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Richard Medley's former DC residence - don't know of Dorinda resided in it: Richard Medley's former DC home for sale at $13M

On point. Given's Tinsley's history as a southern socialite and NYC IT girl, the relationship with Scott makes zero sense. I believe Tinsley and her mother are hard up for cash, and Scott is somehow the best than Tinsley can do. I've wondered why another man hasn't been interested in Tinsley, and I think her drunken angry antics with the last boyfriend scared men away. Also I think her relationship with Scott may be transactional, even as she pretends she's madly in love. I suspect Dale has been advising Tinsley on negotiating a prenup with lucrative settlement, and Scott has balked at the terms. Happens all of the time. Dale may "own a house in Newport," but that's not the same as being liquid. I haven't watched much of this season, but I used to think of RHONY as a bit more dignified and elegant than the other series. They are down in the gutter with RHOC, BH and Atlanta now.

I binged the latest season over the past couple of days. Read an article about Erin in Southern Living magazine, in which she once again goes on, at length, about how she suffered from anxiety as a child. She also once again plugs her friend Mallorie's business. The magazine devoted some time to the woman who actually originated the "save Laurel" campaign, of which Ben and Erin are one of many involved. I think one of the earlier HT episodes showed us this woman briefly. Erin's on-screen contribution to each episode seems to be limited to talking heads with Ben and bouncing around the construction area, exclaiming about how excited she is. Or her simplistic "paintings." I know she is talented - love her aesthetic - and works hard, but I'm put off by her nervous mannerisms. A little of her goes a long way. Ben and even the crews are the more natural on-screen presences. I love Airstreams - my parents had one for a while, until we tried to spend southern summers in it, and decamped to motels with AC - but I wanted less of the Airstream and more about that loft. Will those empty nesters really climb up and down the stairs every day later in their lives, or will this loft really only be a pied-a-terre, or an ABnB property?

I think this series would have been better as a movie and fewer scenes. The intensity of the premise was watered down by the hijinks (taxidermist! jumping off of trains! big bags of money! wacky lesbian romance!). I did enjoy meeting a new native actor - Tamara Podemski (Babe Cloud).

I assume the show's future is uncertain, given the pandemic, and it has already been rumored that Bravo was slashing paychecks, even before the pandemic.

There is an arrangement where a business can bring in a consultant, or another business, for a purported reason (such as designing a room), pay the consultant/business for the service, but really it's a loan. Just sayin'.

It's unbelievably ironic that this particular series has become such a trash receptacle.

Former Mississipian here, and all of my family still live there (not far from Laurel, and one in Jackson) and in Louisiana. Three public school teachers, including one principal, currently in the family. Guess where they send their kids to school? Private academies, which grew like weeds after integration. One cousin apologized because she had to send her kids to public high school after she and her husband lost their jobs in the last recession. It's. Just. Not. Done. I'm not sure if there are any "good" public school districts in MS. I haven't talked to my family about it in a while. The choices are private Christian and private prep. Not defending it, just saying how it really is. ETA also perhaps charter schools.

She's just barely retaining the old-house flavor, really just the materials that aren't too expensive to restore, like the staircases. What little period detail remains is overshadowed by her design. So she's claiming to save old houses, which to me means restoring period details, when in reality she's gutting the interiors. Essentially she's keeping the exterior. Good Bones does the same thing, and to a lesser degree Home Town, It's marketing fluff. Most of these shows are endlessly self-promoting and thinly disguised advertisements for the host's business. Tamara constantly self-promotes and production keeps encouraging boring sound bites. I don't think her houses are mansions. They are large old homes that used to exist on every Main Street in America. I do love them and am glad to see them standing and occupied by homeowners.

In her first or second season there were blind items indicating that Erika had a residence on the side, complete with boyfriend. It may have been from a time period previous to the show.

Often "camping" means no telephone service. I'm just sayin'.

A Youtuber said Cynthia was offered friend status and she turned it down.

For me, it was his increasingly rare Old Charleston accent. It's fascinating how many different southern accents are in each state.

With his hands held prayerfully under his chin while he beamed approval at everyone. Genius.

It's true for many shows - the experienced actors are so good that their work throws the inexperienced/younger ones into sharp relief. The younger ones here are essentially beautiful eye candy (Pope is an exception). They are coming across as regional theater/summer stock. In the end I most enjoyed the trip back through time to old Hollywood, which has always fascinated me, warts and all.

I think this series is based on Scotty Bowers' memoir. Jim Parsons is brilliant. Is his character Roy Cohn?

I read the memoir I assume this is based on. As I read I wondered if it could be true. Tailor made for Ryan Murphy. Agree that Jeremy Pope is charismatic.

"Shit fire and save matches." Have you been to a senior center lately? The dudes are swarmed, in part because there are more women than men. Also, years ago I briefly attended some wretched large social gatherings for divorced people, and the men had their pick. But I agree that many men are overlooked.

I think Sam (Adlon) is just singing the women's song in this episode. It's a collection of vignettes and ideas meant to reach out to women and acknowledge what they go through. I felt the love and acknowledgement through the screen. We become invisible when society no longer views us through the "attractive" prism. My girlfriends and I began commenting on this when we were in our late 40s. The masterful point Adlon made is how many of us hated the unwanted attention in our youth, it can be a relief when it goes away, but it's another nod towards old age when it does go away. The girls on the beach - they are the future, they have a future, and it will include all the beautiful and awful stuff that women go through. I think that last shot of them looking back at the camera was just artful whimsy. The only sour note for me is Sam's mother and Celia Imrie. She's an accomplished actress but I find her characters are often smug. I don't like watching her scenes. And if Xander is a narcissistic as they portray him, the way he was treated at dinner, and the fake check, is not gonna change him and prompt him to be a wonderful new person.

I think we saw an homage to classic horror shows - The Shining (creepy twin girls), The Exorcist (body being flung against wall), The Walking Dead ...too many for me to catch them. Guillermo and his Tide pen. Funny.

I adored this season and went into mourning when the show disintegrated into trash. There were some problems (no diversity), but this gang knew how to hold witty conversations and show us their lives in an appealing way.

Another choice tidbit from that time: I took some influential citizens (e.g., white campaign donors) to the House balcony to watch the action. Representative Barbara Jordan, a brilliant Texas attorney who happened to be black (she was on the short list for Supreme Court), was moving back and forth between the aisles during a debate. One of my group loudly asked "Who is that *N-word* down there?" I won't even go into the sexual harassment we all endured on a regular basis. Or fights not to be treated as typists. And ongoing hostility from men AND woman as we tried to grow professionally. Like the worst of her ilk, Phyllis engaged in nasty taunts and bragging about defeating women's evolution. FF (forever fuck) Phyllis Schlafly.

This episode was all damage control. Bravo should be charging each housewife a PR fee. Very recently everyone was remarking that Erika and Tom acted like strangers in every scene they were in. The gossip columns said there was financial trouble and that Erika had a separate residence (perhaps temporarily). I've always believed she had very discreet dalliances, although that may have ended when she joined the show, given increased visibility. I don't buy the carefully rehearsed tender scene. Any good actress can pull it off. No way, no way is Erika in this relationship for love. It's the wealth. She's waiting him out. It appears Garcelle will simply be another vapid, whiny housewife. When will she roll out a new product? Agree that the sharks are circling Teddi, preparing for the kill.

I knew it. This explains A LOT.

I was a very young congressional staffer during this period. The Abzugs, Chisholms, Steinems, etc. of the day were heroic trailblazers. The nasty shit (no other word suffices) that we all endured in the workplace was remarkable in that it was ROUTINE and never given a moment's thought by the men and women who perpetrated it. (One of my bosses asked me to don a French maid's uniform and serve drinks at a fundraising cocktail party. Not the sexy costumey one, the real one that his housekeeper wore.) I hope the show doesn't leave the impression that the women's movement was all about theory and ideals and pithy soundbites. When the resistance arose, the pushback was vicious, daily. Congress exempted itself from the anti-discrimination legislation it passed. Schaffly aligned herself with some despicable characters. I cannot stomach watching it all over again.