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The way Rayna kept throwing Wes’ mixed race parents at him like it gave him a get out of jail free card…sorry, Rayna, but to the average man on the street, Wes is Black. I’m pretty sure he’s had a lot of tough times too, but he didn’t seem to have a GIANT chip on his shoulder.

I was really surprised they didn’t go with the Beverly house…schools are better, and Salem is horrific in the fall.

I thought the kitchen was out of proportion to the living room, but it was beautiful. I hate those wooden armed chairs with the fire of a thousand suns…they just look so uncomfortable. Mom’s space was really nice, but.a pullout sofa? Where would the chest coffee table go when she pulled it out? It just didn’t look very comfortable for a 73 year old lady. I loved her reaction.

Did I imagine it, or was the primary who wouldn’t touch cooked fish eating conch salad out of the coconut?

Wow! I worked at Children’s for six years…it’s a great place. And we’re near the ocean, although it might be a little cold for a Floridian. 😀

Chantal had two zippers in her pants, I think..a fly front in the front, and an invisible in the back. I think the invisible was only there to make the rip into a seam. She probably placed the back on a thin place in the leather hence the rip. Precious telling Kristina that she needed to tighten the strap on the bra top to hoist up the model’s breasts was dumb. If you tightened that thin strap it would probably have broken right when she walked the runway. And what kind of model (with ANY size breasts) doesn’t bring a bra to a fitting? She had some sort of crop exercise top on.

I’m always amazed that in a $1.5 million dollar house the closets are the mirrored door, minimum size I grew up with in a raised ranch in Foxboro, MA. Don’t people who can spend that much money on a house want a walk in closet?

Puerto Vallarta: between the greasy hair and the ridiculous comments about the glass walls on the balcony, I was ready to shove her over them. I love the realtor, he joins Kevin, Adrian and Richard in the pantheon of favorites. Loved the dog.

And I’ve never seen a Tudor house that was gray and white…it looked nice, but not Tudor. I thought the bedroom was beautiful. One thing that confounded me was the stovetop in the middle of the butcher block island…you lose the ability to put pots down without a trivet, and where was the hood? It didn’t look like they had one of those pop-up ones they do sometimes.

I happened to take the 15:17 to Paris a couple of weeks after the attack…we had brought cheese with us from Amsterdam, and when the conductors figured out we were Americans, they gave us free wine to go with it!

No, they don’t. But the pronunciation of Par-ee is softer than English speakers make it sound. It’s the R.

Wired jaw lady is a total PITA. I’m sorry, when your jaw is wired shut you just suck it up (pun intended) and survive on protein shakes. The idea that Rachel has to purée her beautiful food is horrifying.

I was in the airport in Prague, waiting for a flight, and the guy in the seat next to me was facetiming his girlfriend (I assume), with no headphones, and with his hand down his pants. It was the grossest thing ever.

*Was* there a deeper level to Carrie? I never really thought so.

This is the worst! I’m sorry, when they remove the body you know which funeral home it’s going to. And the theatrical funeral home people were just gross. Why is Charlotte, Miss Etiquette, wearing a sheer top dress at a funeral. I think I’m done. And poor Willie Garson looks so sick. I wonder if he was thinking about his own funeral.

Haha...I feel the same way about shrimp scampi.

Funny, I was watching those episodes and was kind of annoyed by how many times Mel and Sue actually touched what the bakers were making, and a couple of times ruined something (patting bread, I think). They were fine, but I like Noel and Matt too (blasphemy, I know). I did like the little bits that they used to do to explain some of the history behind some of the bakes (like eel pie, ugh).

I think that’s what all walls are built out of? They put Tyvek over it on the outside, and drywall and insulation on the inside. I actually loved the house, and I’m not a fan of gold. I thought the kitchen was gorgeous, the living room was a nice size, and the back deck and the fire pit really nice. Still horrified by the prices in Southern California, even though I live in Boston, one of the most expensive cities in the country.

She had a Canadian accent, she probably just went to school in Boston. It's almost impossible for Americans to get a job on their own in Australia, but I think it's easier for Canadians. She's on Linked In as a freelance graphic artist based in Boston...which is also weird if she's Canadian, because you need a visa sponsor. So any which way, the story has holes.

So they’re totally in Toronto this season…the “washroom” and the beach (Lake Ontario) were the giveaway. And I can’t believe that people pay $1.2 M (even Canadian) for a duplex. Yikes. Hilary did do a beautiful job on the house, but I would have gone for the bigger space by the beach.

I loved that Iman won, he just radiated joy. I did think the emphasis on his height was a little overblown…except for the fact that his partner was a foot shorter. My family is all really tall, so someone 6’5” isn’t that unusual. It’s not like he was 7 feet. :)

I’m going to guess that there were producer shenanigans behind Chris’ persona. He’s a professor at RISD, and has had numerous shows all over the world, so I don’t see why he needed to do this show.

Something I noticed though…who calls another person so say that their grandmother had “a procedure”? Did she have a mole removed or a colonoscopy? Just weird phrasing.

They’re not in Raleigh this season, I think they’re in Canada (Toronto?). I noticed the Property Brothers are there this season as well. I hope those prices are in Canadian dollars!

OK, like the show…but the hostess needs to quit the Botox on her forehead, it’s weird to watch her try to raise her eyebrows.