Juliet and Marissa go out for drinks. I am really starting to become interested in London, and I have always preferred other places as a travel destination. The Yanks are throwing a Fourth of July party. Marissa is already suggesting that Juliet’s cardboard cutouts and party ideas are tacky. They are. Marrissa suggests “jam jars” for the glasses because it is so Americana. Carole is offended by the whole July 4th thing. Of course she is.
Caprice’s publicist calls to tell her she is on the cover of Daily Mail. What they don’t tell you is that she was a fashion fail and they HATED her bug dress. Gotta love reality TV.
Time for tea and scones with Annabelle (is that her name?) and her granny who is regaling us with fascinating stories about the Queen of Sweden. So cute.
Enough cuteness. Now we have Caroline ruling her office. She’s upset that her “jelly tots” (candies) are not color coordinated. Dear Lord, the dollar to pound ratio is still horrible. London suddenly looks less appealing again. 
Annabelle says “Alexander McQueen” eleventy billion times. Fashion is really hard work. No dear, ditch digging is really hard work. Fashion, is just clothes.
Marissa is hosting the 4th of July party at her husband’s restaurant. Will there be spotted dick? Perhaps. The chef brings out fantastic ribs. Matt dismissing them as too messy. The chef tries a burger. They suggest he make it a slider. He tries a lobster roll. Matt says it is not British. Marissa loves it. It is after all, an American themed party, Matthew.
Sidenote: I think I would be afraid of The Eye (ginormous ferris wheel in London). I experienced many a childhood trauma on ferris wheels as a child traveling in Europe, and I am still receiving therapy for it. But I sort of want to go on it… Would you? Google it, it’s really, really big.
Marissa has great taste. I love her red, white and blue dress. How did she find one that is so civilized? Juliet shows up in Daisy Dukes.
Sidenote: Speaking of childhood trauma, the only thing I really remember about London is being very upset that Piccadilly Circus was not in fact a circus. My mother was less than kind about the news and felt like I was intentionally being bratty. To this day, I still say, you don’t tell a child you are going to a circus and then be all, ha! ha! don’t be ridiculous, everyone knows it’s not a circus. I still don’t know what it is. And I don’t care.
The guests arrive at the party and Caroline, rightly makes fun of Juliet’s hideous Daisy Dukes that she has chosen to pair with what appears to be a straight jacket. Really? For this Caroline called in her gay makeup artist?
This is the prettiest 4th of July party I’ve ever seen. Martha Stewart has been put to shame by Marissa. Juliet is interrupting Annabelle’s conversation with her friend Julie about her training for the horse race. Juliet never shuts up. Annabelle is abrupt with Juliet, but Juliet is annoying as fuck.
Marissa is adorbs.
I LOVED Juliet’s rendition of our national anthem. I thought she did well. And Annabelle is sort of a cunt. So friend of Marissa and Juliet arrives with a lot of lovely panties. Because, I mean who doesn’t like free panties. Apparently, Annabelle doesn’t like free panties. Annabelle leaves and Juliet goes outside after her. Annabelle is awful. Juliet is annoying but it’s Juliet’s party! When Juliet goes in to talk to the others Caprice stalks out after Annabelle like she is some sort of injured party. Oh dear God, let’s all rally around Annabelle because she saw some lingerie at a fourth of July party. Caprice goes after Juliet. Caprice seems to thing there was “a fight.” Chile please. #KnickerGate did not even approach a fight. Annabelle has a royal hissy because she saw some pink panties. Suck it up Annabelle.
I love this show. Which means it will probably be cancelled. What say you?
I only saw the last half hour.
A Fourth of July party…in LONDON? Awkward.
My husband and I were watching and thought it was slightly rude to have a party celebrating July 4th in London considering it’s the Brits that we beat. Probably not a great day for them even though it is for us and it felt a bit like it was rubbing their nose in it.
Exactly. I thought it was crude.
Why? If African Americans had a party celebrating the end of slavery, would you find that as “crude” as well?
Some people will find fault in ANYTHING!
I don’t see anything wrong with it. It was more than two hundred years ago, the Brits need to get over it and have a sense of humor. If anyone British was offended, they knew what the party was about and could have declined their invite.
First to comment….yayyyyy
I have to say: I freaking love this show!!!!!
And thankyou TT for your always great recaps.
I agree! I love this show, and TT rocks!
I’m really hoping they don’t cancel this show I love it, but if they come back let’s hope it’s not the second season curse where it turns into overly scripted housewives. I thought Annabelle was being way to uptight, why did she even come. I love that Caroline thought Annabelle and her knight and shinning armor caprice were being ridiculous. I must say Caroline is my absolute favorite, I must have a thing for British sarcasm
I don’t think Bravo has ever cancelled a show during the season. If it doesn’t bring ratings, there just won’t be a S2. They went to London to film, they won’t trash the season.
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Love this show…it’s refreshing and fun.
I’m with you regarding the London Eye. I realize that you’re sitting in your own pod, but anything that’s tall enough to be able to see another country from the top of it (holy crappy sentence) and isn’t an airplane can’t be a good thing.
It was much more fun to stand at the roundabout and yell “Look kids Big Ben, Parliament!”
Annabelle declared that she’s more punk than posh, right?
I find that hard to believe if a pair of knickers can send her running.
Theory: Kate Moss texted Annabelle mid-party to meet her elsewhere for a few bumps.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Iced tea meet computer screen! LOL Spot on too, with Annabelle acting all rocker chick one moment and then “poopy pants party downer” the next. She just thinks she is too cool for life in general!
Annabelle’s reaction to the knickers is a bit ironic considering she had a reputation for dancing on dinner tables wearing skimpy, see through clothing. She just wanted to bung on an air of English superiority of ‘a colonial’.
i love it also, its a ton of fun. juliet is kind of spastic and for some reason i really enjoy it. marissa is adorbs!!! caprice is odd, there is something about the way she speaks that i cannot figure out that i do not like. she annoys me. annabelle is stuck on her dead friend, she really needs to move on. the world is a great place, relax
I think Caprice sounds like an American trying to sound more posh…it worked better for Madonna! Or Gwyneth!
Annabelle has a serious bug up her ass, although I found her grandmother to be the sweetest thing ever. I would much rather hang with granny than Annabelle any ole day. She has a really flat and dull personality, I guess she is the brooding, melancholy type. Still liking Caroline the best, she’s a lot more open and fun than I would have suspected from the first episode. She didn’t have any problem accepting the pink panties! I was a little surprised she didn’t really know what the Fourth of July was all about. Of course, it’s an American holiday, and they may not teach too much about the Fourth of July to the Brits, since we basically kicked their asses to gain our independence, and it’s not a source of national pride…lol.
I enjoy brooding and melancholy. But, Annabelle needs to stop evoking the name “Alexander McQueen” and the word “muse” so often. We get it, lady. I’m probably the muse behind yoga pants and boxed wine, but you don’t hear me going on and on about it, do you?
Bitch, we will fight to the death over that title. I’ll cap a bitch for some Black Box Merlot….
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Hold up! You can have your yoga pants. I am the muse for sweatpants. However I will fight you both to the death for bexed wine!
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Everyone should drink when Annabelle says “Alexander McQueen”. Bish plz…ENOUGH ALREADY.
Marissa is adorable but her mouth does this weird sideways thing when she talks sometimes…highly annoying.
Caprice is just…Caprice.
Caroline needs her own show – the rest are just rubbish.
Yes, Alexander McQueen is most def the drinking word for this show.
I couldn’t help day dreaming about RHOA taking their annual trip to London and having a crossover episode or two. Can you imagine meshing these two groups?
Now THAT is funny!
I’m going to laugh a good long time picturing the crossover!
Thanks…….
i looked it up: Alexander McQueen died four years ago this Feb. he had a number of muses, one of whom was annabelle. she brought attention to him when she wore a dress of his to her marriage to a rothschild. that was much longer than 4 years ago. it’s about time she stopped the poor-me-but-full-of-myself routine. & yes i’ve lost plenty and am still grieving, so it’s not that i’m unsympathetic. enough is enough, tho.
and does she not know she is on a bravo reality show? caprice will be on WWHL soon. they should all be quite aware that andy often gives out undies at the end of that show. what a bitch, and how pathetic of caprice to run after her.
That’s her spin to get on this show… pathetic
that was a louie, too, not a real lobster roll. the real ones are much better. loaded with butter and on a hot dog bun.
I would NOT go on the Ferris wheel. I too, have a Ferris wheel “incident”. I don’t want to talk about it.
OK these bishes are RICH!…. and I still can’t tell 2 of the 3 blondes apart.
I too found it cheeky & ironic that Brits were invited to a party that celebrates the USA’s independence from Great Britain.
TT I’ve heard that the London Eye is very SLOW in its rotation. If you get in those glass bubbles, you are in until the ride is ovah! It’s not for the claustrophobic or those w/fear of heights.
This had to be one of those production set up events that everyone has to attend. It reinforced the disconnection between the two cultures. What all do they have in common in real life. You can tell this group came from a casting call. I doubt more than 2 of them were ever socially engaged before the show.
Where does one apply for the position of “muse”? I can be arrogant, rude and moody.
That makes two of us! I wonder if they have “Bitch-Offs” as casting calls, lol.
*It’s a Walk-off everyone, it’s a Walk-off……”
The Eye is slow and expensive, and you won’t see anything you can’t see from the top of any number of tall buildings (free). No one under the age of 65 should consider this as a London activity. This from someone who can hang out for two days at the British Museum (also free) and consider it time very well spent.
beady
Hey what ever happened to Gallery Girls?? My boyfriend actually got me into.that
Show.
Annabelle is a bitch. She thinks just because she knew McQueen that automatically puts her above anyone and everyone.
Who is Annabelle Nielson in dis wvrorld?
I love this show and hope it sticks around. I don’t really care for Caprice (not sure why) or Annabelle (grump,) but the others are fun to watch. I must really be missing Downton Abbey, because the little snippy jokes between Caroline (who I love) and Juliet, remind me of a modern version of the Dowager Countess and Martha Levinson!
Not to be left out of the vote: No to the Eye! Too high!
I would like this show better if it gave more insight into the real life of Brits. With so many Americans in the cast, it is more like watching Brits sneer at Americans. Probably the whole point of the show. I hate that Juliet makes such poor clothing choices. Just because she paid a lot for her poorly made daisy dukes and is thin, doesn’t mean she should wear them out of the house. Those are for doing household chores, the beach, or her own backyard, at her age and being a mom, especially in light of her career of “stylist” to the too famous to mention. She is so good at making us look bad.
Caprice looks down her collapsed nose at her fellow Americans. Her bug dress must have been too fashion forward for that bunch. This week, probably a good year after filming in London, the show Fashion Police spotlighted several stars in big bug outfits from various designers. Consensus was negative, except for butterflies.
I would love Caroline’s work too, as she said, the make up, hair, and mani/pedi people come to her there where she chooses baubles and expensive gifts for herself and to mark up for sale to the “I am too important to shop” rich crowd. Every episode she has to reinforce how she is the best taste maker and luxury resource that regular folk could never fathom.
Scot, the scrubby criminal, always is uncomfortably standing at the women’s table during filming. Either the other men in the group do not like being seen with him, or he wants to be on camera a lot. I question if once divorced, her finger ever gets a ring on it from him. I’d hope he would want a smart woman. Despite my whining, I like the show, I like a lot of British tv, if I can interpret the dialog.
Juliet is loud and over the top and not refined at all. I can see how she’s hard to take if you are a reserved person. That being said, Annabelle may have aristocratic blood but she’s definitely no lady. You just don’t go to a party, insult a host and fellow guest, and then jump up and make a snarky comment while leaving without excusing yourself. She made a such a scene – which is ironic considering how much she clearly dislikes Juliet. And smoking on the street?! A big no no! Proper ladies who smoke do so indoors while sitting down. My very Southern grandmother would have had a heart attack if I’d ever been caught smoking out on the street.
That is funny! I smoked for years (US) and would never smoke on the street until everyone made us go out on the street to smoke.
In many states it is illegal to smoke indoors. Just a thought. Since we get many of our customs, habits and laws from overseas, mainly Europe, I am going to go out on a limb and guess it is illegal there as well…..
(At least in public venues…..)
Julliette may be brash, but Caprice is by far the most annoying in my opinion. As an American I will own Julliette. Caprice, not so much!
That’s okay, because Caprice sure as hell won’t own America!
She really IS rather self-loathing isn’t she. Such an interesting irony for one who made her living off her looks….
Oh man… I am loving the recaps and now I kinda want to watch. It seems worth getting sucked in. Crap, I can hear it now “What the hell is this crap on the DVR? Don’t you have enough Houseweives to watch?” Clearly the man friend doesn’t understand…
Annabelle’s horse race better be fucking epic because that and Alexander McQueen are all she talks about. Oh and that her mom was the Countess de San Pellegrino Blah Blah Blah or something…
American Expats in other countries maintain their sense of “home” by celebrating 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving and other mostly American holidays in their resident country. Their friend are fine with it. Besides, half the Brits didn’t seem to really understand the holiday in the first place.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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All that horse-racing has wedged that stick up there rather far……She ought to try a mechanical bull next time. That will fix her!
Annabelle is a bigot bitch . She wasn’t McQueen’s muse. She was Mcqueer’s beard.
McQueer? You are a McCunt. Besides he was openly gay. He did not need a beard…..
And it’s ironic that you call Anabelle a bigot while using McQueer as a pejorative. Hypocrite.
I didn’t even catch that. Good Lord.
McCuntyourmamabitch
TT you probably thought it was just a basic typo, but no this basic bigoted hypocrite McCunt meant to type that.
It’s not even worth the waste of typing energy hon….. Not with such juvenile ignorance like that.
No way would I ride the wheel. First, the US flag should be hung properly, which it was not, albeit a British Fourth of July party. Annabelle’s grandmother was scary. Aristocrat this and aristocrat that. Alexander McQueen, blah blah blah. Sorry Annabelle I don’t feel your pain. I’ve lost many loved ones, including my parents. The show must go on. Marissa intrigues me because I wonder about that marriage. Hopefully it’s solid…Her baby is adorable and I too loved her party dress! God save the Queen. My favorite Ladie is Caroline, so far. I want to get a pedicure in my office damn it! What a time saver!!
I am furious that Annabelle made the ‘special needs’ comment. It made me lose what little respect I had for a narcissistic, rock and roll wannabe. Especially when Alexander McQueen had mental issues himself. As a mom and advocate for people with special needs, I have no tolerance for her small mindedness. I hope she gets called out at a reunion or on WWHL. Enough is enough when it comes to making fun of people who can’t defend themselves. I’d choose a special needs person over her any day of the week!
Dear Monica,
When grown folks suggest other grown folks have intellectual deficiencies, it has absolutely nothing to do with your child. Whether they called the other adult, retarded, mornonic, idiotic, special needs, stupid, imbecilic, special, doltish, slow, simple-minded, ignorant, nit-witted, gormless, witless, dull, obtuse, fatheaded or any other term meant to degrade someone’s intellect has nothing to do with your son, or any child with intellectual handicaps. I am so sick of hearing from mothers who think it does. There are some real dumbasses in the world and we need to be able to call them out on it using any word we like. Only a fool would think that Annabelle was an any way referring to your son or anyone else’s child.
Get the fuck over it.
Calling someone obtuse, fatheaded, moronic, imbecilic, etc. is very different from saying special, retarded or special needs. And if the people who must use these words consider themselves so intelligent; maybe they can find new words to use that wouldn’t offend someone. You can be as sick of it as you like… It’s still extremely insensitive. You can get the fuck over it.
Do you know the definition of retarded? Is your kid actually retarded or does he have a learning disability? You have no fucking idea what you are talking about , Retard, moron and imbecile are all clinical terms. I have a feeling you don’t even have a child with special needs. PEOPLE USE THOSE TERMS TO OFFEND PEOPLE YOU RETARD! THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT! THEY ARE TERMS MEANT TO OFFEND THE PERSON ON THE RECEIVING END!
It’s no wonder you have a retarded kid. #genetics #FUCKOFFMYWEBSITE
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:23 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I really like this show! Caroline is a lot more fun than I thought she would be. Marissa is very likeable. Someties she looks like Katie Holmes when she talks with her mouth crooked, which is sort of annoying.
I definitely want to go on that Ferris Wheel! Looks amazing at night! And I like this show too.. I think Annabelle or whatever it is, is way too uptight. We get it, you were friends with Alexander McQueen.
Dear Annabelle: Without people like you, there wouldn’t be people like us.
Sincerely,
The USA
I’m a Brit and I can honestly say that no one in Britain cares less about the 4th of July. It’s you’re holiday… Enjoy! If an American friend has a party to celebrate then we all go and have fun. No one thinks about the history of it, that’s for you to celebrate. No one’s bitter and no one’s upset about it. As for these ladies on this show. They are nothing like real people in my country. They live in a fantasy/wealthy world that only a minority can identify with. It’s like saying that all Americans live like the Beverley Hills housewives. We are not bad people it’s just programs like this make us look bad.
I am hooked. Fun show. They are all interesting people and I love being couch tourist.
British Bitches! Don’t go to a party if you are offended by the theme and the so called Americans that are ex-Pats… not impressed by your behavior either