{"id":442,"date":"2008-03-03T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=442"},"modified":"2008-03-03T22:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T05:04:00","slug":"any-friend-of-andys-is-friend-of-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/any-friend-of-andys-is-friend-of-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Any Friend of Andy&#8217;s Is a Friend of Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I sneaked off to Miami for the weekend, where Paul and I had dinner with our brilliant friend Andy Tobias. Andy has a blog and was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewtobias.com\/newcolumns\/080303.html\">kind enough to mention me in the same breath<\/a> as Warren Buffett and the late William Buckley Jr. I assure you that Andy and I are both aware of the fact that the only qualities I share with those men are my initials. I hope that people who are coming here via Andy&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewtobias.com\/\">blog<\/a> aren&#8217;t disappointed that I&#8217;m neither wildly rich nor in any way conservative.<\/p>\n<p>My regular peeps should know that Andy is the author of a number of books.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Only-Investment-Guide-Youll-Ever\/dp\/0156029634\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1204605270&amp;sr=1-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8zRmzab-MI\/AAAAAAAACQY\/gatQ_I0YDoc\/s320\/andytobias.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173740536508184770\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Smart AND handsome!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I highly recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Only-Investment-Guide-Youll-Ever\/dp\/0156029634\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1204605270&amp;sr=1-1\">The Only Investment Guide You&#8217;ll Ever Need<\/a>. If I had heeded its advice, I&#8217;d be very wealthy by now, but there was no chapter on How to Resist New Prada Handbags. Andy, maybe you can add that to the next edition.<\/p>\n<p>Other fine Andy Tobias works are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Best-Little-Boy-World\/dp\/0345381769\/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1204605572&amp;sr=1-7\">The Best Little Boy in the World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Best-Little-Boy-World-Grows\/dp\/0345423798\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1204605637&amp;sr=1-2\">The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Vast-Fortune-Adventures-Capitalist\/dp\/067945618X\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1204605676&amp;sr=1-4\">My Vast Fortune<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unfortunately, Andy&#8217;s BF, fashion designer Charles Nolan, wasn&#8217;t available for dinner.  Check out Charles&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesnolan.com\/\">fall collection<\/a>! Bows galore!<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesnolan.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8zUKDab-OI\/AAAAAAAACQo\/giKUAFC80xc\/s320\/charlesnolan2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173743341121829090\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesnolan.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8zUFjab-NI\/AAAAAAAACQg\/pVcDi9E-7rs\/s320\/charlesnolan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173743263812417746\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesnolan.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8zUOTab-PI\/AAAAAAAACQw\/fnCbOrvmMro\/s320\/charlesnolan3.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173743414136273138\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Charles calls me Anita because one time when we got together I was feeling all sassy like Rita Moreno in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055614\/\">West Side Story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8zVQTab-RI\/AAAAAAAACRA\/P8-bfVry6RA\/s1600-h\/west+side+story.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8zVQTab-RI\/AAAAAAAACRA\/P8-bfVry6RA\/s320\/west+side+story.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173744548007639314\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>You can shop for Charles Nolan clothes at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saksfifthavenue.com\/search\/EndecaSearch.jsp?bmForm=endeca_search_form_one&amp;bmFormID=1204606500377&amp;bmUID=1204606500377&amp;bmIsForm=true&amp;bmPrevTemplate=%2Fmain%2FWorldOfDesigner.jsp&amp;bmText=SearchString&amp;SearchString=charles+nolan&amp;bmSingle=N_Dim&amp;N_Dim=0&amp;bmImage=EndecaSearchButton.x&amp;bmImage=EndecaSearchButton.y&amp;bmImage=EndecaSearchButton&amp;EndecaSearchButton.x=0&amp;EndecaSearchButton.y=0&amp;bmHidden=Ntt&amp;Ntt=charles+nolan&amp;bmHidden=Ns&amp;Ns=&amp;bmHidden=N&amp;N=0&amp;bmHidden=Ntk&amp;Ntk=Entire+Site&amp;bmHidden=Ntx&amp;Ntx=mode%2Bmatchpartialmax&amp;bmHidden=prp8&amp;prp8=t15&amp;bmHidden=prp13&amp;prp13=&amp;bmHidden=sid&amp;sid=118782477603&amp;bmHidden=FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id&amp;FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374305080505&amp;bmHidden=ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id&amp;ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474399545537\">Saks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other things I saw in Miami:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8zWtjab-SI\/AAAAAAAACRI\/47eu0u59TOs\/s1600-h\/20080301_0088.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8zWtjab-SI\/AAAAAAAACRI\/47eu0u59TOs\/s320\/20080301_0088.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173746150030440738\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A colorful building<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8zXBzab-TI\/AAAAAAAACRQ\/uiDLe82_FVI\/s320\/20080303_0095.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173746497922791730\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">An apple hanging on a wall<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Of course, I have lots of hot bikini photos but if I shared them here, <a href=\"http:\/\/hilarytheguy.blogspot.com\/\">Pistols<\/a> would get all stalky. I have enough trouble fending off <a href=\"http:\/\/daveclancyfamily.blogspot.com\/\">Jennifer<\/a>! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I sneaked off to Miami for the weekend, where Paul and I had dinner with our brilliant friend Andy Tobias. 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