{"id":28275,"date":"2014-12-31T17:01:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T22:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28275"},"modified":"2015-01-01T04:43:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T09:43:59","slug":"year-in-review-interesting-people-i-stalked-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/year-in-review-interesting-people-i-stalked-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review: Interesting People I Stalked in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m going to end the year with a post featuring the interesting people I stood next to in photos in 2014.<\/p>\n

It was great to meet up with gorgeous singer\/songwriter\/jewelry<\/a>–wearer<\/a> Skylar Grey again<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n

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“OMG, it’s her again,” thinks Skylar.<\/p><\/div>\n

My hawt rapper friend Gangsta Boo stopped Billy Bob Thornton for a picture when we saw him at Shade 45<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“I’m so sick of everyone’s Slingblade impressions,” thinks Billy Bob.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had tickets for a meet-and-greet with Royce da 5’9″ and DJ Premier of PRhyme at their album-release party in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“We’re getting paid for this, so it’s cool,” think Royce (left) and Premier (right).<\/p><\/div>\n

But nothing can top my embarrassing experience with Bill Clinton in November. I don’t have to add a photo caption suggesting what Bill might have been thinking, because this is actually a still from a video. Click the photo to hear what he had to say.<\/p>\n

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Click us.<\/p><\/div>\n

That encounter took place at a gala dinner celebrating the 100th birthday of the New Republic magazine<\/a>. Within a matter of weeks, the magazine basically fell apart as top editors, contributing editors and other staffers resigned to protest management changes<\/a>. Four more staffers <\/a>resigned this week. Whoops! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m going to end the year with a post featuring the interesting people I stood next to in photos in 2014. It was great to meet up with gorgeous singer\/songwriter\/jewelry–wearer Skylar Grey again in February. My hawt rapper friend Gangsta Boo stopped Billy Bob Thornton for a picture when we saw him at Shade 45….<\/p>\n

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