BettyPoz

Alot of the same thoughts as me -- Yes - why not just say, or if he didn't want to say it straight out, just allude to it because he was certainly doing that about stores. WHERE DO YOU SEE YOUR CLOTHING LINE SITTING? It was like he actually didn't know. Not only did Heather and Bethenny not know why they were there -- they couldn't find the conference room! So they are just renting rooms here and there for their meetings is what it sounded like. And as Bethenny pointed out, they arrived before Sonja. I also thought it strange that the first model didn't meet the criteria -- but Sonja had hand picked them. But then again, numbers on a page don't always translate to in person?? giving her the benefit of the doubt. I've watched enough fashion shows on Project Runway to know that's not how a fashion show should run! Hahaha! And I've read enough posts since mine to change my opinion about the Ramona/Bethenny scene because I have been waiting for a Ramona take down probably since she was so nasty to Simon and Alex at Jill's party. But I'm sure whatever the outcome, she will have a completely different spin on it at the reunion and probably stalk off the set at some point in time. I thought I heard her say twice that she knew the person.

Yes-yes this is true... At first I posted that it was boring but maybe I felt that way because I want someone to squash Ramona like a bug. I get tense watching and Bethenny was good and in control. Looking forward to next week also.

I enjoyed the show until the Ramona/Bethenny bickering. Stupid place (as always) to have a "discussion" like that.

I voted for Bethenny because having given it a very little bit of thought -- she is really the only one I have no interest in. I don't know whether it's because I wasn't a serious RHofNY watcher the first 2 seasons or whether I just think her expiration date has passed. She's been on this show, 2 seasons(?) of her own show, a talk show and back here again. She doesn't contribute anything "new" only her old schtick of fast and furious banter. As much as Ramona and Sonja drive me nutty I enjoy watching them.

Was there actually a First Look this week? My DVR didn't record anything but everyone here seems to know what's going on...

LOL two thumbs up! Who am I kidding I love the snark too.

Yes - I was a member of TWOP for many years and was disappointed that it closed down. Happy to have this but know I'd have a lot more time off the computer if I never found it. I enjoy sharing thoughts and what people notice more than the snark.

Bwahahaha! As if I cared what the sponsors experience! Wait! Who ARE the sponsors? I'm not sure I've watched an episode live.... If these shows disappeared tomorrow because of "low ratings"would anyone REALLY care? Lose sleep over it? Find yourself scouring the New York Post Page Six for news of one of them?

Let's view it as a positive -- less bitching by the ladies so less bitching by the viewers.

Haha my husband calls me Mama now but only because that's what Nero calls Gemma on Sons of Anarchy! On the final season (finally! No spoilers! )

I slept on the couch for the 8 weeks my mother was sick because she was downstairs on a hospital bed in our dining room and our bedrooms were upstairs. I didn't want her to be alone. Glioblastoma multiform brain tumor that according to a medium (yes I did!) said she had known something was wrong for a couple of years. She could no longer talk. She got around for a very little while but was quickly confined to first a wheelchair and then the bed. My dad and I went to work every day and my aunts (her oldest sister and my dad's brother's wife) stayed with her during the day - both in their 70s! He and I switched off our evenings - I'd go workout, come home then he'd go out. One sister came over in the evenings, the other lived in the next state and she came on the weekend. We knew it would be the beginning of the end when she stopped eating and that came at about 6 weeks in. That was probably the hardest thing to bear knowing it would not be long. I can relate - you're soooooooooo tired and feel bad for wondering when will it all be over but you don't want them to die! But you don't want them to continue suffering. There are a lot of ashes! We have some of my husband's father in our basement and even the amount we got is a lot! Plenty to go around - the ocean, the lake and to tuck away in a church.

I interpreted the conversation beforehand and then with the priest was the original church was sold and condos built and the urn stored at the place (new church? religious offices w/a chapel?) until she picked them up. Hence the "switch" but more of a "they're here waiting for you".

Now that I've watched the whole episode... I could have done without a lot of the Bethenny party scene because Ramona drives me nutsy but I guess that's what they're wanting to get across to us. I don't think that she's looking to get laid either. I think she's looking for exactly what she articulated. Someone her age, who has kids the age of Avery who will wine and dine her and be her social companion (and sex). She's really not the one-night-stand type of person and doesn't portray herself to be that. Loved every minute of Doris (LOL) and Carole in London. Felt a lot of sympathy and a lot of empathy. I know a lot of us here have our own war stories and when Dorinda talked of how Richard was sick and when he died it was a relief I knew exactly what she meant because my mother was sick for 8 weeks from diagnosis to death (brain tumor) and we took care of her at home (hospice was in its infancy stage) and I slept on the couch every night (except for weekends when my sisters took over and I drank myself into a stupor). After the funeral luncheon people came over and I was all "yo, see ya - heading to jazzercize". I already mourned for every day of those 8 weeks. I saw a new and interesting side of Carole tonight. So much back story and pictures! Loved the pictures! Tell me Sonja didn't look like Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl at Bethenny's party!! Oh man, I could see the drifting eye and everything - the neckline, straight out of the scene in the room with Nicky Arnstein (Nicky Arnstein what a wonderful name), the updo, the ribbon around the head. And you know Fanny in all her glory would have made a comedy routine out of the flying tooth. Too Funny. Kristin and Heather - always good to see you! Love my girls!

Aw man! This episode is tough for me this week! My cousin's ashes are being spread this weekend and we just spend this past at a music festival she and my sisters and I went to every year. Feeling veklempt.

Cosign! Preaching is "You should/shouldn't" in my book of preaching (and boy oh boy I CAN PREACH!). In FACT, Dorinda was preaching to Sonja in the T&C. Preaching to her as to how she should be/respond to the other women. So back that shit up Dorinda! Move on!

I wondered about the "misunderstandings and clashes" too. She better back that shit up! Like dates, examples...that kind of shit!Telling someone to Get out of here, or I'm never coming to your house again is not preaching. If you're gonna bitch about someone Dorinda get it right! What a jerk. I really liked her at the start of the season and sometimes now but not when she picking on my girl Holla!

I don't know Smile Train, I know Smile Foundation which is Jessica Simpson's "charity". So now I know of 2 that can make a few more smilier kids in the world.

Oh ya know - just another case of damned if they do, damned if they don't.

Since the other definition posted by NewDigs was from OLD English, there's no wonder why that's the one I recognize. HAR HAR

I had a giggle over the spelling of big "to-do". Reminded me of Ramona's Kadooz!

Well there were two gaggles of guys and the ones I'm thinking of were those 2 days worth of no shaving on face, close cut/shaved head with accents so I don't think we're talking about the same ones. These were more "sell you into slavery" type of guys. In hindsight though -- how many pictures did we ever see in print of Carolyn and John? They were always the same it seemed. Unless we all were neighbors or relatives in some way, how do ANY of us know how close they were. Personally, I think they were all close (not neighbor or relative though).

Ugh I just remembered those totally creepy guys that were telling Sonja and Ramona how hot they looked at the charity event. They made my skin crawl.

Since charity events usually have a sponsor, Kristen and Heather were very clever and Heather very generous with her product and staff. If you sign up for emails, the Yummie Tummie website have great deals on a regular basis. I haven't ordered anything yet. WOW! Great website! I will be checking it out more! OMG - loved these shows! I used to borrow the VHS tapes from the library and watched them while working out! Is Frontier House the one with the one snotty family that brought makeup and pretty much refused to do things the "frontier way"? The blip they showed of the party was that quick take during commercials! If you're fast forwarding through (like I do) you would have missed it.

The what the fuck is Dorinda apologizing for?! Don't apologize if your only seeking a potential apology from someone else. You apologized Doeinda and Heather forgave you. I for one appreciated the "you're forgiven" and not some "oh it's ok....blah blah, keep the ball rolling until their fighting again" comments.

I think the humiliation was tit for tat. Holy Crow - can't stand the heat Dorinda honey? Back that shit up and get out of the kitchen! Do you think that maybe they started getting together when she found she was going to be on the show and bonded before they started filming? Or knew each other before that? I am so trying to figure out where in the Berkshires their houses are! Did Ramona fly out of Great Barrington airport last season? I was on vacation last week and we rode through the Berkshires and I swear on my mother's grave I though I saw Dorinda getting out of an SUV heading into the Ergemont MA (sp) Dunkin' Donuts! We had just gotten back on the motorcycles and this SUV pulled in and I nearly fell off the bike trying to swivel around to get a better look. Didn't help that I did not have my glasses on! Anyone ever read the blog Suburban Turmoil? She does a post every season or so on the Restoration Hardware catalog. Hi-freakin-lirious! I laughed so hard out loud! I think she was playing dumb because possibly she didn't want them to know how drunk she got as the night progressed! I'm a big liar liar pants on fire person about that too. Wish I knew why I tagged this to quote....Oh well, I'll keep it in just for the heck of it!