-Feet-Veronica-Bennett\/dp\/0744559855\/ref=sr_1_2\/103-9667944-8636621?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1190685136&amp;sr=1-2\">young-adult book<\/a> about a boy who wants to be a ballet dancer. I also found a <a href=\"http:\/\/fishfeet2007.blogspot.com\/\">female science blogger<\/a> (you go, girl!).<\/p>\n<p>But alas, no fish shoes in my size.<\/p>\n<p>My gorgeous sister, Terri Berry, came up with a consolation prize, saying, &#8220;If you can&#8217;t get the fish shoes, maybe you can at least get a fish hamper.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homedecorators.com\/P\/Rattan_Fish_Hamper\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/Rv0-sVdafBI\/AAAAAAAAAtk\/xj4uixyxguI\/s320\/fish+hamper.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115313683158432786\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s not every day you come across home decor that&#8217;s as tasteful as this.  This, my friends, is a true work of art. Just imagine stuffing your dirty <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/latex\">latex leggings<\/a> down the fish&#8217;s gullet. I defy you to tell me that that wouldn&#8217;t class up the joint.  As Keats wrote, &#8220;A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.&#8221; If you need more joy in your life (and who doesn&#8217;t?) this stunning hamper is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homedecorators.com\/P\/Rattan_Fish_Hamper\/\">here<\/a>.  Please&#8230;don&#8217;t thank me all at once!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: Thanks to gorgeous soon-to-be client (ahem! right?) Jane for pointing out these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pimpdaddy.com\/page\/pdcom\/PROD\/LS\/PD-ES-1601-FISH\">brilliant six-inch goldfish stilettos<\/a>. Hot! I love that whole <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pimpdaddy.com\/\">Pimpdaddy website<\/a>. I was wondering where the pimps shopped and now I know! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My obsession: the beauteous Christian Louboutin Pesce shoes. During my never-ending quest for fish feet, I found a young-adult book about a boy who wants to be a ballet dancer. I also found a female science blogger (you go, girl!). But alas, no fish shoes in my size. My gorgeous sister, Terri Berry, came up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/consolation-prize\/\">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":[12,58,57,15,22,31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blogs-and-bloggers","7":"category-books","8":"category-fish-feet","9":"category-gorgeous-family","10":"category-latex","11":"category-shoes","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","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=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}