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I just got caught up on this show this weekend and I haven't seen anyone mention this yet. For each episode, the charter guests' preferences that are shown briefly are listed in full on Bravo's website: Guest Dossier: Dean Slover's Charter For the older episodes it's a little hard to find, so you can just Google the name of the primary charter guest and "Bravo Below Deck Guest Dossier" to find them. While I find Kate a little unwelcoming to the guests, it's really annoying me that for the last two episodes (everyone except Georgia and friends), I don't think I've heard one guest say "please" or "thank you". I just hear things like, "I'll take anther mojito", or "I need more water". I've never worked in the service industry in any capacity, but I think that is rude as hell. There isn't one time in my life that I haven't prefaced a request with "please" and then said "thank you" when the item was delivered. My kid has been doing the same ever since he could talk. I'd have a bitchy face too if I had to wait on people like these no class charter guests.

I just caught up on all these episodes over the weekend and I Googled one of the charter guests, Georgia Ricks from North Carolina, who was in the first two episodes. I checked out her Facebook page and they took the charter trip in January of this year.

Last night after I posted some links to articles about the wedding I went back and read them, having only given them a quick look at first. That's when I realized the wedding was today, not yesterday. One article also said Donnie's mother was there, contrary to what TMZ claimed. Still, I thought Sherri probably would have been in Chicago yesterday if the wedding was today. I'm surprised someone who flies as frequently as she does would take the chance and fly in on the same day of an event. You never know with flight delays, even in good weather. Plus, who wants to shower and get dressed up and have hair and makeup done and then fly? Yuck. Maybe it's me but the first thing I want to do after I reach my destination is take a shower. I would never want to go straight to a wedding with my hair and makeup done hours ago. ETA: The wedding is being filmed for the Wahlbergs' reality show: http://couriernews.suntimes.com/2014/08/30/hollywood-wedding-draws-crowd-hotel-baker-st-charles/

I saw that commercial recently and laughed so hard. Apparently, Metamucil is trying to re-brand itself as a product that helps you feel full between meals. They're emphasizing the "Meta" part of the name, and they added products like "Meta" fiber bars.

I think someone mentioned it in some thread a while ago. That's when I realized that I knew the last name Ciasulli from their car dealerships. It's also when I figured that's why Nicole is interested in him. He's definitely got big bucks. http://livinginmedia.com/article/driven_to_excellence_bobby_ciasulli.html http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bobby-ciasullis-house/ ETA: Oh, that's interesting about the blind gossip item. Who knows with this show; there's so much fake bullcrap.

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Interesting info about the knife interlude.

I love all those Alexia fries, especially the Chipotle Sweet Potato Fries.

Kind of like Retchel Ray's Microwaved Bacon recipe. I see they got rid of the reviews, but then there's this. She also used to have "recipes" on FN's site for Pineapple Wedges, and some other funny ones.

Speaking only for myself (obviously) I kind of do hold men to the same standard. I know plenty of divorced men and women and I see them make decisions and sacrifices on a pretty regular basis in order to spend more time with their kids. In my case, I'm married and my husband has more than once turned down an enormously lucrative career opportunity because it entailed a good bit of traveling and he didn't want to miss out on being there for our kid growing up. Like a lot of dads, he does what he can to be at most important school events and be there as much as possible for his child. I have also made career decisions and sacrifices for our family, as it's the number one priority in my life. We can always make money, but kids grow up very, very quickly. In Sherri's case, we've all seen her do these side gigs all over the country for the past few years, all while holding a very well paying job at The View. A few side gigs here and there, I can see. But the way she seemingly took off every Thursday evening or Friday morning for some gig or event around the country was a bit much. Most people in her shoes would enjoy that huge paycheck and be thrilled that it came with so many weeks and months off per year, as well as three day weekends they could spend with their kids. Wouldn't we all love a four day a week gig that paid so terrifically well? Instead, we see Sherri with a huge paycheck from The View flying somewhere on most weekends for some gig, which - it's so funny - almost always is coordinated with plenty of me time and time with her friends.

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Yeah, I can see that maybe happening. Still, I'd rather be honest. I think people would understand that of course Rosie and Whoopi will know before the official announcement.

McCarthy, Wahlberg spotted at Hotel Baker on wedding weekend Hollywood wedding draws crowd to Hotel Baker in St. Charles JENNY MCCARTHY, DONNIE WAHLBERG FUEL SPECULATION THAT WEDDING IS ON AT HOTEL BAKER

We were planning on leftovers for Friday night, but changed plans. On his way home from playing golf Friday evening, Mr. LB was stopping at this bakery that makes great bread and rolls. It's also a deli/cafe, so he decided to pick up some sandwiches for dinner. He had a Philly cheese steak sandwich and I had an Italian sandwich on their ciabatta roll. We also split a cold antipasto salad. So, tonight he cleaned out the fridge and had leftovers, as did the kid. I wasn't too hungry so I had some Pepperidge Farms cinnamon swirl bread (the one without raisins) and iced coffee. Planning on salmon tomorrow, and London broil on Monday.

Well, I don't see why it would be so hard to say, "Yes, I do know and I can't wait for the big announcement coming soon."

OMG, if anyone ever wants to torture me, just lock me in a room and pipe that in nonstop. It would be worse than water boarding. I didn't see the show, but based on what I've read here, that's what I was thinking.

At this very late date, could it be true that Rosie hasn't been informed who her new co-hosts are?? Also, before that one, there was this:

If she was really in the dentist's office this morning, then she obviously didn't go to Chicago for Jenny's wedding. But, I thought they were such great friends, and she loves Jenny and Donnie soooo much. Then again, you never know with Sherri's tweets. That pic could be from another day and she just tweeted it today to throw people off.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/mark-wahlberg-brother-donnie-wedding-article-1.1922498 http://www.eonline.com/news/574754/mark-wahlberg-not-attending-donnie-wahlberg-and-jenny-mccarthy-s-wedding-find-out-why Honestly, I think his daughter's 11th birthday party is a bullshit excuse. The wedding date had to have been known months ago and they could have had the birthday party the weekend before or the weekend after, IF they really did want to attend the wedding. Looks like they at least had nice weather today.

That TMZ link has a clip from Howard's show. Howard asked her how many people will be at the wedding and Jenny said about 80. Then he asked if Mark Wahlberg will be at the wedding and Jenny said she would imagine yes. Howard said he heard that Mark doesn't approve of her and Jenny said that it's not true, she's happy to say. Howard asked if Jenny has met Mark and Jenny replied yes she has, and his wife too and they are very lovely. Then Jenny said let her explain why he (Donny) is the one, but Howard cut her off and told her not to run away from the Mark Wahlberg question. Jenny said that's not true, it's not true (about Mark not approving). Howard insisted that Mark, at first, was against her being with Donny, and Jenny said, no, she swears on her life that's not true, that from day one he's been so awesome. Howard asked about when she met Mark and Jenny said it was a couple of months ago. Howard asked if it was at Mark's house and Jenny said they keep talking about Mark, but she got the best Wahlberg. Howard made a crack about whether Mark "popped a rod" when they met and Jenny said she didn't notice. She just kept blabbing on that she has the best guy, he's the one, etc. I remember a while back someone posted here about Mark's wife's Twitter. She was posting about Jenny on Twitter, apparently not happy that Jenny said they would be at the wedding. I'm not sure if it's this Stern interview that got her angry. I think it was this tweet: I just went back in this thread to see what was posted on July 14th and that's it. Jenny's appearance on Howard Stern's show was on July 14th. It starts on Page 2 of this thread with this post: http://forums.previously.tv/topic/4869-jenny-mccarthy-she-doesnt-want-kids-to-get-vaccinated/?p=198228 Then, this post: I remember checking that tweet out at the time, but I see it's since been deleted. I think maybe more tweets were deleted too. The only remaining one is the one I quoted above. I remember more tweets and she had fans replying to the tweets. Also, the conversation continues on Page 3 of this thread where some of us expressed surprise at what was being tweeted (and since deleted - which is why I always like to cut and paste things here): http://forums.previously.tv/topic/4869-jenny-mccarthy-she-doesnt-want-kids-to-get-vaccinated/page-3 In the meantime, I see Mark's wife Rhea is tweeting about their daughter's birthday party today, but Mark just tweeted this: That link is to a Facebook post Mark did. It's a quick video of him, his wife, and their four kids saying "Congratulations" to Donnie and Jenny. His wife looks less than thrilled.

HAHAHAHA. I totally read that hashtag wrong: At first glance, I saw: "My Sal's a partner for life"...not "My salsa partner for life". ETA: Given all the heavy campaigning she's doing for DWTS All Stars, I bet she has inside word that the next season (next Spring?) will be an All Stars edition.

Yes, I was thinking we should place our bets on whether it will last as "long" as Sherri's second marriage lasted. I totally agree with you on the 2 to 5 years max, and the reasoning for the shorter length or longer length.

Attention. Being on TV every week. And $$$$.

We made Broccoli and Cheese Stuffed Chicken tonight, with rice and a salad. Been doing a lot of cooking lately. Tomorrow night: leftovers!