{"id":41299,"date":"2018-11-11T21:36:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T02:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=41299"},"modified":"2018-11-11T21:36:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T02:36:20","slug":"the-week-in-review-plus-nyc-jewelry-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/the-week-in-review-plus-nyc-jewelry-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Review, Plus NYC Jewelry Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The past week was all about the midterm elections. I was so busy with election-related activities that I only had time to write two blog posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, November 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/election-day-video-links-and-liuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Before my 5 a.m. start time for work at my poll site on Tuesday, I encouraged everyone to vote, and shared my experience canvassing for Liuba Grechen Shirley, a congressional candidate on Long Island<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, November 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/what-an-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I had a surprising amount of fun on Election Day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I find that the a lot of the media tends to underestimate the success of Democrats and other progressives, so if you&#8217;re on the left and want a good summary of our wins and actions, check out this article from grass-roots activist group Indivisible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indivisible.actionkit.com\/mailings\/view\/36620?t=15&amp;akid=36620%2E163952%2El2a6xl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE BLUE WAVE IS REAL!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indivisible started as <a href=\"https:\/\/indivisible.org\/guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Indivisible Guide<\/a>, a Google doc written by former congressional aides for progressives who wanted to become successful activists.\u00a0 A movement grew around that document, with local chapters launched all across the country. There are now 6,000 groups &#8212; mine being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indivisible-ues.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indivisible Upper East Side<\/a>. You can find your local group <a href=\"https:\/\/indivisible.org\/groups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Last week&#8217;s election is far from the end of our activism. Indivisible&#8217;s national team is set to unveil the Indivisible Guide 2.0 this week to cover next steps, so it&#8217;s a good time to join.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I&#8217;m focusing on jewelry this week. You know, my real interest. Yay! <a href=\"https:\/\/nycjewelryweek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 12 &#8211; 18<\/a> is the first NYC Jewelry Week &#8212; with 90 events scheduled, including exhibitions, lectures, workshops, tours, and at least one great jewelry sale. I did a video about the New York events I&#8217;m participating in a couple of weeks ago; it also includes information on an appearance I&#8217;m making in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jSbgTHBIw04\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I had a great time answering the question &#8220;What Is Luxury?&#8221; on a panel for <a href=\"http:\/\/artinitiatives.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Initiatives in Art and Culture<\/a> that took place on Friday &#8212; kind of a warm of up for Jewelry Week. On Monday, I&#8217;m participating in another Initiatives in Art and Culture panel tomorrow called &#8220;Desire and Need: New Forms of Jewels, New Ways of Wearing Them.&#8221; Ooh la la, sounds sex-ay, no? My 11:10 a.m. panel is part of a wonderful day-long conference at Baruch College, and you can still get tickets!<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_41301\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/vortex-day-of-light-tickets-50980877176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panelphotos-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panelphotos-1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panelphotos-1-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panelphotos-1-300x386.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to buy a ticket. Don&#8217;t forget the discount code!<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, I&#8217;ll be on the &#8220;Making your Break in Fine Jewelry &#8211; Digital Edition &#8221; panel at FIT from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. But how about buying jewelry instead of just talking about it? I&#8217;ve got you covered for that too. Join me and other fabulous designers for #TheHookup jewelry extravaganza on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Swoonery showroom, 587 5th Ave., 2nd floor.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_41303\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-hook-up-invitation-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"524\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-hook-up-invitation-front.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-hook-up-invitation-front-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/the-hook-up-invitation-front-300x462.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-41303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RSVP via eryn@wendybrandes.com<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Join us to drink some bubbly and stock up on jewelry for yourself and your holiday giftees &#8212; remember, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/jewel-of-the-month-sexy-emojis-say-sayonara-to-silver\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this is one of your  last chances to buy my silver collection<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past week was all about the midterm elections. I was so busy with election-related activities that I only had time to write two blog posts: Tuesday, November 6: Before my 5 a.m. start time for work at my poll site on Tuesday, I encouraged everyone to vote, and shared my experience canvassing for Liuba&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/the-week-in-review-plus-nyc-jewelry-week\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41301,"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":[947,1398,777,1749,1748],"class_list":["post-41299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-week-in-review","tag-election-day","tag-indivisible","tag-jewelry-sale","tag-nyc-jewelry-week","tag-thehookup","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41299","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=41299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41305,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41299\/revisions\/41305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}