{"id":21654,"date":"2013-07-25T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=21654"},"modified":"2013-07-25T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T17:41:06","slug":"throwback-thursday-barbarab-doing-a-sophia-loren-impression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/throwback-thursday-barbarab-doing-a-sophia-loren-impression\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: BarbaraB Doing a Sophia Loren Impression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This photo isn&#8217;t in very good condition, but I still love it. I believe it&#8217;s from the early &#8217;80s. That&#8217;s my gorgeous mother, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/happy-mothers-day-barbarab-and-week-in-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">BarbaraB<\/a>, on the right, and her stylish friend Ursula on the left.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21655\" alt=\"momandursa\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/momandursa.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/momandursa.jpg 1632w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/momandursa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/momandursa-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BarbaraB doesn&#8217;t have a look of disapproval on her face, but something about her expression &#8212; plus the angle and distance between Mom and Ursa &#8212;\u00a0 made me think of the famous picture of Sophia Loren eyeing Jayne Mansfield&#8217;s bosom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21657\" alt=\"loren-mansfield2\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/loren-mansfield2.jpg\" width=\"454\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/loren-mansfield2.jpg 1261w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/loren-mansfield2-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/loren-mansfield2-1008x1024.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ursula was so chic and severe. She reminded me of sex-ay villain Ursa from 1980&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/kneel-before-wendy-brandes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Superman II<\/em><\/a>. Hmmm &#8230; she even has the full sleeves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21661\" style=\"width: 339px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21661\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21661\" alt=\"ursa\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ursa.jpg\" width=\"329\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ursa.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ursa-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Douglas as Ursa in Superman II.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The names are awfully close too. OMG! Ursa survived <a href=\"http:\/\/superman.wikia.com\/wiki\/Superman_II\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Superman II<\/em> <\/a>and was living a quiet civilian life in Mahwah, N.J.! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This photo isn&#8217;t in very good condition, but I still love it. I believe it&#8217;s from the early &#8217;80s. That&#8217;s my gorgeous mother, BarbaraB, on the right, and her stylish friend Ursula on the left. BarbaraB doesn&#8217;t have a look of disapproval on her face, but something about her expression &#8212; plus the angle and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/throwback-thursday-barbarab-doing-a-sophia-loren-impression\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[15,607],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gorgeous-family","category-throwback-thursday","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21654","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=21654"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21664,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21654\/revisions\/21664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}