S10.E18: There's No Place Like Home

[KungFuBunny]

11 hours ago, BodhiGurl said:

Bethenny never really had any issue with Sonja until the Tipsy Girl situation, clearly they've moved on from it. Sonja may be latching on to BF for job security but at least their scenes are fairly lighthearted.

Ramona - bringing up supporting women is laughable, does she mean supporting women the way she supported Jill Zarin and Jill's Kodak affiliation? Or how she supported Alex in the early days (before Ramona had her true renewal of herself). Or was it when she went off on Bethenny on the Brooklyn bridge long before those two had any issues? Or maybe it was when, out of nowhere, she brought up Bethenny's d-list krap soft porn-ish horror movie from many many moons ago. Or was it when she went on and on about Kelly's boobs? Yeah. I'm not surprised at all that BF is not supporting Ramona - and Ramona shouldn't be surprised either. Yawn.
 

Did Adam have marbles in his mouth when he went to his Aunt Carole's shin dig? That totally seemed scripted, was sorely lacking in affection, and awkward to watch. Maybe he was fulfilling his boyfriend for hire contract. And Heather showing up - where has Heather been all along since she left? Carole drops BF as her show BF and now Heather is back making "friend of Carole" appearances? I don't see Heather coming back on the show. There were moments of hers while she was on the show where I didn't mind her much but overall - she's a bit much. Too aggressive for my tastes. But, just my opinion.

Bwahahahaha!

I want to know why Carole was dressed as Flava Flav.

[KungFuBunny]

11 hours ago, CrinkleCutCat said:

Property Manager lady is not doing Sonja any favours by agreeing to holding out for her preferred rent. Nor is she doing herself any commission favours! Drop the price and 1 get Sonja a tenant and rent, and 2 get yourself commission! It’s such a fallacy that you can ‘hold out’ until you get the price you want... NO... you have to meet the market where it is and accept what people are prepared to pay for your property. (Australian here....might be different elsewhere but this is my language!)

I don't think Sonja can legally rent her place. There are probably too many things not up to code - one of them being her elevator.

This was all part of her yearly story line and exposure/free publicity for Ambrose from Sotheby's Real Estate

[LNDNgirl]

21 hours ago, absolutelyido said:

I thought Luann was incredibly rude about Ramona's remodel. Very neutral and a little sparse, but I thought it looked good. Ramona's house was very dated before, and I think she gave it a nice update. 

Totally agree, though I did chuckle at the "Not a fresh flower in sight. Not even a chia pet!"

[bagger]

1 hour ago, ShawnaLanne said:

That's pretty cool. I didn't know that.

I'm all for light and fluffy, and she has an ability to float from faction to faction, without looking like a suckup or engaging, which I like. Now if she could stop acting like the most desperate woman in the world over the Coupon Cabin King , giving me second hand shame and a slight disgust of her, I'd be championing her as one of my favorite howives.

The Tinsley of old sounds like someone I can cheer for. The Tinsley of today doesn’t offend me but neither does she inspire me to give a crap whether she stays or goes.

10 minutes ago, KungFuBunny said:

Bwahahahaha!

I want to know why Carole was dressed as Flava Flav.

Yeaaaah booooooy!

oh KFB you sure know how to brighten my day!

[scoobie1]

1 hour ago, WordsWordsWords said:

The furnishings weren't my focus, though, especially when I was talking about Ramona's house. It was all the white everywhere. I don't care (and this is just my opinion, of course) for all-white kitchens, all-white walls everywhere. I find white to be cold and sterile. 

I find white kitchens to be a pain in the ass to clean.  My friend had a new kitchen and choose white floors. Good grief.  She bitched about it one month into it and from then on.  

As for it being great for a rental I still don't think so.  White is just hard to maintain especially when you have strangers traipsing through there week after week. 

[UsernameFatigue]

30 minutes ago, KungFuBunny said:

Sorry my bad I thought I read the whole article

I still don't believe Carole and Heather are real friends though.

Maybe Carole knew Heather was running the marathon from Bravo. After all, doesn't she have to agree to be filmed and have it shown on a RHONY episode? Since she was on, I would assume Bravo knew ahead of time that she was running. 

[lamujerdecente]

11 hours ago, noveltylibrary said:

and I could put up with that if he looked like Rob Lowe.. but he doesn't.  Attraction is so weird.

Right? I thought how nice~ and she shoots him down for being too generous.

agreed I thought it was way too boring for such a late in the season ep.

Dorinda is a know it all.  i think those gift cards were a great idea. Those talk shows are a a mix bag in terms of all demorgraphics of nYC. He could be helping, being generous and getting new clients.

[KungFuBunny]

5 minutes ago, UsernameFatigue said:

Maybe Carole knew Heather was running the marathon from Bravo. After all, doesn't she have to agree to be filmed and have it shown on a RHONY episode? Since she was on, I would assume Bravo knew ahead of time that she was running. 

If you go back to the article and look at Carole's Instagram photo I mentioned - it's the one with the medal.

She mentions adam first - her ex boyfriend.

Carole kept saying she didn't think anything was wrong or off between her and Bethenny's friendship - and yet there is no shout out to Bethenny in this Instagram pic. She sat with Bethenny at Ramona's dinner party in the Hamptons a week or 2 later.

[chewycandy]

1 hour ago, ChitChat said:

Carole, it's okay that Tinsley wasn't scared shitless.  It's okay for you to admit that you were. 

That was so insulting! Poor Tins. “You weren’t scared because you’ve been abused.” How about she’s been to Cartegena ten times and was trying to tell the others that they would be okay? Albeit in a very screechy, nonreassuring voice, but still. 

Yeah, Carole’s outfit was not flattering; I thought Dorinda looked awesome in her one piece. 

I noticed that Dorinda pronounced Jill’s name ZARin, not Zair-in. Ha.

 

33 minutes ago, LNDNgirl said:

Totally agree, though I did chuckle at the "Not a fresh flower in sight. Not even a chia pet!"

I thought that was hilarious.

Edited August 10, 2018 by chewycandy

[KungFuBunny]

10 hours ago, Juliegirlj said:

Didn’t Luann rent a furnished apartment? Who is she to criticize Ramona on her new decor?!

I think Carole and Adam actually love each other but want different things in their lives ( kids). Kinda sad.

I can definitely see Adam wanting Carole to have a child with him - He would totally use it as a Financial Support Baby

[ShawnaLanne]

9 minutes ago, KungFuBunny said:

If you go back to the article and look at Carole's Instagram photo I mentioned - it's the one with the medal.

She mentions adam first - her ex boyfriend.

Carole kept saying she didn't think anything was wrong or off between her and Bethenny's friendship - and yet there is no shout out to Bethenny in this Instagram pic. She sat with Bethenny at Ramona's dinner party in the Hamptons a week or 2 later.

Carole was already complaining about Bethenny not being there for the marathon or being congratulatory enough. 

Much like Dorinda expects bone marrow for her introductions to people, Carole expects a marching band, or at least a trophy.

It's ridiculous. I have several friends who have done marathons, the Susan K, Breast Cancer two day walk, triatholons, some of them in worse shape than Carole, and not one of them expected more than a congratulations from me. Not a party, not a trophy. Carole has an insanely inflated sense of self. I wish I had some if that.

But seriously, Adam giving her that statue months later was so staged. Like her saying, see, this is what I expected!

Edited August 10, 2018 by ShawnaLanne

[retiredviewer]

21 hours ago, ButterQueen said:

Typical Bethenny.....she doesn’t really care about anyone else.

No she's just tired of hearing the same thing over and over from Ramona. Saying noted should have ended it but I'm sure Ramona wouldn't let it go. Ramona's default to make sure she has a story line is to fight with Bethany.

[KungFuBunny]

38 minutes ago, bagger said:

Yeaaaah booooooy!

oh KFB you sure know how to brighten my day!

Gotta smile when you see our boy

Carole said it was athletic-chic, but I think her look was more arthritic-chic

[UsernameFatigue]

24 minutes ago, KungFuBunny said:

If you go back to the article and look at Carole's Instagram photo I mentioned - it's the one with the medal.

She mentions adam first - her ex boyfriend.

Carole kept saying she didn't think anything was wrong or off between her and Bethenny's friendship - and yet there is no shout out to Bethenny in this Instagram pic. She sat with Bethenny at Ramona's dinner party in the Hamptons a week or 2 later.

I read the article that someone posted here and there is nothing that indicates that Carole knew for any length of time before the marathon that Heather was running. One would think, considering that you train for several months, that they would have met up at some point before to compare notes, go for a run, give each other support. Especially if Heather is just a good friend, she would know that Carole is a couch potato who does not exercise. Doesn't appear to be the case. Which makes me think Carole did not know until even possibly the day of that Heather was running,

Carole also says in the article that the marathon brought her and Adam closer. She said their relationship had reached a nice equilibrium. But in her TH in January she said that she had not seen or heard from Adam since the day of the marathon, which at that point would have been more than two months later. More of Carole playing loose and fast with the truth in the article? Carole also said that she didn't consider Anthony a hero when he was fighting cancer, but she did think of him as a hero for running the marathon. Fighting for your life - not a big deal. Running a frivolous marathon? Hero making stuff. 

Edited August 10, 2018 by UsernameFatigue

[walnutqueen]

Once again, I woke up in the middle of the night to watch this episode.  And just like last week, my friendly backyard raccoon was resting on the cat bed by my back window, patiently waiting for me to stir and play her current favorite TV show.  It's uncanny how she seems to sense it is Thursday morning - it must be a case of Radar Love.  Sadly, she was unable to finish the episode, as her partner in crime showed up and tried to clamber up on the perch to see what all the fuss was about and dislodged her, so she missed Tinsley's alarmingly high pigtails.  I'm saving the episode, just so I can play it back for her and catch her reaction. (I suspect @KungFuBunny will provide the appropriate visual aid).   ;-)

[queenjen]

4 hours ago, jaync said:

Why did Dorinda act like an ice maker was some elusive purchase available to only a select few?

I'm guessing from living off grid in the bush, but isn't it all about space in NYC? We saw the ice maker and that was a hefty appliance. It would take up a whole desk worth of space in Carole's kitchen, so I guess if you are really #winning, you can afford to devote space to an appliance that is exclusively devoted to your drinking habits? Someone up thread said the real test is whether an apartment has a functional laundry room with a tub big enough to bathe a dog in. These criteria are void in places like OC, it's all about the space.

[TexasGal]

I was dying laughing when Dorinda and Ramona walked into her house and Dorinda was like - it’s SOOOOO different.  Then they showed the before and I honestly could not tell what was different.   And the kitchen, there was a lot of blank, empty wall next to the cabinets where it seemed like she could have gone for one more cabinet or something.  It looked...wrong somehow.

[Bossa Nova]

22 hours ago, Bronzedog said:

Every time I hear Adam speak I'm surprised he has enough energy to drink coffee or have sex.  That monotone just makes me want to zzzzzzzzz.

JFC, best effing comment. Nailed him. 

[scoobie1]

2 minutes ago, queenjen said:

I'm guessing from living off grid in the bush, but isn't it all about space in NYC? We saw the ice maker and that was a hefty appliance. It would take up a whole desk worth of space in Carole's kitchen, so I guess if you are really #winning, you can afford to devote space to an appliance that is exclusively devoted to your drinking habits? Someone up thread said the real test is whether an apartment has a functional laundry room with a tub big enough to bathe a dog in. These criteria are void in places like OC, it's all about the space.

Okay I have to ask...since I guess I'm completely ignorant but don't most refrigerators have an ice maker in it?  This appliance Beth has is strictly for making ice? How much ice does she need?  Why is this something to be envious over?  

[Baltimore Betty]

Just now, TexasGal said:

I was dying laughing when Dorinda and Ramona walked into her house and Dorinda was like - it’s SOOOOO different.  Then they showed the before and I honestly could not tell what was different.   And the kitchen, there was a lot of blank, empty wall next to the cabinets where it seemed like she could have gone for one more cabinet or something.  It looked...wrong somehow.

To me Ramona's house looked like she was getting it ready to make it a rental, no decorative items or artwork on the walls, etc...yeah, it did not look any different to me either.  

[Chit Chat]

1 hour ago, Duke2801 said:

Bethenny is the one who freaked the fuck out and melted down with her “I don’t want any attention on me!!!” 

Hell will have truly frozen over the minute Bethenny doesn't want the attention on her!

[KungFuBunny]

13 minutes ago, walnutqueen said:

Once again, I woke up in the middle of the night to watch this episode.  And just like last week, my friendly backyard raccoon was resting on the cat bed by my back window, patiently waiting for me to stir and play her current favorite TV show.  It's uncanny how she seems to sense it is Thursday morning - it must be a case of Radar Love.  Sadly, she was unable to finish the episode, as her partner in crime showed up and tried to clamber up on the perch to see what all the fuss was about and dislodged her, so she missed Tinsley's alarmingly high pigtails.  I'm saving the episode, just so I can play it back for her and catch her reaction. (I suspect @KungFuBunny will provide the appropriate visual aid).   ;-)

Channeling Tinsley's reaction of getting a proposal (Please note this is only in her head and not her reality)

[Baltimore Betty]

Does Dorinda have ice cube trays?  Bethenny has a separate ice maker, okay that is a nice extra but my fridge has an ice maker and I don't have a penthouse with a private elevator...btw, I do have ice trays, one is for large square cubes and the other makes large round ice cubes and I do feel ritzy when I make an old fashioned and plop one of those bad boy cubes in my glass.

How much ice does Bethenny need?  Does she do large seafood displays in her kitchen everyday?  Does she take ice baths?  I guess it is good to have a lot of ice if one cuts off a finger while preparing a meal.

[chenoa333]

1 hour ago, KungFuBunny said:

Bwahahahaha!

I want to know why Carole was dressed as Flava Flav.

How did I miss that!! Was she wearing a cuckoo clock around her neck? Lol

[Bronzedog]

My parents always had a separate ice maker.  It was under a bar they had nearer the  living room than the kitchen.  I don't know why other than they wanted one.  But, they lived in Rockville, Maryland, so, no one gave a shit.

[Chit Chat]

Oh, KungFuBunny. You're the best!  Thanks for the continued laughs.  :)

[KungFuBunny]

5 hours ago, psychoticstate said:

Wow, thank you, @Gem 10!  Maybe somebody will bring me a casserole. (TM Vicki) 

 

[scoobie1]

8 minutes ago, Bronzedog said:

My parents always had a separate ice maker.  It was under a bar they had nearer the  living room than the kitchen.  I don't know why other than they wanted one.  But, they lived in Rockville, Maryland, so, no one gave a shit.

LOL!!! 

[SuprSuprElevated]

34 minutes ago, scoobie1 said:

Okay I have to ask...since I guess I'm completely ignorant but don't most refrigerators have an ice maker in it?  This appliance Beth has is strictly for making ice? How much ice does she need?  Why is this something to be envious over?  

If one entertains, it comes in handy.  Doesn't take too long to wipe out the capacity of an in-freezer ice maker.  The dedicated ice makers make something like 20-30 lbs. per day.

Edited August 10, 2018 by SuprSuprElevated

[QuinnM]

14 minutes ago, SuprSuprElevated said:

If one entertains, it comes in handy.  Doesn't take too long to wipe out the capacity of an in-freezer ice maker.  The dedicated ice makers make something like 20-30 lbs. per day.

The one I lust for has multiple drawers and can make that odd flaked ice that is so good to chew on and make mint juleps.

[KungFuBunny]

3 hours ago, jaybird2 said:

why? why not both?  i love ramona warts and all. and use to love dorinda, not so much any more!

In terms of Bethenny - I think Dorinda is in deep doody not Ramona.

The evidence of Dorinda's shit stirring is all on film.

First running to Carole and mis-wording what Bethenny said about Carole. Bethenny did not say Carole didn't support her charity enough. She said my cause is not going to be everyone else's cause.

The nutcracker. Dorinda was upset that Bethenny didn't thank her. Shoot to scene of jumping up and down thanking Dorinda while Carole is sitting right there on the steps. Dorinda makes remarks to the other HW's. When Bethenny confronts Dorinda, Dorinda denies having been upset or telling the other ladies she was upset (Ramona is the one that told Bethenny that Dorinda was upset Bethenny didn't thank her for the nutcracker)

Ramona is always Ramona - and she and Bethenny get into it face to face. Ramona, at least on camera wasn't doing the shit stirring that Dorinda was.

[Mozelle]

1 hour ago, UsernameFatigue said:

I read the article that someone posted here and there is nothing that indicates that Carole knew for any length of time before the marathon that Heather was running. One would think, considering that you train for several months, that they would have met up at some point before to compare notes, go for a run, give each other support. Especially if Heather is just a good friend, she would know that Carole is a couch potato who does not exercise. Doesn't appear to be the case. Which makes me think Carole did not know until even possibly the day of that Heather was running,

Carole also says in the article that the marathon brought her and Adam closer. She said their relationship had reached a nice equilibrium. But in her TH in January she said that she had not seen or heard from Adam since the day of the marathon, which at that point would have been more than two months later. More of Carole playing loose and fast with the truth in the article? Carole also said that she didn't consider Anthony a hero when he was fighting cancer, but she did think of him as a hero for running the marathon. Fighting for your life - not a big deal. Running a frivolous marathon? Hero making stuff. 

From Heather's IG last September (so before filming of this season had begun) where she reposts a picture that someone sent her then writes in the caption "...So it's #kissmet #memories @bravotv @caroleradziwill yo mama❤️Countdown...39 days!!! ??‍♀️#nycmarathon..."

[Chit Chat]

21 minutes ago, SuprSuprElevated said:

The dedicated ice makers make something like 20-30 lbs. per day.

That's a lot of ice!!  So you're saying that Bethenny apparently has so many friends that come over that she needs a heavy duty icemaker, thus making her 'I walk alone' mantra a complete and total lie?  Bwah!  ;) 

[SuprSuprElevated]

8 minutes ago, Mozelle said:

From Heather's IG last September (so before filming of this season had begun) where she reposts a picture that someone sent her then writes in the caption "...So it's #kissmet #memories @bravotv @caroleradziwill yo mama❤️Countdown...39 days!!! ??‍♀️#nycmarathon..."

There you go again.  

[Gem 10]

I am throwing a party for myself in the pizza parlor down my street because I am so proud that I walked around the whole park in one hour.  Required attire .. the pajamas you all wore last night in bed.  Parties for yourself are in.

Dorinda is either a drunken big mouth mess who humiliates everyone and hits below the belt.  Who needs a friend like that?  Then, she says she’s so sorry over and over again and tells you how much she loves you, your clothes, your house, your hair, everything.  She is so sickening and a phony.  She uses John and continuously talks about Richard, the love of her life.  She has become unlikeable.  She also spits out everything she has done for you since she’s known you.                               

Ramona’s house looks like it is staged.  No charm at all, and not homey looking.  Who is she kidding?  I like it better the old way.  It looks too sterile.  That dining room table .. yuk.  She’s going to put her antique glassware on that?

I love Luann.  I read her latest gig on Long Island wasn’t too good.  Her songs all sound the same, with the same beat.   What does she sing, about the three songs?  Next, Sonja taking her dress off.  WTF?  

I would be very surprised if these girls are friends in real life.

cant wait for the reunion.  Would have loved to hear what Luann had to say to Dorinda.  Or what anyone says to Dorinda.  Bethenny and Carole.  I’ll have to get catering.

[absolutelyido]

2 hours ago, LNDNgirl said:

Totally agree, though I did chuckle at the "Not a fresh flower in sight. Not even a chia pet!"

And then in the next scene, they were standing around the kitchen island that had a bouquet of white roses.

[breezy424]

Well... Both Beth and Ro's homes need a bit of color.  There's more to the color wheel than white, beige and grey.  Ro's living room could use a bit of a blue accent by picking up the blue in the painting.  Do those vases in blue and accent the couch with blue pillows and change the rug to blue.  It would make a world of difference.

https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2016/2016-ny-slip-op-31959-u.html

Beth's homes all look the same.  Sterile with no warmth.  Accent colors do wonders to warm up a house.  Wow.  She has a special ice maker in that cold one aisle kitchen.  I've got a huge ice maker in my ridiculously expensive true built in refrigerator.  I'm good.   I had to replace it last year.  Nothing else would fit right.  Twelve grand.  And as others have stated, the space between the kitchen island and dining table was 'let me scooch sideways small'. 

Tinsley got a degree from Columbia.  Good for her.  I don't understand why some people are trying to discount it.  She did write a successful book and had a handbag line. 

Ro, love or hate her, has had a successful career.  And she got there many years before Beth.  Beth's biggest career changer came with the addition of a partner.  People sometimes forget that.  She didn't sell Skinnygirl to Beam on her own.  The rest of her career is about branding the name.  She's spent the last how many years throwing spaghetti on the wall and watches it slip down.  Good living?  Absolutely.  But she ain't all that.  She is limited....her talk show fail, radio show fail and most recently her flipping houses show fail.  I wonder how much that the failure of her show with Fredrick affected her this season because it was airing while they were still filming NY. 

[noveltylibrary]

13 hours ago, noveltylibrary said:

I like B but I thought it was awful she didn't acknowledge R's party.

Ok I take that back, B tweeted her skincare line doesn't exist and she's right.

[bagger]

1 hour ago, chenoa333 said:

How did I miss that!! Was she wearing a cuckoo clock around her neck? Lol

That would be too authentic! As per usual Carole misses the mark.

[ivygirl]

3 hours ago, KungFuBunny said:

Did Carole say you've been in abusive relationships with an S??????

If so, who does she mean besides Nico?

She did indeed! No idea who she meant, though.

Ageless by Ramona just reminds me of Ageless Male... those natural “happy pills” they advertise.

[breezy424]

Ro's skincare line didn't exist when the party occurred.  Ro stated that.  It was in development phase and she was looking for input.  Neither did Beth's jeans line.  It's coming out in September supposedly.  So....for Beth to state Ro's line doesn't exist....neither did or does Beth's.   Hypocrisy much?

[escatefromny]

53 minutes ago, absolutelyido said:

And then in the next scene, they were standing around the kitchen island that had a bouquet of white roses.

Far be it for me to defend Lu, but I believe one of the ladies brought the flowers for Ro.  I will second the poster who pointed out that Lu’s diarrhea ass was plunked right down on the island in the kitchen.  

[hoodooznoodooz]

“My dog can pee and poop on here, and it comes right out.”

”Well, maybe that shouldn’t be an option.”

[hoodooznoodooz]

Those gold, black and white polygons hanging behind Beth’s bar are ugly. 

[FairyDusted]

Is that what it was?! LOL! 

[ichbin]

2 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

How much ice does Bethenny need?  Does she do large seafood displays in her kitchen everyday?  Does she take ice baths?  I guess it is good to have a lot of ice if one cuts off a finger while preparing a meal.

Does she strike you as the kind of person who hosts numerous soirées?  She strikes me more as the kind of person who wants something just because others can't or don't have it.  

[Lizzing]

1 hour ago, absolutelyido said:

And then in the next scene, they were standing around the kitchen island that had a bouquet of white roses.

Exactly!  And the three separate orchid plants in the living room, and the small vase of daisies in one of the bedrooms....Luann is just talking out of her ass again.

So Dorinda mentioned in that lunch with Bethenny that she was thinking of going back to therapy.  I sincerely hope she does, but with someone more competent that that sockless slackjaw doofus Bethenny would see on camera.

[Duke2801]

2 hours ago, Mozelle said:

From Heather's IG last September (so before filming of this season had begun) where she reposts a picture that someone sent her then writes in the caption "...So it's #kissmet #memories @bravotv @caroleradziwill yo mama❤️Countdown...39 days!!! ??‍♀️#nycmarathon..."

Love it. 

1 hour ago, bagger said:

That would be too authentic! As per usual Carole misses the mark.

I’m sure if Carole had worn a big clock, she’d be raked through the coals for appropriating black culture. Or Father Time. Or any number of other offenses. #cantwin 

[walnutqueen]

2 hours ago, Lizzing said:

Exactly!  And the three separate orchid plants in the living room, and the small vase of daisies in one of the bedrooms....Luann is just talking out of her ass again.

So Dorinda mentioned in that lunch with Bethenny that she was thinking of going back to therapy.  I sincerely hope she does, but with someone more competent that that sockless slackjaw doofus Bethenny would see on camera.

"sockless slackjaw doofus"?  I DIE!!!

I do hope Beth's icemaker makes 6 different shapes of cubes, like Heather Dubrow's.

[Alonzo Mosely FBI]

18 hours ago, BodhiGurl said:

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Did Adam have marbles in his mouth when he went to his Aunt Carole's shin dig? 

"How's it goooo-aaaaaah"? (Goin') omg That voice is so annoying .