{"id":545,"date":"2008-04-27T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-28T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=545"},"modified":"2008-04-27T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-28T04:01:00","slug":"living-high-on-ihog-in-latex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/living-high-on-ihog-in-latex\/","title":{"rendered":"Living High on the iHog &#8230; in Latex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has belatedly occurred to me that not everyone understands what the <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/ihog\">iHog<\/a> (aka Fernando von Bakonstein) is about. You people should be ashamed of yourselves. DON&#8217;T YOU KNOW WHO HE IS?!? No? Oh. Then click <a href=\"http:\/\/mcgone.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/pig-stays-in-picture.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/mcgone.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/ask-ihob-hey-whats-deal-with-this-pig.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a busy <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/dr-melfi-i-presume-plus-ihog-new-york.html\">Saturday<\/a> spent sightseeing and hog-nogging with an Oscar nominee, Fernando and I were planning to take it easy and maybe do a little work on my &#8220;soon-to-be-launched&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/\">website<\/a>. Frankly, I think it&#8217;s more likely that a space ship to Mars will launch with me and Fernando on it before this website launches. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elephant\">Elephants<\/a> will conceive and give birth before this website launches. The day this website launches, the devil will be all like, &#8220;Shizz, hand me a sweater, will ya?&#8221; Anyway, as I was saying before I so rudely interrupted myself (Shut up! No, you shut up! No, you!), Fernando and I were going to have a quiet night at home.<\/p>\n<p>Then <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/show-some-respect-to-your-elders.html\">Andrea<\/a> called. I threw on an <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Ossie%20Clark\">Ossie Clark<\/a> dress, put on my <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/latex-look-leggings-and-pvc-pants.html\">American Apparel latex-look leggings<\/a> and hopped a cab with Fernando.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how Fernando and I wound up at <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.citysearch.com\/profile\/46279101\/\">1OAK<\/a> at 11 PM, having one of the more decadent nights I&#8217;ve had in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>1OAK owner Simon Akiva (the man responsible for my beautiful <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/more-new-years-photos.html\">birthday party<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/butterrestaurant.com\/\">Butter<\/a>) hung out with us. We heart Simon!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/butterrestaurant.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBU4np5A6TI\/AAAAAAAAC_w\/kxJMTWTzhog\/s320\/andrea_simon_ihog.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194119999152777522\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Andrea, Simon and Fernando<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>My gorgeous client Chris was there. She&#8217;s Andrea&#8217;s friend and I&#8217;d never met her in person before, so I was thrilled.  She was wearing my <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/big-bold-jewelry.html\">Clemence ring<\/a> in black spinel.<\/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:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBU4d55A6SI\/AAAAAAAAC_o\/w4HAlLZR-Y4\/s320\/20080427_0324.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194119831649052962\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chris and Fernando<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Fernando got crazy and dove into the Champagne bucket.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/mcgone.blogspot.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBU4TJ5A6RI\/AAAAAAAAC_g\/qsY5JtCF_KU\/s320\/20080427_0323.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194119646965459218\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Fernando, that&#8217;s no way to drown your sorrows.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I thanked Andrea for organizing such an exciting night.<\/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:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBU4I55A6QI\/AAAAAAAAC_Y\/zYD9L7wDrU0\/s320\/andrea_wendy_april27.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194119470871800066\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Thank you, Andrea!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I found a new BFF. I call her, &#8220;What&#8217;s your name again?&#8221;<\/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:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBU3q55A6OI\/AAAAAAAAC_I\/FAgI2_95tSc\/s320\/20080427_0328.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194118955475724514\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I love you, total stranger!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I gladly relinquished my &#8220;most <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/amazing-bosom.html\">amazing bosom<\/a>&#8221; title when I met Kristen. Or Kristin. I don&#8217;t know which vowel she uses but she has the best cleavage ever! I must get a WendyB necklace nestled in there. That is, if Simon doesn&#8217;t get there first.  I swear, this is NOT what it looks like.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/butterrestaurant.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBU3bJ5A6NI\/AAAAAAAAC_A\/OdOwnrQzndU\/s320\/andrea_kristen_simon.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194118684892784850\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Really, this was entirely innocent!<br \/>He was reaching for the bottle.<br \/>Honest to God!<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Now for the moment you&#8217;ve all been waiting for: the evidence that I left the house wearing latex leggings (sorry, <a href=\"http:\/\/dollsrealm.blogspot.com\/\">Asudem<\/a>, but you know what I mean.)<\/p>\n<p>Get ready.<\/p>\n<p>Here they are &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait.<\/p>\n<p>No one managed to take a picture of them.<\/p>\n<p>I knew this would be disappointing to you all, so when <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/book-club-suspended-due-to-birthday.html\">BarbaraB<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/oh-happy-day.html\">GeorgeB<\/a> asked me to dinner tonight, I put on the exact same outfit so I could take a picture for you. First, of course, we had to do the Fernando photo.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/book-club-suspended-due-to-birthday.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBU3Np5A6MI\/AAAAAAAAC-4\/iMZYq_9mfSw\/s320\/20080427_0332.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194118452964550850\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">BarbaraB, GeorgeB and FernandoVonB<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>THEN we took the leggings photo. That&#8217;s not my motorcycle; we were just walking by it. I am holding Fernando.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBU3BZ5A6LI\/AAAAAAAAC-w\/RryWvSSMZVA\/s1600-h\/20080427_0336.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBU3BZ5A6LI\/AAAAAAAAC-w\/RryWvSSMZVA\/s320\/20080427_0336.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194118242511153330\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Click to enlarge, perverts!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The best thing about this outfit is how aggravating it would be to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.styledash.com\/2006\/10\/30\/fashion-after-40\/\">fashion police<\/a> with all their <a href=\"http:\/\/thesuburbanqueen.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/oh-no-poor-blog-crying-here-all-alone.html\">fascist rules<\/a> for women over 40. I&#8217;m wearing a too-short dress with latex leggings! Mwah ha ha ha. MWAH HA HA HA HA! Fuck y&#8217;all if you don&#8217;t like it.<\/p>\n<p>As for the leggings, with some TLC from Jean at <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.citysearch.com\/profile\/32900283\/new_york_ny\/ghost_tailor.html\">Ghost Tailor<\/a>, the waistband was much improved though I still had to hitch &#8217;em up once in a while.  And they kind of bunch up at the knees. But I got used to it. They were a surprisingly big hit with the peeps last night. So there you have it. I&#8217;ll definitely wear them again. And I&#8217;ll be even older then than I was on Saturday. Suck it, bitches! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has belatedly occurred to me that not everyone understands what the iHog (aka Fernando von Bakonstein) is about. You people should be ashamed of yourselves. DON&#8217;T YOU KNOW WHO HE IS?!? No? Oh. Then click here and here. After a busy Saturday spent sightseeing and hog-nogging with an Oscar nominee, Fernando and I were&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/living-high-on-ihog-in-latex\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[8,15,83,124,22,119,41,103],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-gorgeous-clients","7":"category-gorgeous-family","8":"category-gorgeous-friends","9":"category-ihog","10":"category-latex","11":"category-leggings","12":"category-pictures-of-me","13":"category-wear-what-you-want","14":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","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=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}