{"id":784,"date":"2008-08-27T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=784"},"modified":"2008-08-27T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T12:00:00","slug":"suzanne-vega-wears-my-lotus-necklace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/suzanne-vega-wears-my-lotus-necklace\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzanne Vega Wears My Lotus Necklace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Look very, very closely at this picture of gorgeous singer\/songwriter Suzanne Vega. She&#8217;s wearing my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?cat=true&amp;id=409\">ruby Lotus Flower Necklace<\/a>. I swear! It&#8217;s at the bottom of the bunch of little charms she&#8217;s wearing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SLQoW5SiO7I\/AAAAAAAAEGk\/txwQLAau1pQ\/s1600-h\/-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SLQoW5SiO7I\/AAAAAAAAEGk\/txwQLAau1pQ\/s400\/-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238856640339524530\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Click to enlarge, then get very close to the screen.<br \/>A magnifying glass might be necessary. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Suzanne was performing in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/events\/rock-pop-soul\/161021\/2687411\/suzanne-vega-christina-courtin\">Brooklyn<\/a> last week. Here she is on stage, wearing my Lotus Flower Necklace. I swear it&#8217;s there!<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SLQoSJdZXeI\/AAAAAAAAEGc\/vC-UNabNaFg\/s1600-h\/-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SLQoSJdZXeI\/AAAAAAAAEGc\/vC-UNabNaFg\/s400\/-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238856558780702178\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Suzanne attended Barnard College at Columbia University. A neighborhood restaurant was the setting of her hit song, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom%27s_Diner\">Tom&#8217;s Diner<\/a> (the name of the place is actually Tom&#8217;s Restaurant). The same diner went on to appear as Monk&#8217;s on Seinfeld.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SLSBXYL9mcI\/AAAAAAAAEHc\/oSSkcTZ0jJo\/s1600-h\/Restaurant.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SLSBXYL9mcI\/AAAAAAAAEHc\/oSSkcTZ0jJo\/s400\/Restaurant.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238954505168329154\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Recognize this place?<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I went to Columbia College, right across the street from Barnard. I had many late-night plates of French fries at Tom&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Suzanne&#8217;s website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suzannevega.com\/\">here<\/a>, and her blog <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mac.com\/suzannevega\/iWeb\/Site\/Blog\/Blog.html\">here<\/a>. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look very, very closely at this picture of gorgeous singer\/songwriter Suzanne Vega. She&#8217;s wearing my ruby Lotus Flower Necklace. I swear! It&#8217;s at the bottom of the bunch of little charms she&#8217;s wearing. Click to enlarge, then get very close to the screen.A magnifying glass might be necessary. Suzanne was performing in Brooklyn last week&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/suzanne-vega-wears-my-lotus-necklace\/\">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":[10,42,43,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-celebrities","category-music","category-my-designs","category-necklaces","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","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=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}