{"id":37693,"date":"2017-10-01T13:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T17:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=37693"},"modified":"2017-09-30T23:52:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T03:52:18","slug":"the-week-in-review-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/the-week-in-review-109\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog this week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, September 25:<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/jewels-of-the-month-order-your-opals-for-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> September&#8217;s Jewels of the Month feature the opal, October&#8217;s birthstone<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, September 26: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/wednesdays-video-the-drop-of-a-hat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I did a YouTube video about hats and forgot to include my magnificent top hat. Dammit!<\/a><\/li>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-KS3B61cEE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<li>Saturday, September 30: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/recommended-reading-fine-jewelry-in-the-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fine jewelry made it into articles in The Hollywood Reporter and the New York Times<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Separately, if you&#8217;re looking to donate to the survivors of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, my latest Indivisible newsletter includes a link for financial donations and, if you&#8217;re in New York, physical donations. Here is the information:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Donate to Help Puerto Rico<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nIf you have not yet donated money to the aid efforts in Puerto Rico, or you wish to donate more, Consumer Reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/charitable-donations\/how-you-can-help-hurricane-victims-in-puerto-rico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has a list of charities working directly in Puerto Rico<\/a>. If you want to donate necessities personally:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Music-streaming company Tidal is working in partnership with the Empire State Relief and Recovery Effort to fill a cargo plane by Thursday. <a href=\"http:\/\/tidal.com\/us\/puertorico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drop-off point is at Jacob Javits Center on 34th and 11th<\/a>. Bring batteries, flashlights, portable lanterns, diapers, baby wipes, cases of water and\/or feminine hygiene products ONLY.<\/li>\n<li>On the Upper East Side, you can bring diapers, ready-to-feed baby food, batteries, first-aid supplies and\/or feminine hygiene products ONLY <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/nyc-resources\/service\/7104\/donate-needed-items-for-hurricane-relief-in-puerto-rico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the city&#8217;s drop-off point at Engine 91 (East Harlem)<\/a> at 242 East 111th St. (between 2nd and 3rd Aves.)<\/li>\n<li>If you wish to donate food, you can bring meal replacement shakes and bars &#8212; as well as canned (pop-top ONLY) or pouches of tuna, beans and soups, peanut butter, fruit cups, applesauce, pudding, saltine crackers &#8212; to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityharvest.org\/relief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Harvest on the 5th floor of 6 East 32nd St.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Limit yourself to items requested by each organization. They will not accept perishable or used items, or anything that requires electricity or a water source.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full newsletter for the week of October 2 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indivisible-ues.org\/news\/2017\/9\/30\/actions-for-week-of-october-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. You can get the newsletter delivered to you by email if you sign up at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indivisible-ues.org\/join\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Indivisible Upper East Side<\/a>. The newsletter is targeted to my district, but information in it can often be adapted to other districts\/cities\/states. If you&#8217;re outside the area, enter &#8220;Wendy sent me &#8211; Newsletter only&#8221; in the notes during sign-up so we don&#8217;t call you asking you to come to a meeting! Even better &#8212; join one of your local Indivisible chapters. Find a group as well as more information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indivisible.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog this week. Monday, September 25: September&#8217;s Jewels of the Month feature the opal, October&#8217;s birthstone. Wednesday, September 26: I did a YouTube video about hats and forgot to include my magnificent top hat. Dammit! Saturday, September 30: Fine jewelry made it into articles in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/the-week-in-review-109\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[598],"tags":[1431,1432],"class_list":["post-37693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-week-in-review","tag-help-puerto-rico","tag-hurricane-maria","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37693","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=37693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37695,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37693\/revisions\/37695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}