ProudMary

That was my favorite exchange of the night!

From Top Chef;s FB page: https://www.facebook.com/TOPCHEF/photos/np.1445380280848721.100000465766961/10153738258989612/?type=3&notif_t=notify_me_page Looking forward to the new season!

One other comment, and take it as you will coming from a woman who has ProudMary as her UserID and a CCR album cover as her avatar, but I've been very impressed with John Fogerty as a guest coach. His notes to the performers have been spot on. I honestly wasn't expecting him to be this engaged. I'll be sorry when the Battle Rounds end and he won't be around any more. I thought that was truly arrogant. He even stepped on Blaine's money note. Definitely not cool.

I was shocked and very disappointed that no one stole Lyndsey. She was one of my favorites. While I like Braiden, Gwen made the wrong choice IMO.

This makes me want to visit the Dallas area! http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/10-14-15-top-chef-tre-wilcox-cooking-class/

Kellie Pickler has carved out a nice career for herself, post-Idol. She surfaces in so many different areas. Good for her! I loved her in S5. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6729460/faith-hill-kellie-pickler-nashville-talk-show

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-top-chef-cityplace-restaurant-20151006-story.html

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/kimberly-caldwell-gives-birth-welcomes-baby-girl-first-pictures-2015810

That was definitely cringe-worthy. I watched the "Best of the Blind Auditions" and picked up on another cringe-worthy moment; this one from Blake to Blind Joe about imagining himself at the CMAs in a duet with Ronnie Milsap. Yeah, because the only singer Joe would ever be paired with would be another blind country singer. Ouch.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/idol-worship/6715569/american-idol-winner-david-cook-is-married

While the relentless backstories drive me crazy after a while too, in fairness to Dustin, it's more than just a lazy eye in that he's virtually blind in that eye.

The area around Boone Hall (Long Point Rd.) in Mount Pleasant received some of the very highest rain totals in the area. They went over 25". I hope your ex-MIL is OK. Very glad you were finally able to get good news about your friend and her family, Cooks. I'll have to go check out the Bravo page. Although the sun is finally shining in the Lowcountry, downtown Charleston is once again experiencing tidal flooding as I type this post. :( And more and more of the rivers are approaching major flood stage. :( I'm beyond glad that the rain has stopped but the crisis is far from over.

Seventy five miles of Interstate 95 is STILL closed along with smaller parts of I-20 and I-26. There are over 450 road closures throughout the state of South Carolina. As bad as it is in the Charleston tri-county area (Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester), it is much worse in the Columbia area. The rain in the Charleston area cleared out by this afternoon and the bulk of the floodwaters have receded so most people are at least able to return to their homes to survey damage. One family in a particularly bad hit West Ashley community returned to their flooded out home today to find that it had been burglarized. :( People are still being asked to stay off the roads as much as possible because many roads and especially smaller bridges have been structurally damaged by the flooding. North Charleston and Dorchester County had curfews for the past few nights. I think N. Charleston's has been lifted. In the Columbia area the waters are not receding anywhere near as quickly as has happened in the Lowcountry. There have been numerous dam breaches in the Midlands and river flooding is now anticipated as the floodwaters find their way to the rivers and down into the Lowcountry toward the ocean. A couple of counties over from Charleston, any residents within a mile of the Edisto River are being told to evacuate. The current flooding is considered minor but by Saturday they are expecting the river to be 6 feet above flood level which obviously is life-threatening. All schools in the tri-county are closed and will still be closed tomorrow. Many shops and restaurants have been closed since Friday but I would anticipate that a good percentage will be opening again tomorrow. (I read somewhere that Sermet's has remained open throughout!) I'm just so glad that it has finally stopped raining. Some of the heaviest hit areas received 25 inches of rain! Positively unreal.

Two minute clip from tomorrow night's episode. https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/651128100659433472

Iain DeCaestecker has been named Performer of the Week by TV Line. http://tvline.com/2015/10/03/iain-de-caestecker-performance-agents-of-shield-season-3/

It's been a rough day throughout the Lowcountry. But people have kept a sense of humor. This is one of the more popular local memes.

I was wondering why this thread had been bumped. I was getting ready to remove it from the shows I follow when I saw it highlighted. Well, I guess we have no one to blame but ourselves for watching it and giving it good ratings!

What made me gag was when Adam, during his pitch to the twins, said how important song choice was going to be for them because they're a duo and then said that's why he'll be great for them because song choice is his strong suit. Um, no. :/ It makes me wonder if these contestants have ever watched the show because song choice is most definitely NOT Adam's strong suit. I'll bet that they don't make it to the lives on Adam's team. If they do make it to the lives, it'll be after a steal from one of the other coaches. JMO.

Well, tonight's episode should be a good one! Here's a tweet today from Johnny Weir: https://twitter.com/JohnnyGWeir/status/648534315429597184 Johnny also posted a photo on his Instagram: https://instagram.com/p/8LliUahhUa/

Viola Davis was also Oscar nominated for her performance in "Doubt" a few years prior to "The Help." I think even Meryl Streep thought that Viola should have won for "The Help." I can't remember her exact words when she accepted her Oscar for "The Iron Lady" but she made a special comment to Viola Davis at the time that, IMO indicated that she was kind of surprised that she (Meryl) was up there accepting instead of Viola. I'm SO happy for Viola Davis! I ONLY watch HTGAWM because of her. It's not the greatest show by any means but Viola's performances are definitely worth the price of admission! One other comment about Viola's well-deserved win: Just a coincidence, I suppose but did anyone else notice that her ground breaking Emmy award was presented by Adrien Brody who also famously--with a bend-her-over-backwards full-on kiss--presented Halle Berry with the first Best Actress Oscar ever won by an African American actress?

T-Rav has released a photo of himself following the bar fight. http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/TheBattery/archives/2015/09/17/thomas-ravenel-releases-photo-of-injury-from-attack And photos of Kathryn filming around town show a pronounced baby bump. http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HolyCinema/archives/2015/09/17/pregnant-kathryn-dennis-spotted-filming-in-downtown-charleston

There's almost no place to go but up. Both the mother and the father have set a very low bar.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/idol-worship/6700375/constantine-maroulis-charges-dropped

Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio Is Ending Tipping During Lunch at His Flagship Restaurant. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/09/15/tom_colicchio_ending_tipping_at_craft_during_lunch_this_is_great_news.html

Yes, it's the Charleston NBC affiliate. I've read articles from several of the local television stations and not one of them refer to him as anything but a reality TV star. I agree with you, that is very strange.