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Classic!

ETA: just for fun I looked it up on zillow Now there's a million-dollar house And if I wanted to spend $1MM in Waco, this is what I'd choose. A real B&B to boot!

They aren't necessarily making money because I'm pretty sure nobody is going to pay $950/sf in Waco. Didn't Chimp & Jo stop the buyer of the barn from using the FU name? I remember she bought it from the couple for whom it was FU'ed, and then listed it at an astronomical markup, which displeased the Gaines. Semi off topic I'm sorry to hear about Airbnb getting shut down. I've been well pleased and in my experience the visits have been very neutral to the neighborhoods. MMV, obvs.

QFT! Carole could get some pricey tiger-stripe fabric for the sofa (but not the crazy-expensive silk Lee had on it to begin with) at Zarin Fabric and have the place look good for a fraction of the cost of Beff's Bar. Since I refuse to watch the show, I have to ask how bad the drapes look with the kittehs' damage. Because I begin to wonder if Carole is going for a latter-day Beale/Bouvier grunge? ETA an echo of @MerryMary and @Yours Truly -- Tinsley's story is straight sad. Hope'n'pray that exposing her life as a HW is the right thing to help her heal and figure it all out.

I'm so envious! You E N J O Y !!!! AhhhhHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA -- ad infinitum!!!

I'm so old, I remember when torn jeans were patched before you wore 'em again. I suppose a reworking of that is down the line somewhere, too! Does anybody else ever look around their house and imagine how C&J would propose fixing it up? My abode is a mid-century story & a half, very cottagey with rooms well-defined by walls, lotsa walls. And standard, 8-foot ceilings. I often think it wouldn't even make it past the first audition!

(Small voice) No?

I'm not that familiar with how tv news gets made, but as I understand it, she was a producer for ABC News, and as such was responsible for arranging interviews and locations and getting people where they were supposed to be. Without her, the reporters would not have had time to write, nor the media (cameras, mics, commlines back to the satellite or studio), and thus she earned an Emmy or 3 as an important, intrinsic part of a team. However, she didn't have a deadline for writing news scripts, because she wasn't a reporter. So her awards for news reporting dont necessarily prove her ability to write to meet a deadline. I may be quite wrong about all the above and will attempt to be a gracious recipient of correction.

I've always thought - since I first watched her - that this one dials the crazy *down* for the cameras, unlike those who might behave outrageously to get screen time. Not real difficult to imagine what Mario experienced over 20+ years.

@film noire, I love those mitts and will use them forever! Thank you! Also, thanks for info on Ms. Farrah as artist! Pretty dang fascinating; if I were closer to Austin and could take Southern summer weather, I'd visit that installation! The online copy of the brochure was worth reading. @ryebread, I really wanted to like Her Highness because widow / of classy Polish guy / well-written memoir / seemed above the HW fray, but I really can't, and your "if...then..." made me laugh about it! TY. NWA, by chance? I dig Fayetteville and will get to Crystal Bridges the minute the temps top out at 80*F.

@motorcitymom65, thank you! I'm salivating. Nothing like a good L&O -- and macaroni & cheese! Woo!

@chessiegal, thanks for the tip. I looked at the BBB website & found a living room rug by Magnolia with this description: "Magnolia Home By Joanna Gaines Kivi Rugs offer a durable contemporary accent to your interior décor with its tiered distressed pattern and pops of color Heirloom-quality design inspired by well-worn antique Persian rugs..." I got tickled because I personally don't buy new things that are purposely made to look old. I get the concept but it's just not my aesthetic. The largest rug was priced st $2,999 IIRC. Get going, Chimp & Joprah! I'm glad to see reasonably nice people making bank from things other people want to buy.

Oo, more for me! I'm going to KC soon -- can you please tell me the name of the diner ? Please and thank you!!!!! I thought so too, then I tried some sugar cookies made with lavender. Mm, mm, GOOD! Light and the herb taste took it from being a nice sugar cooky to a thing of wonder.

The very best! *snif!*

F Yep! Exactly. That was my point. But I was half-asleep and unable to properly articulate it. Any RH viewers who watched to see a typical day of a typical rich NYC'er .... probably don't, any more. We watch - or let others watch and read their comments* - to see what new snarkworthy behavior these gals will display! ~~~~ *And I really do appreciate your watching, and thoroughly enjoy all your comments -- "all y'alls' comments," as the Southern home remodelers would say!

The room or the person? Both?

I bet she would. Would it make a difference if cameras weren't recording her? Because as much as I've grown to dislike Carole, I feel like it would. Apparently she made faces and cutesy hand gestures in Chinatown. Would her responses to the food have made the editing cut if she'd simply said, "No thanks" and not tried to make a joke about lavender? ...And with that last phrase I seem to have gone into Jane Austen Land!

Wait, what? Carole has referred to rape victims as "mistresses"? I may have to quit this show altogether if that's her proclamation!

@pieinmyeye, that's genius! I have 2 tubs of wrapping paper, ribbons, etc., that I can't seem to use up and never have when I need it! Now the question: to donate the wrap, or to recycle it?

But Carole is an expert on racism and other cultures. Don't you know she's an authority on American Indians? Gasp -- don't you mean "Native Americans?" [\mild sarcasm] IIRC Carole sells hers online--I may not RC, though.

I'm betting.

Oooo, this is where I'm agsin SO glaf you all "watch this do I don't have to"! This scene alone would've sent me into teeth-grinding mode. Have some class, X-countess!

I liked your post because I agree--except that I think Avery has a unique look and it is beautiful, even to those who don't know her personality. She's got a rather wide bridge (?right word?) between her eyebrows which is unusual but certainly not ugly. Most of all, she radiates (when I remember seeing her on tv) a happiness and a calm, a centered-ness that is completely lacking in her mother for sure, and to a degree in all of the Housewives. So basically I agree with you 99%. And I wanted to take the opportunity to post in praise of Avery! I immediately thought he did that to check to see if she was still there. He knows what happened to the boyfriend right before the Count blew into her life. Knee-slapper!!

Ooh, what was that reaction?! I'd love to hear. I've never cared for the 'Coaster.

You've just written a great memo to sending Carole to free agency! I was gonna say "back to the minors," but that would leave her open to be called back up. Do not want. Carole? Bye, "girl."