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On 5/15/2019 at 6:21 PM, RedHawk said:
Did they say or does anyone know how Ashley & Michael’s restaurant Oz is doing? I can’t believe, I had lunch right across the street from it today, even walked past it twice on my way to the parking garage and didn’t even think to look inside to see how many tables were full. Shoulda stuck my head in the door to ask, “Who’s eating emu?” 😂
I don't know how business is doing, but they were actually recommended in Eater's DC newsletter a couple of weeks ago as a place you could get a last minute reservation for a good mother's day brunch.
So. . . not so good that they weren't booked up for brunch by the Thursday before Mother's Day, but good enough that they got a recommendation?
19 hours ago, TexasGal said:How many bridesmaids/groomsmen were at that wedding? I just don’t understand having that many people in your wedding party over a certain age. I got married at 30 and it was either just have a maid of honor OR have 9 bridesmaids (if you start with grad school bfs, you have to have them all; and then you have to include college bfs and again all of them or else someone will be offended). I went with 1.
Also, did we not see the sister she has the hair business with at all in this episode? I'm assuming if you have 90 bridesmaids, your sister / business partner is one of them, but she never seemed to be one of the ones comforting her or anything. And we got name credits for the mother, father, stepdad, and brother lovechild, but I don't remember seeing the sister at all.
13 hours ago, NowVoyager said:On a personal note, I'm thrilled this forum has come back so strongly! I thought for sure it was dunzo when the archives were lost in the transition to Primetimer. I simply can't watch this much bad tv alone, lol.
Is THAT what happened? I freaked out a little bit when I couldn't find it in the list on the main page with the other RH shows, especially since Vulture seems to have stopped recapping it too (I know it's not the best housewives, but it's one of only 2 I still watch).
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On 5/13/2019 at 8:19 AM, bichonblitz said:
$200,000 for that wedding? The food better have been off the chain.
I was folding laundry while watching, so I only saw the cake and a REALLY sad looking little salad. Like two lettuce leaves with a slice of tomato on top.
On 5/13/2019 at 8:46 AM, TV Diva Queen said:When the mom was lurking during the Giselle meeting the brother scene, the mom did a facial gesture and good god, it’s candiance in 29 years.
Last week when they showed pictures of Candiace's parents back in the day, Dorothy looked SO MUCH like Candiace. Chris has already seen the face he'll be waking up to in his golden years if he sticks around that long.
On 5/13/2019 at 4:13 PM, Boofish said:I thought the Groomsmen also looked really good. Look at prom pictures etc.. the fit of the pants and no socks is what's in. I get that it's not for everyone.
Yeah, it's not my thing, but it definitely fits with what we've seen of Chris's style, so it's nice that he and his groomsmen got to dress in accordance with his tastes. At least he got to pick SOMETHING at that wedding.
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1 hour ago, Neveragain said:
If that’s the case, they wouldn’t need Joe to remain an Italian citizen as the grandparents were born there
But all the grandparents have become U.S. citizens, right? So they've renounced their Italian citizenship, meaning the girls don't qualify through them.
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I don't want to give Joe and/or Theresa too much credit (and I feel like giving them credit for any kind of foresight is already too much), but is there any chance he retained his Italian citizenship so the girls would be or would have the option of being dual citizens?
(I say this as someone who would kill for a second passport, and has looked into the requirements for Italian citizenship -- my understanding is you can qualify as long as a great-grandparent or more recent relative was born in Italy, and your most recent Italian-born ancestor didn't renounce)
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I need the next reunion to feature an inset of Delores's face doing reactions at all times.
They can cut to Jen for the moments when she realizes that for all her judgments about adultery, she's aligned herself with a former stripper and <cough> call girl who has a sex tape on Porn Hub.
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On 3/2/2019 at 8:41 PM, Cupcake04 said:
https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/02/danielle-staub-wedding-postponed-daughters-pushing-back/
The saga continues. Lol.
God, I really hope it's because they're doing some sort of intervention.
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On 3/3/2019 at 10:11 AM, lezlers said:
Is she Jewish? They tend to intersect. 😄
We used to have a priest who said "The Jews may have invented guilt, but the Catholics perfected it."
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2 hours ago, HunterHunted said:
As near as I can figure out, there's no such title anymore. And not in the "there was a French Revolution" kind of way. It sincerely does not exist. The title and lands were merged with the crown in 1481. The last person to use the title was Louis XVIII. It also isn't one of those titles that was revived and granted by the French Empire.
I don't know if this guy is claiming this title based on a familial relationship to the holders of the title before 1481 or after 1481. If it's from before 1481, 500 years is quite a fucking stretch to make a claim on this title. If it's after 1481, then he's actually a Bourbon or Orleans prince. You'd think he'd lead with that. He apparently also has a JD and a PhD. It's also possible he bought the title.
If we get to claim titles based on being related to the holders pre-1481, then you can all call me the queen of motherfucking England. (styled HRMFH)
(sharing the title with 80% of people of British ancestry is a drag, but it keeps the workload a bit lighter)
Over-under on the duration of her latest sham marriage?
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12 minutes ago, ZaldamoWilder said:
I'm actually surprised at Nonno. Even more surprised that they respond to it. This seems like such a manipulative way to keep your family close, it's weird. You never come over = we had dinner 4 days ago. Bruh. You haven't spoken to your sister in 40 years, relax.
It's something I saw a ton of from my grandparents' generation; less so from my parents'. I'd thought it was an age thing, but I think Giacinto is actually younger than my mom. So maybe it's a "degrees removed from immigration" thing.
The best part is, if Joe was over at Theresa's helping Giacinto out 24/7/365, the rap would be "your brother, he thinks I'm old; he thinks I can't do for myself no more; he don't trust me!"
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Lordt. Apparently the rich dick she tripped over this time belonged to the boyfriend of her best friend and Jillian's boss.
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6 hours ago, MsTree said:
I wonder what she would have done if she had my cousin as a relative...who BTW, brought Port-o-Subs as an antipasto for our family Christmas dinner!!
I would adopt your cousin. I hadn't thought of Port-o-Subs in 20 years until I saw it written there, and now I'm craving it.
1 hour ago, ZaldamoWilder said:Gorga has to come out and tell his sister, sotto voce, it's enough now, we've been together for 15 years, she's not going anywhere. Was I the only one who thought his subtle "I was working while (Juicy) was playing around" was an allusion to affairs? anybody? bueller? no? I'm also going to need Melissa to tell everybody - I just want to hear from Teresa about this question - when have you ever defended me? Melissa had to be reminded that Jennifer and Tre are on the same couch after Tre said nothing while this chick threw a glass at her sister in law. Melissa is much too diplomatic. All I could think was, sister? Shutup talking to me about this and my nieces, your *sister* wasn't on your prison visitation list, we are not kin. Trick ass heaux.
100% yes. I had a wife and was working to build my business while he was out doing crimes and spending his money on "boats and hooers" (TM Frank Catania).
58 minutes ago, ghoulina said:I think Nono is just a cranky, old man. He wants to bitch about everything. Mel and Joe KNOW that, so they choose not to make a big deal out of it when he grumps about Teresa. Joe probably just says, "I know dad" and moves it along. Tre, on the other hand, decided to try and throw them both under the bus and turn it into a big thing. I was actually kind of on her side at the start of all this; but now it seems obvious she was just looking for one more reason to find fault with them, especially Melissa.
It is an old Italian classic, the martyred parent act. Seen more commonly, but not exclusively, from the mother, but Giacinto is making it his own. "Your brother never comes over! Your sister doesn't appreciate all I do for her!" Neither Theresa nor Joe is actually falling for it, she's just seizing on it as an easy knife to twist.
9 minutes ago, esco1822 said:I'd like to also note that in one of those pictures the guy had his hand on her ass. What was the excuse for that, I wonder?
Her ass was in danger of falling off, and that brave fan stepped in to save it.
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On 2/25/2019 at 9:56 PM, Emmeline said:I read today that Danielle has found a new guy.
I am mad as hell at the universe that this trick gets to be publicly batshit crazy and yet apparently trips over rich dick on the street (FUCKIN' ENGAGED... NINETEEN TIMES!!!! table flip), whereas I'm back here working, paying my bills, being good to my family and perpetually single.
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14 hours ago, Reality police said:
Anyone else see Teresa's swimsuit issue? Maybe there was a little fun going on before they walked out?
I apologize now to my fellow posters. I can't unsee it now.
I immediately thought "yeast infection waiting to happen."
My second thought was that oof, I guess she's not planning to do a second fitness competition?
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20 hours ago, AriAu said:
Interesting question and I'm asking for a friend. Why is it ok to use pre-made bread/rolls, but not a mix to actually make waffles? They asked Justin why he didn't use a bun or roll and noone asked why he didn't bake one, but Sara is getting shit on for using a mix as the base for her waffles. I realize that her bigger/biggest issue was that the waffles were not good, but where is the line on what needs to be homemade?
Eggo (always a bad approach)
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starting with a mix and adding ingredients (is the end product any good?????)
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totally from scratch....
Elia won a breakfast on the beach challenge in Season 2 using a frozen waffle (and having copied said breakfast myself: she deserved it), so Eggo or its Whole Foods branded equivalent isn't always a bad approach. And there have been a couple of times when chefs in the bottom group tried to defend themselves by tearfully saying things like "I wanted to make my own pasta so I could be sure it was up to my standard," and Tom or a guest judge cut them down by saying they'd rather have good premade pasta than bad fresh. The snooty purity about premade ingredients not being wuuuuuurthy of use on Top Chef is entirely situational -- they'll ding you for it if your dish is in the bottom, but praise you for "making it your own" if it's in the top.
That said: I do not like Sarah and I think she overreacted. But I would have punched Adrienne in her face if I'd been there (even if I hadn't been the one she pulled that on; even if I'd been on her team). That smug little grin and her sleepy eyes, doing a bad job pretending she didn't understand why anyone was upset, using that insincere, syrupy voice and cutesy nicknames. Barf.
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3 hours ago, Suzysite said:
I was wondering if Felicity Huffman ever had a DNA test done to verify which man was actually her bio father. Taking her mother's word for it as a child is one thing, but as an adult, I think she'd want proof. It would be easy to see if she was or wasn't a full sibling to her brothers and sisters.
I didn't find either story to be all that compelling, unlike last week's installment.
THANK YOU. I was wondering the same thing -- I'm assuming they did, or they would have pulled it out as a surprise at some point in the episode, but unless there's some compelling reason Felicity's mom KNEW-knew that it was her lover and not her husband (e.g. Huffman being away at the necessary time), it seemed like taking a lot for granted.
And I also found it kind of a snooze after last week, which I found really disappointing both b/c I think they're both such tremendous actors, and the set up of them both not knowing much about their fathers had potential.
My favorite moment was Felicity reenacting her mom telling her, in the bath, smoking, calling her "Flicka." (I also wanted some background about her mother -- FH was born in 1962, and her dads were born in 1910 and 1912... so was she a double "oops" baby [oops, I thought we were done and oops, I was having an affair] or was her mother quite a bit younger than both men?).
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9 hours ago, poeticlicensed said:
Fucking RAILS! Are there no other restaurants in the area?
We've seen Rails so much the last few years, it's starting to make me miss The Brownstone.
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1 hour ago, esco1822 said:
This of course presumes that the people who read the article months prior to airing remembered/knew the author was on Real Housewives of NJ. It wouldn't have aired had Frank/Dolores not done their part to spread the word around. They were the only 2 who even read the article prior to the party.
I don't for a second believe that that paper copy of the Record, splayed out on Frank & Delores' kitchen island looking like it had been hand ironed by the underbutler at Downton Abbey, was delivered by any paperboy other than the production company. They probably all knew about it beforehand because they all have google alerts set up for each other's names; they just had the Catanias and Jennifer walk through the amateur dramatics of that "reveal" scene for storyline purposes.
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32 minutes ago, tvfanatic13 said:
So, let me get this straight- the "teams" are Teresa, Dolores and Jennifer vs. Jackie, Melissa and Marge (with T vs M staying neutral to each other? I pick team number 2.
I've been thinking about this, because at the moment it seems like there are two "games" (to torture an analogy a bit) and four "teams" in play this season:
In the "We're Mad at Jackie" Bowl, it's definitely Teresa and Jennifer as captains of team 1, with Delores playing whatever the position is that just tees the ball up for the kickers to kick. Jackie, Melissa, and Marge are team 2, with Marge mostly riding the bench. Jackie is also the ball.
In the "Crazy Danielle" Bowl, it's definitely going to be Team Danielle versus Team Margaret. Teresa is obviously going to be on Team Danielle; Delores will end up team Marge in this one. Jackie will probably end up TM; Jennifer will blindly follow Teresa onto TD. Melissa is a wild card.
It will be interesting to see how the overlapping / conflicting alliances play out.
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2 hours ago, BrindaWalsh said:
I can't understand why anybody lets this woman into their life, and if Margaret is smart (and I do believe she is), I think she should run for the hills as fast as she can. Nothing good will come of her relationship with Danielle. Absolutely nothing.
Margaret seems to have learned her lesson BUT GOOD about Danielle. I don't follow any Housewives on twitter, but I read Margaret's feed during every commercial of a NJ episode because her Danielle jabs are <chef's kiss> perfection.
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10 minutes ago, ghoulina said:
Did Bravo caption who any of them were? I wonder if there were relatives of Marty's in the mix. Maybe paid employees?
No! I kept watching after the two stragglers showed up at the photo shoot (one of whom ALSO left her pants on, ala Marge), and they never said who they were. I do think that one of them was pointed out as being a sister-in-law, but I thought she said "my sister-in-law through my [???]" So maybe the wife (widow?) of a brother, or the sister of the girls' dad, or Marty's sister. . .? Who knows.
I did think it was quality shade of Bravo to caption Marty's kids, underlining the fact that neither of them were in the wedding party.
Did Marty have ANYONE standing up with him?
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7 minutes ago, bichonblitz said:
I never would have thought Danielle would have 9 friends!
Well. . .three co-workers, two daughters. . .so only 4 friends. Still. More than I'd expect for her.
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5 hours ago, Duke2801 said:
And Idk if it’s becsuse she’s wearing a lot of under eye makeup and not moisturizing well, but I’m very distracted by the crinkley paper mache skin under her eyes. Somebody her age who spends $22k a year on her beauty routine shouldn’t have that.
I've been told (and this could just be something the women in my family tell each other so we feel better about our under-eye area) that people from Mediterranean cultures have thinner skin under their eyes to begin with, so you get the purple effect from the veins showing through, and it crepes faster than the rest of your face as you age.
Honestly, as someone 4 or 5 years younger than Theresa, I'm comforted by the idea that even dropping that much dough wouldn't entirely keep them at bay -- now I know there's not some pricey secret I'm missing out on (all the women in my family have them starting in their late 40s; the heavy drinkers get them so bad that they wake up every morning looking like they've just lost a prize fight)
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12 hours ago, Hagosaurus said:
I suspect Danielle and Bethany Frankel's mother have much in common.
Danielle seems to have way outdone Bethanny's mother in terms of raising not one, but two daughters who can comport themselves with any sort of decorum. But who knows -- maybe as they grow up, they'll turn into exhausting attention seekers who communicate solely in screams and recycled '90s frat humor.
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1 hour ago, esco1822 said:
It's worth pointing out that NJ seem to have the worst kids (currently) of all the franchises. OC had/has (RYAN) a couple of duds but overall I think they kids are mostly well-adjusted. These kids are mostly maniacs with the exception of Dolores's kids, Danielle's daughters and maybe Gia. I liked the Manzo kids too but this young crop is mostly brats.
Isn't it also the franchise with the most kids who've done the most growing up on the shows? Tamra's youngish kids got yanked from OC when she divorced Simon, and the other wives there with youngish kids were only on for a handful of seasons. In NY, Ramona and LuAnn's kids were all teens when the shows started; Alex & Simon got axed while their sons were young; Heather, Aviva, and Jules only lasted a couple of seasons each, and Sonja & Bethenny's exes won't let their kids on.
But in NY, Teresa's youngest was born in the second season, and Melissa's have been on since Gino's baptism, and their other kids were elementary age or younger. Now Gia's bloody driving, Antonia, Gabriella, and Milania are young women, and the Gorga boys are at least old enough to have personalities.
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The Real Housewives Of Potomac
in The Real Housewives Of Potomac
Oz is closing. . . https://dc.eater.com/2019/6/25/18758569/oz-restaurant-closing-clarendon-real-housewives