{"id":624,"date":"2008-06-05T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-05T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=624"},"modified":"2019-06-13T11:09:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:09:48","slug":"news-of-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/news-of-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The News of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was really feeling the love for New York today thanks to a nauseating ride with a horn-honking, cursing cabbie who seemed to be belatedly auditioning for a role in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV\">Grand Theft Auto IV<\/a>. In fact, the experience was so much like Grand Theft Auto that I decided to shoot my driver instead of paying the fare.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rockstargames.com\/IV\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SEhel6dm4oI\/AAAAAAAADU8\/C-64oWJmwo0\/s320\/GTAIV.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208516974495588994\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>What?! Don&#8217;t judge! Okay, I admit that didn&#8217;t shoot him. I beat him to death with a baseball bat. It&#8217;s so much more personal that way, and I do love to give high-velocity blood spatter that special, personal touch.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, when I got home, new photos of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dlisted.com\/node\/26391\">my idol, Coco<\/a>, cheered me up.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/dlisted.com\/2008\/06\/05\/breathtaking\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s a sight for sore eyes, isn&#8217;t she? You may read some of my previous musings on the beauteousness that is Coco <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/christian-francis-roth-archives-part-ii.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/coco-aka-bitch-get-over-here.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/whoa-back-it-up.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/rated-m-for-mature-audiences.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/obsessions-some-old-some-new.html\">here<\/a>.  Oh, and someone better tell me that Coco&#8217;s pimpalicious lovah Ice-T is NOT really leaving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/Law_&amp;_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit\/\">Law &amp; Order: SVU<\/a>. Damn those cliffhangers!<\/p>\n<p>Now that I&#8217;m back in my happy place, thanks to Coco, I can get down to business and bring you the fashion news of the day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2008\/ben-her\">The New York Observer<\/a> has a long article on gladiator sandals. I&#8217;m amazed that the paper was able to find more to say about them after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2008\/sexual-heeling?page=0%2C0\">this April shoe article<\/a>. The earlier article tried to terrify the ladies by informing them that gents think their shoes are ugly. Similarly, the new article informs us that &#8220;many men&#8221; are &#8220;bemused&#8221; by gladiators, which is proven by the fact that one saleschick&#8217;s boyfriend teases her about her shoes. My reaction, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/nu-shooz.html\">once again<\/a>, is: &#8220;I don&#8217;t fucking care what men think of my shoes. But thanks for sharing your unimportant opinion.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/06\/05\/fashion\/05YSL.html?ex=1370404800&amp;en=781a58e3b73ac206&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink\">The New York Times<\/a> has a tribute to Yves Saint Laurent. I was struck by three big pictures of black models wearing some of his most influential looks. You can see those <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2008\/06\/05\/fashion\/20080605_YSL_FEATURE.html\">here<\/a>. I previously commented on Saint Laurent&#8217;s use of black models <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/bright-spot-on-gloomy-day.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/tribute-to-katoucha-niane.html\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/news.fashionreporters.com\/?p=95\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SEliZEkiSvI\/AAAAAAAADV0\/tXwKoLsGqnE\/s320\/katoucha.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208802626893925106\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.style.com\/fashionshows\/collections\/S2002CTR\/complete\/thumb\/YSLRG?trend=&amp;page=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SElkXRNJpUI\/AAAAAAAADWE\/HIkfN6IKt2I\/s320\/alekwek.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208804794949018946\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.style.com\/fashionshows\/collections\/S2002CTR\/complete\/thumb\/YSLRG?trend=&amp;page=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SElkTGj7jkI\/AAAAAAAADV8\/vTnHg0Yy8Mg\/s320\/naomi.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208804723372297794\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Last but not least, WWD <a href=\"http:\/\/wwd.com\/fashionscoops\/article\/125481?page=1\">has an item on Tuesday&#8217;s party<\/a> at the relocated <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/los-angeles-shopping-roseark.html\">Roseark, the West Hollywood, Calif., store<\/a> that carries my jewelry. (The store&#8217;s new address is 1111 N. Crescent Heights Boulevard.) I attended with gorgeous California friends <a href=\"http:\/\/observationmode.blogspot.com\/\">ENC<\/a> and Stef. We saw Courteney Cox Arquette, but we missed Salma Hayek. I think we were distracted by a woman with the most pronounced shelf ass we&#8217;d ever seen. Seriously, I was about to set my empty glass on it before I realized it was attached to a person. This ass was the Eighth Wonder of the World. <a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.oneindia.in\/hollywood\/top-stories\/scoop\/2008\/kim-kardashian-padding-bum-030608.html\">Kim Kardashian<\/a> would weep with envy to see that ass. I hate to blaspheme, but I think that ass might rival Coco&#8217;s. May lightening or Ice-T strike me for saying such a thing!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/observationmode.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/animals-at-zoo.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SEhzLAEujXI\/AAAAAAAADVM\/ltn3elrXU0U\/s320\/20080603_0412.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208539601889561970\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Behold the gorgeousness of ENC (left) and Stef (right)!<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><br \/>ENC is wearing my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?cat=true&amp;id=176\">Queen of Scots<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?cat=true&amp;id=406\">Matilda<\/a> necklaces.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was really feeling the love for New York today thanks to a nauseating ride with a horn-honking, cursing cabbie who seemed to be belatedly auditioning for a role in Grand Theft Auto IV. 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