{"id":22036,"date":"2013-08-21T01:20:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T05:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=22036"},"modified":"2013-08-26T01:28:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T05:28:00","slug":"what-wendy-wore-coney-island-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/what-wendy-wore-coney-island-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Coney Island Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gorgeous designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stacylomman.com\" target=\"_blank\">Stacy Lomman<\/a> and I have talked about going back to Coney Island since our last visit in <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/what-wendy-wore-casual-for-coney-island\/\" target=\"_blank\">2010<\/a>.\u00a0 Yesterday, we finally did it!<\/p>\n<p>We spent a couple of hours on the beach. Stacy worked on her tan and I worked on maintaining my pallor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22038\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22038\" class=\" wp-image-22038\" alt=\"coneyislandtanresize\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/coneyislandtanresize.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/coneyislandtanresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/coneyislandtanresize-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My leg, her arm.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then we went to the boardwalk so I could get a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansfamous.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan&#8217;s Famous<\/a> hot dog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22037\" alt=\"coneyislandhatresize\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/coneyislandhatresize.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/coneyislandhatresize.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/coneyislandhatresize-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/coneyislandhatresize-663x1024.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Hat:<\/strong> Purchased from Urban Outfitters for Lollapalooza (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/what-wendy-wore-weathering-the-last-day-of-lollapalooza\/\" target=\"_blank\">2011<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Sunglasses:<\/strong> Prada (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/im-married-to-a-doctor\/\" target=\"_blank\">2013<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>T-shirt:<\/strong> From Tate Modern (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/whats-on\/tate-modern\/exhibition\/lichtenstein\" target=\"_blank\">2013<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Shorts:<\/strong> JC de Castelbajac (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/what-wendy-wore-special-jewelry-for-skylar-grey\/\" target=\"_blank\">2013<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Wedge sneakers:<\/strong> Ash Shoes (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/casting-call-for-bloggers-wearing-wedge-sneakers\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After we got temporary tattoos (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/true-blood-inspired-temporary-tattoo\/\" target=\"_blank\">it&#8217;s tradition!<\/a>), I contemplated the Wonder Wheel Ferris wheel. I&#8217;d really enjoyed it last time, but it seemed awfully tall and intimidating yesterday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22040\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22040\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22040 \" alt=\"wonderwheel2resize\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wonderwheel2resize.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wonderwheel2resize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wonderwheel2resize-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It looked kind of scary (check out my dragon &#8220;tattoo&#8221;).<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I decided I couldn&#8217;t live with myself if I chickened out, so I went on and wound up enjoying it immensely.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22042\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22042\" class=\" wp-image-22042\" alt=\"wonderwheel1resize\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wonderwheel1resize.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wonderwheel1resize.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wonderwheel1resize-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waving at Stacy on the ground.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little video of the view.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8Eru3xzNFI?list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I rode the Wonder Wheel by myself because Stacy was too scared. She&#8217;s even scared of the kiddie rides! But she did win a blue dolphin by throwing darts at balloons.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22045\" alt=\"stacyanddolphin\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stacyanddolphin.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stacyanddolphin.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stacyanddolphin-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The dolphin&#8217;s eyes reminded us of the brain-damaged horse on <em>Family Guy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22046\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dkDRugEtvNM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22046\" class=\" wp-image-22046 \" alt=\"famguy\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/famguy.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/famguy.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/famguy-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to watch the clip of the brain-damaged horse.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We named the dolphin &#8220;Googly Eye Sugar Cube&#8221; in honor of the brain-damaged horse.\u00a0 (<em>Family Guy<\/em> fans, wouldn&#8217;t that name fit in perfectly with the <a href=\"http:\/\/familyguy.wikia.com\/wiki\/Handi-Quacks\" target=\"_blank\">Handi-Quacks<\/a>?) Stacy gave me Googly Eye Sugar Cube as a present for <a href=\"http:\/\/fitzroythecat.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FitzRoy <\/a>(the permanent cat) and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/tiny-supermodel-cat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portia<\/a> (the visiting cat). They fled in terror when they saw it.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to get back to Coney Island before the end of the summer instead of waiting for several years. It&#8217;s an ambitious plan, so don&#8217;t believe it till you see it!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: The highlight of the day was a conversation we had with a stranger on the subway on the way to the beach. I don&#8217;t know how I left it out of this post! Luckily, Stacy has it in her post <a href=\"http:\/\/taffetadarlings.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/coney-island-high.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: I linked this to Not Dead Yet Style&#8217;s Visible Monday post. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/visible-monday-111-colorful-karina-for.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to see all the other visible wimmins. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gorgeous designer Stacy Lomman and I have talked about going back to Coney Island since our last visit in 2010.\u00a0 Yesterday, we finally did it! We spent a couple of hours on the beach. Stacy worked on her tan and I worked on maintaining my pallor. Then we went to the boardwalk so I could&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/what-wendy-wore-coney-island-adventure\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22037,"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":[277,41,593,137,9,497],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-outfit-post","8":"category-pictures-of-me","9":"category-stacy-lomman","10":"category-things-to-do-in-nyc","11":"category-travel","12":"category-what-wendy-wore","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22036","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=22036"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22150,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22036\/revisions\/22150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}