{"id":31148,"date":"2015-12-23T23:59:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T04:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=31148"},"modified":"2015-12-24T00:12:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T05:12:33","slug":"what-wendy-wore-last-birthday-at-the-four-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/what-wendy-wore-last-birthday-at-the-four-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Last Birthday at the Four Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubstreet.com\/2015\/12\/the-end-of-the-four-seasons.html\" target=\"_blank\">iconic Four Seasons restaurant &#8212; which opened in 1959 and for which the term &#8220;power lunch&#8221; was invented &#8212; is being booted<\/a> from the Seagram Building next year.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/what-wendy-wore-vintage-for-a-birthday-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\">many birthday dinners there<\/a> (as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/norris-church-mailer-and-the-importance-of-newspapers\/\" target=\"_blank\">one dinner with Norman Mailer<\/a>).\u00a0 Tonight was the final Four Seasons birthday dinner.<\/p>\n<p>We sat in the Pool Room, where quite a <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2013\/11\/23\/celebs-and-scandals-abound-at-the-four-seasons\/\" target=\"_blank\">few people have gone for a swim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_qT9UVh9a9\/\" target=\"_blank\">Final birthday dinner in the #fourseasons pool room. #restaurant #nyc #iconic<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Wendy Brandes (@wendybrandes) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-12-24T04:27:21+00:00\">Dec 23, 2015 at 8:27pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to take a dip myself in honor of the momentous occasion, but you know what they say about swimming right after eating. I definitely overdid it with the chocolate cake.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_qT2QAB9aw\/\" target=\"_blank\">My customized #wendyb birthday cake! \u2764\ufe0f??<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A photo posted by Wendy Brandes (@wendybrandes) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-12-24T04:26:23+00:00\">Dec 23, 2015 at 8:26pm PST<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I also didn&#8217;t want to get my outfit wet. Speaking the end of an era, these pieces are from <a href=\"http:\/\/stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com\/2015\/06\/30\/donna-karan-steps-down-as-donna-karan-designer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Donna Karan&#8217;s last collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31177\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/birthday2crop.jpg\" alt=\"birthday2crop\" width=\"498\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/birthday2crop.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/birthday2crop-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/birthday2crop-300x512.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Top:<\/strong> Donna Karan (2015)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Skirt:<\/strong> Donna Karan (2015. It&#8217;s not stained, there are just a few raindrops on it.)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Shoes:<\/strong> Prada (2015)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Purse:<\/strong> Prada (2007)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Whenever my birthday rolls around, I contemplate whether I need to start acting my age. This year, I realized that even if I wanted to act my age, I wouldn&#8217;t know where to begin. This Johnny Depp meme sums it up nicely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31149\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/meme.jpg\" alt=\"meme\" width=\"468\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/meme.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/meme-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I found something helpful. Normally, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/the-knee-high-boot-ban-is-new-to-me\/\" target=\"_blank\">I loathe lists of what not to wear after 30 &#8230; or 40 &#8230; or 50<\/a>. However, I finally found one list that I almost entirely agree with. I only take exception to No. 18. I think if a woman wants to wear dead seagulls as loafers after age 30, she should go for it.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Top 20 Things NO WOMAN Should Wear after 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HMewYZ8a6c\">pic.twitter.com\/HMewYZ8a6c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Molly Manglewood (@undeadmolly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/undeadmolly\/status\/670875032596422656\">November 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>,<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the stellar advice, Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/undeadmolly\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Manglewood<\/a>!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York&#8217;s iconic Four Seasons restaurant &#8212; which opened in 1959 and for which the term &#8220;power lunch&#8221; was invented &#8212; is being booted from the Seagram Building next year.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had many birthday dinners there (as well as one dinner with Norman Mailer).\u00a0 Tonight was the final Four Seasons birthday dinner. We sat in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/what-wendy-wore-last-birthday-at-the-four-seasons\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31149,"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":[52,277,41,100,497],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birthdays","8":"category-outfit-post","9":"category-pictures-of-me","10":"category-restaurants","11":"category-what-wendy-wore","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31148","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=31148"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31184,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31148\/revisions\/31184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}