{"id":25759,"date":"2014-05-13T15:08:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T19:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=25759"},"modified":"2014-05-14T18:25:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T22:25:52","slug":"rings-for-every-occasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/rings-for-every-occasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rings for Every Occasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/search.php?search_query=letter+ring&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">letter rings <\/a>from my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes line, I&#8217;ve got the right jewelry for every occasion, including a little party the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbiaspectator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia Daily Spectator<\/a> had on May 4.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25760\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spechandselfie.jpg\" alt=\"spechandselfie\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spechandselfie.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/spechandselfie-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event marked the last evening of production for the daily print issue of Columbia University&#8217;s undergraduate newspaper. As the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/the-multiple-meanings-of-lipstick-and-language\/\" target=\"_blank\">chairman<\/a> of Spec&#8217;s board of alumni trustees, I was involved in last month&#8217;s passionate debate over the decision to switch Spectator&#8217;s focus to online coverage, which is how most of its readers consume Spec content now.\u00a0 (If you missed my blog posts and\/or other media coverage of the move, there is a list of links <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/the-weeks-in-review-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>We had a festive cake &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25763\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cake.jpg\" alt=\"cake\" width=\"498\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cake.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cake-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cake-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and I said a few words.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25764\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25764\" class=\"wp-image-25764\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/specspeech-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"specspeech\" width=\"498\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/specspeech-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/specspeech-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/specspeech.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Abby Abrams, Spec&#8217;s student editor in chief; Steven Lau, managing editor; Michael Ouimette, publisher; and me. Photo by trustee Beth Knobel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t the only one dressed for the occasion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25762\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25762\" class=\"wp-image-25762\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/specrings.jpg\" alt=\"specrings\" width=\"498\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/specrings.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/specrings-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by trustee Beth Knobel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Kate Spade keyboard purse carried by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaAudreyGoss\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Goss<\/a>, associate news editor, reminded me of <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/what-wendy-wore-a-pattern-and-a-print\/\" target=\"_blank\">this Mary Katrantzou dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25765\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25765\" class=\"wp-image-25765 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/katespade.jpg\" alt=\"katespade\" width=\"414\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/katespade.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/katespade-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma&#8217;s bag.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you want to let your fingers do the talking, check out my letter rings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/search.php?search_query=letter+ring&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Looking for something a little more subtle? Spell out the word\/initials\/abbreviation\/acronym of your choice with my petite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/search.php?search_query=letter+single+earring&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">letter earrings<\/a>. I&#8217;m also happy to create custom letter necklaces <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/search.php?search_query=letter+necklace&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">like these<\/a> &#8212; holla at me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com with your requests. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the letter rings from my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes line, I&#8217;ve got the right jewelry for every occasion, including a little party the Columbia Daily Spectator had on May 4. The event marked the last evening of production for the daily print issue of Columbia University&#8217;s undergraduate newspaper. As the chairman of Spec&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/rings-for-every-occasion\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25760,"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":[652,41,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-columbia-daily-spectator","8":"category-pictures-of-me","9":"category-rings","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25759","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=25759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25767,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25759\/revisions\/25767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}