{"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":"<p>I&#8217;m going to end the year with a post featuring the interesting people I stood next to in photos in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to meet up with gorgeous singer\/songwriter\/<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/skylar-grey-and-wendy-brandes-jewelry-on-inkeds-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\">jewelry<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/jewel-of-the-month-bull-and-bullfighter-maneater-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">wearer<\/a> Skylar Grey <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/what-wendy-wore-special-jewelry-for-skylar-grey\/\" target=\"_blank\">again<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28277\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28277\" class=\"wp-image-28277 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/skylarfeb102014resize.jpg\" alt=\"skylarfeb102014resize\" width=\"498\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/skylarfeb102014resize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/skylarfeb102014resize-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/skylarfeb102014resize-300x357.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;OMG, it&#8217;s her again,&#8221; thinks Skylar.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My hawt rapper friend Gangsta Boo stopped Billy Bob Thornton for a picture when we saw him at <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/getting-bitchy-at-shade-45-with-gangsta-boo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shade 45<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28278\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28278\" class=\"wp-image-28278 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/billybobresize.jpg\" alt=\"billybobresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/billybobresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/billybobresize-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;I&#8217;m so sick of everyone&#8217;s Slingblade impressions,&#8221; thinks Billy Bob.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had tickets for a meet-and-greet with Royce da 5&#8217;9&#8243; and DJ Premier of PRhyme at their album-release party in <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/what-wendy-wore-sequins-for-the-prhyme-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">December<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28279\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28279\" class=\"wp-image-28279 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/meetgreet2resize2.jpg\" alt=\"meetgreet2resize\" width=\"498\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/meetgreet2resize2.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/meetgreet2resize2-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;We&#8217;re getting paid for this, so it&#8217;s cool,&#8221; think Royce (left) and Premier (right).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But nothing can top my embarrassing experience with Bill Clinton in November. I don&#8217;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<div id=\"attachment_28280\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8tgw30OJvGw\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28280\" class=\"wp-image-28280 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/clinton.jpg\" alt=\"clinton\" width=\"417\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/clinton.jpg 417w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/clinton-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/clinton-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click us.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That encounter took place at a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/what-wendy-wore-embarrassed-with-bill-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\">gala dinner celebrating the 100th birthday of the New Republic magazine<\/a>. Within a matter of weeks, the magazine basically fell apart as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/12\/05\/new-republic-resignations_n_6275810.html\" target=\"_blank\">top editors, contributing editors and other staffers resigned to protest management changes<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/media\/2014\/12\/four-more-resign-from-tnr-masthead-200456.html\" target=\"_blank\">Four more staffers <\/a>resigned this week. Whoops! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;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&#8211;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&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/year-in-review-interesting-people-i-stalked-in-2014\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28276,"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":[584,41,626,658],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gangsta-boo","8":"category-pictures-of-me","9":"category-skylar-grey","10":"category-year-in-review","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28275","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=28275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28282,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28275\/revisions\/28282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}