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9 hours ago, Goodnight said:
I enjoy this show, but none of these projects are "flips." Flips are quick and dirty remodels that give the appearance of modernity and quality. Alison adds a lot of vintage design that not everyone will appreciate and very few will pay for. I like her attention to detail, but they waste tons of money with poor research and planning and over-designing RENTAL units.
STOP WITH THE ASTRO TURF. Nobody wants that instead of a deck or real grass. I live in Chicago. I know.
Her lack of knowledge regarding the vintage details that she buys for her projects is appalling. Most of it doesn't even fit the character of the home.
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On 2/10/2019 at 2:27 PM, Amethyst said:
Seriously. No one is trying to swipe an old sink. It likely ended up in the dumpster along with a bunch of other stuff. The article said that Ruiz noticed some of the original fixtures were getting trashed, so there you go.
The end result was too much. The heavy ass wooden door for a freaking pantry, the unnecessary chicken coop, that massive addition...they reached too far with this one.
As for the article, I can imagine this happens a lot with these flipping shows. Constant construction, film crews, needless updating...I would be annoyed too. And since these shows run on a deadline, the commotion is non stop and doesn't die down for weeks, so the neighbors get angrier. It's one reason why homeowners do renos in parts instead of all at once.
I feel bad for these neighbors in particular, because that stupid addition probably drives down the property values of their own homes. If it's blocking sunlight and sticks out like a sore thumb...yikes.
That chicken coop should have been scrapped. It's the last thing that I would want in my backyard in the city or actually anywhere else.
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On 2/9/2019 at 11:41 AM, Court said:
This show has infuriated me. Where do I start and why am I still watching. Both Natalie and April are insufferable and the absolute worst. Choi and Will need to run away.
April is constantly interjecting her personal beliefs all over patients and she needs to shut up and do her job. I wish she had killed that patient, it could have made the show interesting.
Natalie yes divorce is your only option when you and your husband have a fight. Stop issuing ultimatums and talk to Will. Listen to him and find out why he has the gun. Why he feels it's necessary and what he has actually been through. You could come to a compromise about it and it not be in the house. He wouldn't have had to lie to you if you hadn't just kicked him out because he owned one.
I hope whoever stole the gun shoots Natalie and April gets caught in the crossfire.
I effectively blocked out Bekker and Rhodes. She can go too. Maybe Rhodes will become likeable again.
But we did get a mention of Dr. Latham! Maybe we will get an appearance from him soon.
Also noticed mention f Dr. Latham. Hope they bring him back.
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20 hours ago, Court said:
This show has infuriated me. Where do I start and why am I still watching. Both Natalie and April are insufferable and the absolute worst. Choi and Will need to run away.
April is constantly interjecting her personal beliefs all over patients and she needs to shut up and do her job. I wish she had killed that patient, it could have made the show interesting.
Natalie yes divorce is your only option when you and your husband have a fight. Stop issuing ultimatums and talk to Will. Listen to him and find out why he has the gun. Why he feels it's necessary and what he has actually been through. You could come to a compromise about it and it not be in the house. He wouldn't have had to lie to you if you hadn't just kicked him out because he owned one.
I hope whoever stole the gun shoots Natalie and April gets caught in the crossfire.
I effectively blocked out Bekker and Rhodes. She can go too. Maybe Rhodes will become likeable again.
But we did get a mention of Dr. Latham! Maybe we will get an appearance from him soon.
Also noticed the mention of Dr. Latham. Hope he comes back.
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10 hours ago, maggiegil said:
I thought the first woman (basketball WAG) was going to be a nightmare but I appreciated that she trusted the consultant and tried on the dress that she didn't think she'd like. Hated the bodysuit under the dress, just like adding sleeves to an existing strapless dress, I don't think it ever doesn't look like an add on. I never understand people who boast about how spoiled they are, its not a good thing.
The 2nd bride was really walking a fine line between sexy and trashy, so glad she went with the dress she did which was venue appropriate and not too revealing. Is it just me or were the dark red/maroon bridesmaids dresses more appropriate for a non tropical climate wedding? The wedding looked super fun, I love it when you can feel the love between the couple and everyone looks like they're having a good time.
I love Debbie as a consultant but surely the first dresses you show the bride should be within the budget even if there is potential wiggle room. The eventual dress was 4400 when her budget was 3k, almost 50% more than what she said her budget was is a lot.
I say trashy.
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The tons of fun shown in the Northern version of Say Yes to the Bride weren't overly impressive.
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Bleach blonde bride and her equally bleach blond friends were a little over the top. First getting married in the cathedral as a second marriage (unless she had the first one annulled or was widowed) and wearing really revealing dresses is a no no. Also thought she was a little old for that dress. But I did like her ring.
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What is with her? She goes on and on about wanting to save the historic integrity of these properties and then goes ahead and rips out the original window casings, floors and brick walls. Those brass kitchen hoods are going to go out of fashion really fast. Not a fan of mixing metallic finishes in a kitchen. I also think that the prospective buyers that they bring in are all plants. Also, did this property really sell. Can't find any record besides when they purchased the property.
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Sean Brock looks so old for his age (35). Must be all the substance abuse before he got clean.
Also found it interesting Tom's fabricated story about living on St. James Street. First off, it's called St. James Place and he lives nearby on Adelphi Street not St. James. But its sounds good for tv.
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Michaela's groucho marx eyebrows. Please get rid of them.
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Actually she lived in the Hancock Center till she was 7 and then the family moved to Lincolnwood.
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A lot of made for tv drama in last night's episode. When they first went to preview the Giddings place, you could clearly see back hoe in the distance shot of the street. Also using windows with the snap in grids on the outside of the windows a really cheap look. Surprised that the living room fireplace even passed inspection since it didn't have sufficient clearance on the sides for combustion. She took a beautiful home and turned ii into a modern interpretation of what she considers classic. She is so over herself. Also doesn't she understand the concept of change orders and how they are handled along with OH & P.
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Have any of the properties actually sold?
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7 minutes ago, BlackberryJam said:
Puppy Chow and Hot Brown are no stranger than Spotted Dick, Mousse Balls, Egg Cream, Mud Pie, Ladyfingers, Ants on a Log, Dirt Cake, Pigs in a Blanket, Toad in a Hole and Grinders.
The name is only stupid or off-putting if you didn't grow up hearing it.
I do love the Kentucky Hot Browns especially for breakfast.
On 1/27/2019 at 10:33 PM, HappyDancex2 said:I hope we get to see more of Kentucky in some form. There have to be more clichés and more restauranteurs that they need to highlight? Although I live in a mid market city myself I guess it should give me hope that they can pretty much pick any city or area now for Top Chef for a little local flair LOL. The theme parties can be done anywhere and all it takes is a nice summer backdrop and a few local things to make it a possible destination.
I feel bad that Crooked Hat made all of those dumplings only to dump them in a plastic cup with the ubiquitous coconut foam that always looks like foamy loogie to me. Ick. I think he said that he didn't want to make frou frou food but foam says super frou to me. I love fancy food sometimes but I hate foam in a cup.
I'm still upset that Brian spent the entire time in that hot tub carving ham and sweating his balls off. At some point you have to just realize it's not as funny or impactful as you thought it was, get your ass out of the hot tub and go work the crowd. He was the only person with the chance to be chatty with the guests.
Never liked the foam craze. Actually thought it was no longer in vogue.
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On 1/21/2019 at 12:31 PM, 3 is enough said:
Pleasantly surprised that Skerrett actually showed up for her wedding. I was sure she was going to bail.
I very much dislike the Fedora storyline. Never mind that it is pure fantasy, exactly what purpose does it serve?
Add me to the list of those who hate the portrayal of Victoria as a doting mother. And what is up with Bertie not wanting to be king or thinking Britain only had queens? The fact that he was the heir was drilled into him from birth. Also, by the age we see him he already had a team of tutors and a rigorous study program. Admittedly, he was a poor scholar, which greatly disturbed Albert and soured their relationship. Since Albert was displeased, Victoria was too. Definitely not the loving mama we are seeing.
So true.
Actually, just looked that up. There really was a Fedora. Never knew that.
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Did anyone notice Shay walking in the background on this episode. Guess he is still around.
Also have to wonder about the filming of these shows. Columbian bride was sporting a wedding ring under her engagement ring when trying on dresses in Kleinfeld's.
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Please get rid of Grace!!
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48 minutes ago, carrps said:
I also only ever heard of the Hot Brown on that Bobby Flay show. It looked disgusting then, and it looks disgusting now. I never like those skillet breakfast/lunch things. They always put a ton of stuff into it with usually mediocre ingredients and make it too big hoping to impress with size. And turning it into a Scotch Egg??? That was weird.
I was really happy for Eddie, but I yelled at him that it was Hungarian! I know, I know, it's in several Eastern European cuisines. I still remember going to Ohio for a reunion of my mom's family, and my grandmother had made several hundred of them. Yum.
I was thinking the xanthan gum was the kiss of death, but Sara and Brian are such sad sacks and really haven't made anything appealing to me I thought one of them might go. Sara's mouth is making promises her chef's knife can't keep.
I keep looking at Kelsey, and I do not see 29. I think it's her old lady make-up. She looks like she's going to play bridge with her lady friends. The hair skews a little old, too. I want to do a makeover for her!
Actually, they are quite good. Think of a croque monsieur with bacon.
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Actually had the Hot Brown at the Brown Hotel for breakfast. The Seelbach Hotel which was featured on last weeks also serves it at breakfast time. It was quite good. Didn't finish it though as it is quite a lot of food. But had to try it.
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On 1/13/2019 at 8:50 PM, mythoughtis said:
Writers, producers, etc: As long as they get decent ratings.
Debra and Terra as long as anyone will listen/watch/attend events they are at. Because they love the fame.
John’s ex wife and daughters - who knows.
Jacqueline, her other two siblings, Shad( and his unmentioned sibling)- they are done with it all.
Terra is quite something else with the over the top plumped up lips and eye makeup. Also tries to sound like Marilyn Monroe.
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11 hours ago, absolutelyido said:
I like Allison and Donovan. I generally like Allison's style, but I'd like to see her get over her enthrallment with brass finishes. I see a lot of tv designers using gold and brass finishes, but I don't know of anyone in real life who is using it, or who likes it. It still looks dated to me.
On the penthouse condo remodel, Allison was mad that the carpenter who had framed out the fireplace wall had done it in plywood, which wasn't fire resistant, so it had to be redone at the last minute when the guys who were to install the stone facade wouldn't install it because they knew the plywood underneath wouldn't be fire safe. Given that the condo took 9 months to remodel, I'm guessing that plywood was up for weeks if not more. It really surprised me that neither Allison or Donovan identified that wasn't safe for a fireplace.
I thought the same thing. If they are supposedly experts at what they are doing; this should have been caught immediately. Not sure why they couldn't have gone over the original drywall surrounding the fireplace in the first place. The other big no-no was the rotten window sash that I noticed when they were attempting to bring up the appliances, etc. through the top floor. They can't be bother to replace/fix a rotted out window frame. Homeowner building inspector would have picked this up during prospective owner's inspection before closing.
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28 minutes ago, heavysnaxx said:
No, egg white's in the original version of the drink from the 19th century. It was still in whiskey sours when I first starting drinking them in DC in the early 80s (the 20th century, hee hee) The purpose of the egg white was to give a silky richness to the drink without adding something like cream.
What a difference that twenty years makes in the DC area. No egg whites in the late 60's. But they did do scotch sours.
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58 minutes ago, HunterHunted said:
A whiskey sour with egg white is the original (like 150 years ago) recipe for the drink. A lot of the earliest cocktail, punch, and medicinal alcohol recipes had egg whites in them. The ingredient has largely fallen out of favor.
https://vinepair.com/articles/why-is-there-an-egg-white-in-my-cocktail/
Actually, the original didn't include egg white according to a book by Jerry Thomas in 1862. Added after that. Now it's called a Boston Sour if it had the added egg white.
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I have never had a whiskey sour with egg white in it and I had plenty of them in my youth when they were a fashionable drink. Maybe that's a Kentucky version, not on the Mid Atlantic where I grew up.
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Windy City Rehab - General Discussion
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This show is getting really hard to watch. Only reason I make myself watch is to see local Chicago areas. Use to live there. The phony pretend buyers that they bring in are just as bad as her. I've been to London and this certainly didn't look like a London flat design to me. Also I am so over her custom kitchen hoods with the brass. What happens this fad goes out of style.
RUN DONOVAN RUN!