S05.E01: Guess Who's Coming to the White Party?

[Lola16]

 

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    Lisa Rinna had some silicone removed from her lips and it looked so much better.  Then she had it put back in and it looks like... that

    

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I know she had "most" of the silicone removed.  But I can't find any sources that say she had it put back.  Where did you hear or read this?

Lisa Rinna said it on WWHL a season or 2 ago.  It's a shame, she looked so much better with the reduction.

 

 

Didn't Kim's daughter marry someone in the Fatburger owner's family? 

Kimberley married a son of the founder.

 

Hey guys, does anyone know what's the best social event of the year in LA? The one everyone vies to attend? I was curious and hoping someone would enlighten me.

Stassi's birthday party.

[ScoobieDoobs]

I don't know which is scarier Adrienne or Taylor's face.

 

 

Ah, some questions have no answers, but they are both reminding me of Freddy Krueger.  Here's a link to some all time fav monsters.  See which they're starting to remind you of.  And dat goes for Brandi too.

 

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/10/50-scariest-monsters-movie-history/

[njbchlover]

The way Brandi speaks of David & Yolanda is the same way she used to speak of Ken & Lisa. I'm sure Yolanda picks up the tabs, gives or loans her things & feels sorry for her as Brandi constantly plays the poor, single mother card. Yolanda, I'm sure will wisen up to it.

 

I was thinking the same thing....now, all of a sudden, they are her dear, dear friends.  I get the feeling that Brandi uses then loses people more than she claims people do it to her. 

[njbchlover]

Did anyone else notice Brandi was mopping up her pit sweat with toilet paper in Kyle's bathroom?

 

Maybe she should have had some of that botox injected into her armpits instead of her face??   ;-)

I don't know what it is now but it used to be the opening of Lindsey Lohan's legs.

 

awww....but that happened waaay more than just once a year!!  ;-)

[njbchlover]

I agree. The sad thing is that so many Hollywood beauties who get famous in their mid to late 20s try to "hold" their looks at that age and end up looking much worse at 35 than they would have if they had just focused on eating healthy, exercising, and taking care of themselves. These days they don't wait until they need a little refreshing plastic surgery at age 45, they start with the Botox and other crap at 30 or even earlier! 

 

If I were the other women and I heard Brandi say that, I would take it as a compliment - there are some beautiful women in their 70's....Jane Fonda, Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch,Dihann Carol, Helen Mirren (well, she's almost 70)....these women have all had some strategic work done, yet still manage to look stunning!! 

[ToukieSmith]

 

Like someone said earlier, I don't think that Kyle meant to sound like this was the event of the year for Hollywood all around - obviously not -- but for her sphere, her world of real estate agents, C list stars, commerce gentry and long term residents, I'll bet folks do like to be invited.  It does look like a fun party.

 

I would attend.  I would attend a party at the Foster's too.  David and Yolanda are annoying, but I like David's music and I can suck it up for one evening every quarter or so/:-)

 

 

The main drag of the vast King's Landing hilltop estate.

 

Isn't that Yolanda's house (settlement from Mohammed)?

 

 

If I were the other women and I heard Brandi say that, I would take it as a compliment - there are some beautiful women in their 70's....Jane Fonda, Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch,Dihann Carol, Helen Mirren (well, she's almost 70)....these women have all had some strategic work done, yet still manage to look stunning!!

 

I wouldn't be offended.  Brandi is hardly the arbiter of beauty and good taste.  She wishes she looked as good as Jane or Helen now.

Edited November 20, 2014 by ToukieSmith

[njbchlover]

 

Stassi's birthday party.

 

OMG...just spewed my tea!!  This was hysterical!!   :-)

I would attend.  I would attend a party at the Foster's too.  David and Yolanda are annoying, but I like David's music and I can suck it up for one evening every quarter or so/:-)

 

 

Isn't that Yolanda's house (settlement from Mohammed)?

 

 

I wouldn't be offended.  Brandi is hardly the arbiter of beauty and good taste.  She wishes she looked as good as Jane or Helen now.

 

As long as you can also make the promise to sit and be quiet...no singing along is allowed!!  Oh - and don't even think about touching one of those Grammy awards!!   LOL

[lunastartron]

I know nothing bout Eileen's personality.  Does anyone?  Is she a jittery nutcase?  A screaming loon?  If she ain't, she better turn dat shit on here.  I'm expecting some cornball with a Frito-Bandito dopey mustache to keep saying to huh, "Oh, my bee-you-TEE-full Ashley" in a totally indeterminable accent.

 

I remember lusting after her husband Vince Van Patten when I was a little kid.  He still looks pretty good   Wonder how he'll figure in here -- if at all.

 

The Hamlin/Rinna girls are very cute.  Funny how they look so much alike, but both look nothing like either Lisa or Harry.

 

Vis-à-vis Eileen: no and no. Per what I've seen in interviews and the like, I would characterize her as a Pretty Girl, by which I mean confident to the point of being marginally aloof and possibly telegraphing as a little bitchy in a knows-she-gots-it-going on kind of way. If Lisa is the queen bee who works hard for her place of pride, Eileen seems more like the popular girl who's (consciously) just too cool to show any concern about it. Her acceptance speech for her Emmy win was kind of "oh, sweet, but no big deal" in tone.

 

She looks about as good as she did for most of the early part of her career. There was a five-ish year period, though, when she was in her late thirties on Days of Our Lives when I thought she was literally one of the most beautiful women in entertainment, primetime and film included. Most of her Days work is on Youtube, I believe.

 

I think she was married to a General Hospital actor when she first hooked up with VvP (who may have also been married?); hence the "homewrecker" soundbites.  

[ToukieSmith]

OMG...just spewed my tea!!  This was hysterical!!   :-)

 

As long as you can also make the promise to sit and be quiet...no singing along is allowed!!  Oh - and don't even think about touching one of those Grammy awards!!   LOL

 

I wonder if they count the Grammys before and after they have guests over....

[turbogirlnyc]

Vis-à-vis Eileen: no and no. Per what I've seen in interviews and the like, I would characterize her as a Pretty Girl, by which I mean confident to the point of being marginally aloof and possibly telegraphing as a little bitchy in a knows-she-gots-it-going on kind of way. If Lisa is the queen bee who works hard for her place of pride, Eileen seems more like the popular girl who's (consciously) just too cool to show any concern about it. Her acceptance speech for her Emmy win was kind of "oh, sweet, but no big deal" in tone.

 

She looks about as good as she did for most of the early part of her career. There was a five-ish year period, though, when she was in her late thirties on Days of Our Lives when I thought she was literally one of the most beautiful women in entertainment, primetime and film included. Most of her Days work is on Youtube, I believe.

 

I think she was married to a General Hospital actor when she first hooked up with VvP (who may have also been married?); hence the "homewrecker" soundbites.  

 

I wonder if she'll also scorn the man this time around or continue to place blame soley on the woman. Never mind, I already know the answer. I don't condone cheating on any level but this bitch needs new material.

Edited November 20, 2014 by turbogirlnyc

[larapu2000]

 

The Hamlin/Rinna girls are very cute.  Funny how they look so much alike, but both look nothing like either Lisa or Harry.

 

Look at Lisa, imagine her with normal lips.  The girls definitely resemble Mommy, they just don't have Frankenlips.

[ScoobieDoobs]

but I like David's music and I can suck it up for one evening every quarter or so/:-)

 

 

Only if Babs or Diana Ross shows up & he gets them to perform.  Yeah, as if dat would ever happen -- even with King David begging 'em.  Sorry, I just couldn't take his incessant bragging & him surely shoving his Grammys in the face of anyone near him.  I'll pass.

 

I wonder if she'll scorn the man this time or continue to place all the blame on the woman. 

 

 

No, the real question is -- will Eric Braeden show up and say to her "Oh my beautiful Ashley".  Man, I'd luv for her to smack the shit outta him in response.  Now that would make the season for me.  Fuck Brandi, V-Pump & Kyle.  Couldn't give a shit bout any of dem.

[Lablover27]

I got the impression that Ken is really over and done with this show. He didn't seem interested in any of it, as he was left at home holding the dogs.

Someone remind me the age difference between Lisa & Ken and how old is Ken?  Thank you.

 

I must be so uncool.  I find David (don't sing you clowns) so boring.  Yolanda too.  I just love their house {porn} pictures and that VIEW!  But I, of course, am the one who cuts up the lemons from my ONE tree to put down the garbage disposal.  So, I'm uncool and unappreciative of the beauty of all that are lemons.

 

ETA:  Wait - I do use the lemon for shots on the holidays - so I'm a tiny bit cool!

Edited November 20, 2014 by Lablover27

[ScoobieDoobs]

Someone remind me the age difference between Lisa & Ken and how old is Ken?  Thank you.

 

 

Does it even matter?  They both seem so irrelevant now, they could both be 96 & 97 respectively.  She should be glad she's got the SUR chucklefucks to fall back on.  Cuz other than giving us a bit of a giggle from her clumsy old lady walk in heels, she really adds absolutely nothing anymore.

 

I'm wondering how Kim is gonna try to make it seem adorable that she has a ferocious killer pitbull who viciously bites anyone who comes anywhere nearby.  Oooh, adorable, right?  I've been bitten badly by a dog & trust me, it ain't fun or adorable.  Believe me, I am a Kim fan, but I've lost all interest in her with this latest bit of bullshit of hers.

Edited November 20, 2014 by ScoobieDoobs

[GreatKazu]

Someone remind me the age difference between Lisa & Ken and how old is Ken?  Thank you

I am more than happy to give you the info.

 

Ken was 37 years old when he married Lisa in 1982. Lisa was 21 years old at the time. He is now 69 years of age.

 

Right after the episode aired that showed Brandi's dogs pooping in the house, the owners put it up for sale and told her to move out

There were several reports on various sites which all mentioned that Brandi was being booted out because her lease was up. She then went to Twitter and called her landlord "shady" and other choice words because he dared to charge her for two weeks rent since she went beyond the date of the lease agreement.

 

Drunk Otis is a damn mess and I wish she was off this show. As for her talking about her boys sleeping in her bed, this drunk has no shame. This is the same bitch who said on her podcast that her boys were "assholes".

Edited November 20, 2014 by GreatKazu

[demarti]

What I really want to see is an explicitly candid how-to/DIY series revolving around Taylor, Alexia Echevarria, and Lauri Waring that offers instructions on how exactly to net a million-dollar meal-ticket when you boast children from a previous marriage and more baggage than an airline terminal. Taylor fascinates me the most in this respect because her unsavory past is so grim and public and she not only roped in a lifejacket, but did so while he was still married and living in another state.

 

 

 

I don't believe for one minute that Taylor loves that guy she married or that she has finally found happiness. She married him for his money.They were on that Couples Therapy show, trust me he is as much of an entitled, insufferable douche as she is. They were miserable together and he was constantly trying to jump through hoops to keep her craziness from going off the rails. He is in for one exhausting marriage, deservedly so. 

Edited November 20, 2014 by demarti

[vrocotamy]

I would attend.  I would attend a party at the Foster's too.  David and Yolanda are annoying, but I like David's music and I can suck it up for one evening every quarter or so/:-)

 

 

Isn't that Yolanda's house (settlement from Mohammed)?

 

 

I wouldn't be offended.  Brandi is hardly the arbiter of beauty and good taste.  She wishes she looked as good as Jane or Helen now.

 

I checked on Intelius and Yolanda and David's house (3905 Carbon Canyon Road, Malibu, CA) is in David's name (befitting the KING) and was constructed in 2009. I don't know whose funds were responsible for the construction. The tax amount for 2013 was ~$153,000; someone more able than me could do the math as to its worth. For contrast, Kyle and Mauricio's house (15475 Milldale Drive, Los Angeles, CA) is in both their names, was built in 1957, and had a tax amount of $39,000 in 2013. Lisa and Ken's house (9550 Oak Pass Road, Beverly Hills, CA),  is in both their names (Ken Todd and Lisa V. Todd; likely Lisa Vanderpump is just her stage name), was built in 2006, and had taxes of ~$127,000 in 2013.

[GreatKazu]

Yolanda was awarded a Malibu home in her divorce. That was in 2003. She might have sold it. Here is the info on the settlement:  http://sipwithsocialites.com/los-angeles/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-yolanda-hadids-divorce-settlement-details-00024.html

 

The Fosters put their home up for sale earlier this year:

http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2014/02/18/yolanda-foster-malibu-house-listed/

Edited November 20, 2014 by GreatKazu

[ToukieSmith]

I checked on Intelius and Yolanda and David's house (3905 Carbon Canyon Road, Malibu, CA) is in David's name (befitting the KING) and was constructed in 2009. I don't know whose funds were responsible for the construction. The tax amount for 2013 was ~$153,000; someone more able than me could do the math as to its worth. For contrast, Kyle and Mauricio's house (15475 Milldale Drive, Los Angeles, CA) is in both their names, was built in 1957, and had a tax amount of $39,000 in 2013. Lisa and Ken's house (9550 Oak Pass Road, Beverly Hills, CA),  is in both their names (Ken Todd and Lisa V. Todd; likely Lisa Vanderpump is just her stage name), was built in 2006, and had taxes of ~$127,000 in 2013.

 

Thanks.  The appraised value would be $153,000 divided by the tax rate 1.102020 = $13.8M.  The market value/sales value would be higher than appraised typically.

[cooksdelight]

Brandi cannot shut up about anything. She thinks by putting it out there that she's just keeping it real.

She'll call herself the Truth Cannon, giggle, aim, fire. Wonder who will be the recipient of the Golden Cannon Ball from Hell?

[ScoobieDoobs]

Hey, Cooks Delight - are we related?  We look so much alike!  Winkie-wink.

 

The Fosters home is beautiful -- no doubt.  But the location by the busy highway & climbing those hills wouldn't appeal to me at all.

[cooksdelight]

Hey, Cooks Delight - are we related?  We look so much alike!  Winkie-wink.

 

The Fosters home is beautiful -- no doubt.  But the location by the busy highway & climbing those hills wouldn't appeal to me at all.

I have a dog named Scooby-Doo. All legs and full of energy. :)

Their home is high up on a hill and pretty much secluded from the highway noise, it looks like. And their view of the ocean from their pool is stellar. They need to show the Refrigerator soon, I miss my 'fridge porn.

[ScoobieDoobs]

Yeah, they must be really high up if she didn't even notice the squatter.  Cuz it looked like he'd settled in & been there for a while.  Someone else noticed this, but his attitude killed me.  He couldn't care less when she said it was her property.  Didn't even make one motion to move.  His attitude woulda irked me.  Was she for real?  Or buzzed on meds?  You can be sure King David ran to call da cops on Mr. Squatter.

[yourmomiseasy]

Stassi's birthday party.

You just won the internet for the day.

[RedheadZombie]

It looked like Brandi had some weird stuff done, too....and I can't even really look at Adrienne - she has so much filler in her cheeks her eyes are disappearing.  It's a shame, because I thought she had very pretty almond shaped eyes.

 

I actually thought Brandi looked better than she ever has on the show.  I don't know if she gained a few pounds, or eased up on the fillers that made her look like the Joker. I thought her hair/makeup/outfit looked good, and I can't usually say that.

 

Adrienne flat out turns my stomach.  She has gone so full-on famewhore I find her pathetic.  I don't care if she has a boy toy, but it just adds to her whole fake façade.  I loved her telling Brandi that the white party was not the appropriate place to talk.  Didn't Adrienne ruin someone's party by coming in with a sob story?  I missed part of a season somewhere.

 

I would be happy to have minimal Camille.  She's fine now, but she's a total fake and I'll never forget season one.  Kelsey Grammar is a pig, but it's time to move on and stop trashing the father of your children - for their sake.

 

 Fun to see that while Lisa and Harry obviously live in a lovely home, it's not a mausoleum.

 

Loved the scene with the snake.  The children and the housekeeper cowering and screaming.  If this happened at Lisa and Ken's house, their poor maid would be disposing of that snake, not cuddling with the family while she screamed.  So much more laid back than Ken and Lisa.

 

Kim can't accept that the biting incidents are 100% her fault.  She knows she has a dog that bites and every time the dog bites another person she's at fault but refuses to accept that.

 

I really think Kim sees Kingsley as a symbol of her sobriety, and as a replacement for her kids.  Kingsley should be re-homed after rehab with the trainer, and Kim should go back to having a sweet pliant golden.

[ScoobieDoobs]

At this point, can Kim even be trusted to care for a house plant?  Does someone have to be killed before something is done about this dog?  Clearly, she can't make rational decisions.  She's always been a sad mess.  Does she still have to be such an integral part of the show?  Cuz her crap I'd rather not watch.  Gimme the house, jewelry & closet porn instead.  

 

Kim is just an extremely depressing reminder of what none of us wants to think about -- when family, for whatever reason, becomes a burden.  Her TH's are not adorable to me.  Just sad & depressing.  So are her rare appearances.  Let's see how producers can get around dat.  I don't think they can.  It's not possible anymore.

Edited November 20, 2014 by ScoobieDoobs

[Lablover27]

At this point, can Kim even be trusted to care for a house plant?  Does someone have to be killed before something is done about this dog?  Clearly, she can't make rational decisions.  She's always been a sad mess.  Does she still have to be such an integral part of the show?  Cuz her crap I'd rather not watch.  Gimme the house, jewelry & closet porn instead.  

 

Kim is just an extremely depressing reminder of what none of us wants to think about -- when family, for whatever reason, becomes a burden.  Her TH's are not adorable to me.  Just sad & depressing.  So are her rare appearances.  Let's see how producers can get around dat.  I don't think they can.  It's not possible anymore.

Yup.  Kim brings back too many awful memories for me.  I'm currently dealing with a burden.  The last thing I would want - her to be on a reality show. 

 

I'm with you, give me the house and closet porn.  Although, Lisa's dressing room looked so wonderful at first, but the clean freak in me thinks she should buy stock in Windex.  For whatshername housekeeper to clean with.  Did I hear Lisa say to (Rosia?) "Enough about what you are wearing, more importantly, what's Jiggy wearing?"  In my Phaedra Parks voice "Everybody knows, not to insult the help or they will spit in your food or make you a chocolate pie!"   I may be mistaken.  It happens a lot. 

Edited November 20, 2014 by Lablover27

[slade3]

And this is my problem with Brandi.  She says hurtful things - (and there is no excuse for the Adrienne comment)  - and then wonders why no one likes her or says goodbye to her, or wants to be her friend.  I watched a repeat of the reunion yesterday and she was crying because Ken said he did not want to be friends with her anymore. 

 

Lisa V. should stay miles away from her.

I know two people like this and have dealt with them for 20+ years. They are often the most difficult people to be around because they can dole out harsh criticisms, but can't handle the response.

 

I think the only way to handle a person like Brandi is to ask her, at the very moment she says a hurtful thing, "Why did you say that? That isn't nice."

 

I've taken my own advice about three or four times (because I'm always too stunned to respond quickly after a hurtful thing is said), but I find that when I have asked this, the person saying the hurtful thing can't answer, becomes embarrassed (especially if other people are around), and backtracks (or apologizes). Then you can move on and that person is often reluctant to say a hurtful thing to you again. It's the only way because people like Brandi "forget" they said a hurtful thing, or claim they didn't know it was hurtful, or say they were just joking. And it's really hard to win after that because everyone accuses you of holding a grudge.

[motorcitymom65]

If I were the other women and I heard Brandi say that, I would take it as a compliment - there are some beautiful women in their 70's....Jane Fonda, Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch,Dihann Carol, Helen Mirren (well, she's almost 70)....these women have all had some strategic work done, yet still manage to look stunning!! 

Yea, but Brandi didn't mean it as a compliment.  For me, that is how I evaluate what is insulting and what is not. It is all about the intent. Brandi meant to be insulting and so IMO it certainly is.  I do co-sign that the above list of gals are true beauties.  

I know two people like this and have dealt with them for 20+ years. They are often the most difficult people to be around because they can dole out harsh criticisms, but can't handle the response.

 

I think the only way to handle a person like Brandi is to ask her, at the very moment she says a hurtful thing, "Why did you say that? That isn't nice."

 

I've taken my own advice about three or four times (because I'm always too stunned to respond quickly after a hurtful thing is said), but I find that when I have asked this, the person saying the hurtful thing can't answer, becomes embarrassed (especially if other people are around), and backtracks (or apologizes). Then you can move on and that person is often reluctant to say a hurtful thing to you again. It's the only way because people like Brandi "forget" they said a hurtful thing, or claim they didn't know it was hurtful, or say they were just joking. And it's really hard to win after that because everyone accuses you of holding a grudge.

Completely agree that this would be the way to handle most people, but Brandi is so far off the charts crazy, that this doesn't work. Remember, this is literally word for word exactly what Adrienne said to Brandi at the S2 reunion.  When Lisa said that she had been told about some bad things that were being said about her, Adrienne asked who had told her these things. Brandi raised her hand and said "I did". Adrienne said. "Why would you say that? That's not nice". Brandi went on to actually say - in front of real live people and on camera - that she had said these things because Adrienne had stopped returning her phone calls and texts. To most normal people this would not sound like a legitimate reason to throw a friend under a bus, and they would be stopped short before they threw out such an excuse, embarrassed by their own emotion. Not Brandi. She proudly owned it all. She was considered the winner of the reunion. Lots of folks loved her. She sold lots of books. This is why Brandi believes that this type of behavior is OK. 

Edited November 20, 2014 by motorcitymom65

[vrocotamy]

Yolanda was awarded a Malibu home in her divorce. That was in 2003. She might have sold it. Here is the info on the settlement:  http://sipwithsocialites.com/los-angeles/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-yolanda-hadids-divorce-settlement-details-00024.html

 

The Fosters put their home up for sale earlier this year:

http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2014/02/18/yolanda-foster-malibu-house-listed/

 

I notice it says "property", rather than mansion, or home; perhaps it was the land she built the house on (which may have had another, older house on it.) I find it funny that Mohamed and Yolanda each had a Range Rover and an Escalade. Yolanda is listed as living in Santa Barbara around 2008, so I think that the mansion there was her primary residence until the Malibu house was constructed.

[Lura]

I have always thought that Lisa Vanderpump had the best manners of anyone on this show.  I think now, though, that Lisa has been through enough hard knocks by others that she's learned to play the game like everyone else is.  I think after the reunion show fiasco, supposedly set up by Kyle, when everyone ganged up on Lisa, it was Lesson #1 in how to be victimized.  Then, after the beach scene in Puerto Rico, when Yolanda led the charge and others followed, Lisa finally woke up to see that good manners just don't work with this gang.  My own guess, after watching this first show, is that Lisa is now slinging sarcastic and pointed remarks to and about the others. It will be interesting to me to see whether she continues in this vein as a way of shoring herself up all season. 

[MyAimIsTrue]

I must be so uncool.  I find David (don't sing you clowns) so boring.  Yolanda too.  I just love their house {porn} pictures and that VIEW!  But I, of course, am the one who cuts up the lemons from my ONE tree to put down the garbage disposal.  So, I'm uncool and unappreciative of the beauty of all that are lemons.

 

I buy lemons to then cut up and put down the garbage disposal so I'm less cool than you are.

 

Stassi's birthday party.

 

Every time I see this name I think of the former (and very evil) East German secret police as it was pronounced the same way.

[SFoster21]

Jeez, nobody makes lemonade or lemon cakes? Got a great recipe for you.

And I have a compost bucket, not a disposal.

[ramby]

I have always thought that Lisa Vanderpump had the best manners of anyone on this show.  I think now, though, that Lisa has been through enough hard knocks by others that she's learned to play the game like everyone else is.  I think after the reunion show fiasco, supposedly set up by Kyle, when everyone ganged up on Lisa, it was Lesson #1 in how to be victimized.  Then, after the beach scene in Puerto Rico, when Yolanda led the charge and others followed, Lisa finally woke up to see that good manners just don't work with this gang.  My own guess, after watching this first show, is that Lisa is now slinging sarcastic and pointed remarks to and about the others. It will be interesting to me to see whether she continues in this vein as a way of shoring herself up all season. 

Lisa?  Best manners?  Sorry but no way!  Lisa has always been snarky, right from the beginning.  She always throws her digs in.  I think Camille has the best manners of all the housewives...minus season one, of course.

[BucFan]

I'm disappointed to learn Lisa Rinna caved to the pressures of Hollywood and its standards of beauty *again*, despite knowing the blowfish lips were not a good look on her. Makes me think much less of her since this wasn't her first trip to the rodeo.

Or her first trip to Rodeo Drive :)

[ghoulina]

Stassi's birthday party.

 

How could I forget? That IS the biggest event of the year. 

 

You just won the internet. 

 

Sorry, I just couldn't take his incessant bragging & him surely shoving his Grammys in the face of anyone near him.  I'll pass.

 

Not to mention Yolanda's three hour toasts on what an amazing man he is. 

[zoeysmom]

I checked on Intelius and Yolanda and David's house (3905 Carbon Canyon Road, Malibu, CA) is in David's name (befitting the KING) and was constructed in 2009. I don't know whose funds were responsible for the construction. The tax amount for 2013 was ~$153,000; someone more able than me could do the math as to its worth. For contrast, Kyle and Mauricio's house (15475 Milldale Drive, Los Angeles, CA) is in both their names, was built in 1957, and had a tax amount of $39,000 in 2013. Lisa and Ken's house (9550 Oak Pass Road, Beverly Hills, CA),  is in both their names (Ken Todd and Lisa V. Todd; likely Lisa Vanderpump is just her stage name), was built in 2006, and had taxes of ~$127,000 in 2013.

Fosters' home has been on the market forever.  I was wondering if Yolanda's escort was their relator?  When the home first came on the market for $27 million there was an article in Variety about the original pocket listing http://variety.com/2013/dirt/real-estalker/your-mama-hears-14-357/ .  I like the story because it has a good aerial of the house.  In the comments it speaks to the fact there is no beach access. 

 

Kyle and Mauricio definitely got a good deal on their home -IIRC it was about $2 million.  Lisa and Ken bought their home for the bargain price of $0 million.

[Mozelle]

Man, I completely forgot that this show was starting this week. In my search for last night's Top Chef episode on the xfinity site, I saw the thumbnail for RHOBH.

 

 

 

I have always thought that Lisa Vanderpump had the best manners of anyone on this show.  I think now, though, that Lisa has been through enough hard knocks by others that she's learned to play the game like everyone else is.  I think after the reunion show fiasco, supposedly set up by Kyle, when everyone ganged up on Lisa, it was Lesson #1 in how to be victimized.  Then, after the beach scene in Puerto Rico, when Yolanda led the charge and others followed, Lisa finally woke up to see that good manners just don't work with this gang.  My own guess, after watching this first show, is that Lisa is now slinging sarcastic and pointed remarks to and about the others. It will be interesting to me to see whether she continues in this vein as a way of shoring herself up all season.

 

I don't know if I agree about that. She's been snarky from moment one of this franchise, and she's inserted herself and stirred the pot since then, too. I'll never forget the lunch she had with Taylor where she urged Taylor to "sort it out" with Kim at the wrap party, even though by then it was obvious that Taylor and Kim had been snipping at each other since the trip to New York. And long before the season one reunion aired, she was using Giggy to snark on her fellow housewives by penning that ridiculous blog "written" by him. It's curious that the Bravo site no longer houses those season one Giggy recaps. 

 

To further the conversation that was going on about how Taylor managed to snag this guy: Never underestimate that there are many men (many, many, many of them) who love playing Superman. They see a woman who looks like a "damsel in distress" and whoosh! out comes the cape. I would classify Ken as that type of man, actually. Look how he was all about Brandi before Brandi shat on Lisa. He also treats Lisa the same way. 

Edited November 20, 2014 by Mozelle

[Lura]

Lisa and Ken bought their home for the bargain price of $0 million.

 

Zoeysmom, do you suppose that Lisa and Ken's house was listed at zero because they built their own house?  I don't know if that makes any difference, but I just wondered.  There's no way their house isn't one of the most expensive (in taxes, too) because their Villa Rosa is located in Beverly Park very close to Adrienne's new house.  (I thought that she built hers, too, but I could be mistaken.)   I saw an early photo of their street with new construction going up.  Adrienne's house was already there, but workers hadn't broken ground on Lisa's yet.

Interesting!

Edited November 20, 2014 by Lura

[jinjer]

 

Watching the original cast - is a reminder what has sorely been missing - the opulent Beverly Hills lifestyle - that was suppose to set it apart from the housewife franchise. Instead, we're stuck with low class Brandi Glanville, who really brought this show down when she came on board.

The original cast at the White Party was so forced and fake.  As if Lisa would ever be happy to see Adrienne again. And was that really Adrienne or some Chinese dragon that escaped from Grauman's Chinese Theater.  And Taylor the grifter can head right back to Vail and try to cry crocodile tears at her last chance of being a famewhore.  At least Kennedy seems happy.  Adrienne may have had money, but she was the tackiest woman ever in Beverly Hills.  That gaudy, rococo mansion?  It was house porn all right, but porn in the real sense, like NSFW.  Her glitter hair extensions?  Her FACE?  And Taylor - are her over-inflated lips moving?  Then what lie is coming out of her mouth now?  I had to laugh when Taylor on WWHL said that "Brandi borrows great handbags!" as a dig when we all know that as part of the settlement Taylor handed over Birkens that ended up being fakes.

 

Lisa has been uber-classy this first episode. "I died my pussy pink! Come have a gander at my pink pussy Kyle!"  "Adrienne has a little Busch between her legs..."  Oh, I forgot, anything you say with a British accent is automatically classy.

 

I thought Brandi looked good from the front at the party - from the back - not so much.  Adrienne's dress too.  Both of their dresses made it clear that they had no undies on.  Lisa looked terrible from the neck down.  I don't know what she was thinking with that dress.  Taylor and Camille looked great in their dresses.  Kyle for once in her life looked amazing in her dress.  She is so trim and slim.  She has been thinner before, but right now she doesn't have any fat on her in her arms/shoulders.  She looks really lean.  

 

Lisa looked beautiful in the talking head with the green dress.  She should go with that look more often.  And totally agree that she should ditch those heels - she can't walk in them properly.  They actually age her because she totters in them.  One inch shorter and she would probably be fine.

[PhilMarlowe2]

I am more than happy to give you the info.

 

Ken was 37 years old when he married Lisa in 1982. Lisa was 21 years old at the time. He is now 69 years of age.

 

Wait, so, by my (admittedly faulty at times) math, Lisa is only 53??

 

I am not trying to be mean, but she is aging herself with her, ahem, "style" and whatever work she gets done. To me, Lisa looks a good 10 - 15 years older than Kyle or Brandi.

Edited November 20, 2014 by PhilMarlowe2

[Baltimore Betty]

When I first saw Adrienne with her toddler date arrive at the White Party I got a Martha Ray vibe from it!  I can see Adrienne being pushed around in a wheel chair by a very young quasi gay boyfriend may just be in her future.



 

I only caught a glimpse of Brandi in the bathroom at the White Party with her escorts, did it look like they were wiping their noses as in wiping a white powdery substance off of their noses?

[cooksdelight]

When Brandi and the two guys went into the bathroom together, coke was my first thought. Why else would two men be accompanying her?

[PhilMarlowe2]

Their home is high up on a hill and pretty much secluded from the highway noise, it looks like. And their view of the ocean from their pool is stellar. They need to show the Refrigerator soon, I miss my 'fridge porn.

 

Yeah, I know Stoopid Housewives is obsessed with the fact the Fosters' home is "by the highway," but the visuals are deceiving - with the strong ocean wind, once you enter the hills of Malibu, you can't hear a thing from PCH, it might as well be miles away. You might not even see PCH depending how the view breaks down. It's actually the people who literally live on the beach that also literally live on PCH - you could see when Yolanda and Brandi took their walk that those beachfront homes have PCH as their street address.

[zoeysmom]

Zoeysmom, do you suppose that Lisa and Ken's house was listed at zero because they built their own house?  I don't know if that makes any difference, but I just wondered.  There's no way their house isn't one of the most expensive (in taxes, too) because their Villa Rosa is located in Beverly Park very close to Adrienne's new house.  (I thought that she built hers, too, but I could be mistaken.)   I saw an early photo of their street with new construction going up.  Adrienne's house was already there, but workers hadn't broken ground on Lisa's yet.

Interesting!

I goofed is was $10 million and it is just outside the gates of Beverly Park.  It really was an exceptional bargain at $10 million, although $0 million would be a better bargain.

[Mozelle]

Lisa has been uber-classy this first episode. "I died my pussy pink! Come have a gander at my pink pussy Kyle!"  "Adrienne has a little Busch between her legs..."  Oh, I forgot, anything you say with a British accent is automatically classy.

 

Heh. Thank you for reminding me of those. I've always wondered about Lisa being classified as the "witty" one of the group when she says stuff like this. I mean, isn't this precisely the stuff a middle schooler would say? I think you're quite right, though: The British accent supposedly makes everything Lisa says "witty" and "classy" even when it's clear she's lacking.

 

Wait, so, by my (admittedly faulty at times) math, Lisa is only 53??

 

I am not trying to be mean, but she is aging herself with her, ahem, "style" and whatever work she gets done. To me, Lisa looks a good 10 - 15 years older than Kyle or Brandi.

I believe she's 54 now. Her birthday was in September. You're right; her look is super dated, like, I can imagine her getting down and dirty with Krystle and Alexis in the outfits she (Lisa) is wearing in this era. 

Edited November 20, 2014 by Mozelle

[njbchlover]

Yeah, they must be really high up if she didn't even notice the squatter.  Cuz it looked like he'd settled in & been there for a while.  Someone else noticed this, but his attitude killed me.  He couldn't care less when she said it was her property.  Didn't even make one motion to move.  His attitude woulda irked me.  Was she for real?  Or buzzed on meds?  You can be sure King David ran to call da cops on Mr. Squatter.

 

Wasn't he a flea-market type vendor?  It looked like he had a bunch of sundresses or cover-ups hanging all around his pop-up tent.

[Almost 3000]

Lisa?  Best manners?  Sorry but no way!  Lisa has always been snarky, right from the beginning.  She always throws her digs in.  I think Camille has the best manners of all the housewives...minus season one, of course.

I think what the poster meant was like for Kim's graduation event Lisa RSVPed a decline and sent a lovely gift. That should have been the end of it but as we saw it went on and on. and on...

[jinjer]

When I first saw Adrienne with her toddler date arrive at the White Party I got a Martha Ray vibe from it!  I can see Adrienne being pushed around in a wheel chair by a very young quasi gay boyfriend may just be in her future.

 

I only caught a glimpse of Brandi in the bathroom at the White Party with her escorts, did it look like they were wiping their noses as in wiping a white powdery substance off of their noses?

Brandi seemed subdued all night - after the bathroom trip.  I don't think they were snorting coke. Her talk with Adrienne was too calm not coke-heady.  I think she was genuinely nervous seeing Adrienne and Lisa and realizing that she was odd man out.  Brandi has been complaining of anxiety/stomach problems for the last couple of seasons with all the social messes she gets into, I think the bathroom trip was to build up courage, not to get high.

 

That vendor looked like he could have been living out of his van, but if Yo and David have two entrances to their property, they might not have seen him there.  He seemed pretty well established.  FWIW I would totally live there, highway or not.  She has stunning views.

Edited November 20, 2014 by jinjer

[Notmuchofacook]

The guy selling crap on Yo's property didn't even bother to stand up. I would have kicked him off for being rude to 1) potential customers and 2) the property owner. Some brass, that one.

 

I have never, ever been fond of Lisa Rinna. I have only seen her on talk shows where she tries too hard to be funny and with it. I must say, however, that I enjoyed her in this first episode and her house is great. It seems as if she has dialed it down a notch. Her mouth is very distracting, their kids are cute, and I'm kind of looking forward to her in future episodes.

 

LVP is getting a little long in the tooth for that hair. I have always liked her and her dry humor, but it does seem as if she doesn't want to take responsibility for some things she has done. I'm waiting to see, just like everyone else, how she does this season.