{"id":936,"date":"2008-11-09T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=936"},"modified":"2008-11-09T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T05:01:00","slug":"foxy-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/foxy-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"Foxy Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/americas\/7712306.stm\">this was a terrible experience<\/a> for the victim of a rabid-fox attack, but I can&#8217;t help laughing a little at the idea of a jogger running a mile with a fox clamped onto her arm.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of foxes, here&#8217;s the latest addition to my men&#8217;s collection. I call this <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fox_and_the_Grapes\">fox-and-grapes<\/a> combo &#8220;Aesop&#8217;s Shirt Studs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=31&amp;collect=true&amp;id=458\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 92px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SRdqn0ul2AI\/AAAAAAAAGiQ\/B3Z2Kr2WdIQ\/s320\/fox-and-grapes-button-links.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266795521634588674\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Aesop&#8217;s Shirt Studs<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >\u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Photo by John Muggenborg<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The foxes are petrified wood, rock crystal and onyx. The grapes are tourmaline. Everything is set in 18K gold and has tested negative for rabies.<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OqQOaA2LPRo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OqQOaA2LPRo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jimi Hendrix<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">performing Foxy Lady<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And speaking of menswear, I was just testing out my gold <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=31&amp;collect=true&amp;id=455\">Memento Mori cufflinks<\/a> on one of MrB&#8217;s shirt, and they looked pretty spectacular if I do say so myself!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=31&amp;collect=true&amp;id=455\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SRe-Ce9BaMI\/AAAAAAAAGiY\/LSOTdKTWi9M\/s320\/bigmori+cuff+gold-1225694489.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266887239111108802\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Memento Mori cufflinks<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >\u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Photo by John Muggenborg<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I might have to get a French cuff shirt just so I can wear them.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: I assume the jogger&#8217;s fox was not like the giant fox my gorgeous friend <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/greetings-from-poland.html\">Monika<\/a> and I encountered in a Warsaw park, because it would really suck to have to run a mile with a 40-lb rabid fox clamped to your arm. Hopefully, the jogger was wearing a more petite form of rabid fox. If you&#8217;re going to run around with a rabid fox hanging from your limb, definitely go for a small fox&#8230;that&#8217;s my advice. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know this was a terrible experience for the victim of a rabid-fox attack, but I can&#8217;t help laughing a little at the idea of a jogger running a mile with a fox clamped onto her arm. Speaking of foxes, here&#8217;s the latest addition to my men&#8217;s collection. I call this fox-and-grapes combo &#8220;Aesop&#8217;s Shirt&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/foxy-lady\/\">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":[49,42,43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-in-the-news","7":"category-music","8":"category-my-designs","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936","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=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}