I think I’m going to like Dorinda. That was my first thought as I began reading this blog. And then, more I read on, I began to wonder, are people really this open to everyone? Does she really think that all of these women are super lovely? Did filming RHONY really make her remember how much she likes to socialize? Is this a real blot or just a really polite one.
Hi, everybody! I’m Dorinda, the new girl! Really excited to be here and watch what happens along with you. I’ve always been a fan of the franchise, all my New York City girls, and now I’m one of them. Loving it!
OK, first things first: When I saw the first episode, I was like, “Oh My God! Is that me?!” It is quite jarring to see yourself on TV for the first time and to actually hear your voice. So weird! I can tell you one thing: I am making hundreds of appointments up and down Park Avenue for facials, trainers, hair stylists, plastic surgeons…just kidding…maybe.
I love this. This seems so genuine. I mean wouldn’t we all feel the same way? A bit self-critical. A bit insecure? I don’t think any housewife has ever been this transparent before. It’s an awfully good sign.
I thought the premiere was great and less scary than I expected. It’s OK—it’s all good. My life has not drastically changed, and the locust have not landed at my door for the grand gloom and doom. (Quirky little reference, isn’t it? Thanks.) I think it shows me as I am, and I pray that’s what continues, but I am sure the road is going to get a bit more rocky in the coming weeks.
Again, being nervous about the premiere really humanizes her. It seems she is also bracing for episodes to come.
I am so thankful to Ramona for pushing me and getting me on the show. She has been a great friend to me throughout the years, especially during and after my husband’s passing. I met Ramona at our daughters’ school (which is where Avery and Hannah met), and over the years, we have become very close. She is a great friend, listener and gives pretty good advice. She’s honest and tells it like it is, and most importantly, pushes you and solves problems with you. I appreciate that—a lot. Life takes so many twists and turns, and we as women need to be there for each other. Ramona has always been there for me. I hope I can now help her through this difficult time and transition into her new life. She’s a strong woman, and you can’t keep that girl down for very long, I assure you!
Being there for other women? Ramona? Have we been being duped all these years?
I am also close to Luann. She is fun, fun, fun! I met her about eight years ago, and we hit it off immediately. We actually met at a friend’s party, on the dance floor, and just became fast friends. Weird how that happens, right? At this point in our lives, I think you just know who you’re going to roll with and who is of like mind and has the same game plan.
So now we know her other strong ally. Assuming that doesn’t change.
I knew Heather, too, but only from the Berkshires where she also has a house. We are two Berkshire girls. (Have you been to the Berkshires? If you haven’t, go. It’s everything.) She’s my country girl, and we have a very down-to-earth family-oriented relationship. It’s not about glitzing up or glamming up, or which parties you’re at, where you go out, and all that socializing blah blah blah. It’s about our families and our kids. We’ve always spent a lot of time in the kitchen and laying around the pool. She is an amazing woman and juggles so many things at once: a young family, a husband, a company, RHONY, numerous friends, and she does it all with a smile on her face. Gotta love that. In truth, I don’t know how she is not overwhelmed all the time, yet she never is. She always has time to listen and give advice and provide solutions. She always shares who she knows and who can help, and I like that in a friend. I can’t stand when women don’t extend their hand and share some ideas on what can help you get out of a bind.
Again with the women supporting women theme. I’m starting to believe this… maybe.
Sonja and I would see each other over the years but never really had the chance to “officially meet,” so I’ve not been able to really bond with her. She is another strong woman, mother, and a great friend. Don’t let the funny humor and flippant attitude fool you. I’m sitting here thinking as I write this, and I’m laughing, but let me just say this: Beware of Sonja! She is always thinking, always working, and always making it happen. She’s very clever and, of course, very “Lady Morgan.”
So it seems this is as close as she comes to saying that she doesn’t care for someone. It seems she is not Lady Morgan’s biggest fan.
And then there’s my new Housewife friends: Bethenny, Kristen, and Carole. Bethenny is that straight shooter and mogul mom we’ve all read about. Meeting her was almost kind of intimidating at first, because of all the ideas you bring into meeting someone you’ve watched for years, but I was so comforted by seeing her just be herself and be real. It’s a great tagline for her, because that’s what she is: Real. Gotta love that. We’ve become great friends and when she, Luann, and I go out for dinner, I just like to sit back, watch, listen, and learn. Those two carry on like veterans, because they are, and it’s inspiring to watch it all unfold. I love Bethenny; she’s my girl.
She is team Bethenny though. Perhaps even a bit “star struck.”
Gorgeous Kristen is always so positive and smiling and encouraging. She walks into a room or has a chat with you, and you really do end up feeling that life is actually pretty great, and this, too, shall pass. And then Carole: I’m convinced she’s my late husband reincarnated. She has his same personality: smart, curious, insightful, reasonable. But when you cross her, WATCH OUT! She’s pretty frank and makes no bones about it. She’s living her life, juggles work and play, and does it pretty fab.
She appears to not care much for Carole, if you read between the lines. And it seems that as far as everyone is concerned, Kristen is just sort of “there.”
So, yeah…my daughter and my boyfriend. I don’t want this to be the focus, LOL. I am very protective of Hannah. She is my love, my life and has been through a lot. To have to experience the loss of someone you love at such an early age is hard. I know Hannah is very protective of me, too. It’s not about John, it’s about anyone new in my life. We are all a bit gun shy after what we experienced, and it definitely causes you to “do the turtle” and pull your head back into your shell. So all of this is a process—all of it—and it’s with anyone that’s new in my life. She usually comes around. Usually… Johnnyboy makes me laugh like a fool, and sometimes I just sit back and watch him, and I can’t help but start blushing, giggling, and marveling at us. We’re so different, it’s amusing. He treats me like a queen, and I love him. Hannah will see that eventually. (I hope.)
So Hannah is not a fan of John. I found the phrase “treats me like a queen” particularly amusing in this context.
Lastly, I am SO happy to be part of this roller coaster ride. This experience has helped me get out there again, and remember that I love being social! Never a bad thing. I love my girlfriends, and I’m basically in love with life all over again, and that’s okay…even if it’s without Richard.
Hello, new life! Let the games begin!
I want to know what meds she is on so I can go get a script. Her happy pills seem to be doing a great job. Or perhaps she is really good at the whole fake it til you make it thing. What do you make of all this?
I like her so far. Off topic: Wasn’t happy about Ramona’s treatment of Sonja though, Sonja has always been blindly loyal to Ramona, when times got tough for Ramona she dropped Sonja so not to deal with Sonjas problems. I don’t like that.
I agree. But for selfish purposes, I hope they stay apart. They are an annoying twosome. I think I would like both of them better separately.
On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I agree. They enable each other to be their absolute worst.
Omg, TT: remember those naked inappropriate pool swimmers having to Google “white trash”? I die just thinking about it. Oh and Sonja and Luann bending over for the French dude and then speaking about it in French like it was a secret unbreakable code language! (My boys get embarrassed when I give them and their friends pocket money in public.)
Oh, Jesus, I forgot there is something more annoying than watching Ramona or Sonja: watching Ramona AND Sonja! Seriously horribly unwatchable. And even worse because they think they’re such a cute and lovable duo. Blech.
This puts me in the mind of ‘if it’s too good to true, it probably is’…but, I’ll wait and see. She seems to like Ramona, Luann, and Heather and I do too, so that’s good.
In the past I always liked Sonja, even with her drunken, slutty ways. There is something fragile and wounded about Sonja that I see that makes me want to pull for her. I’m hoping she call pull herself together though, because the drunken, slutty Sonja isn’t really a good look and it can get old. I don’t want to see her shake her ass again either.
Kristen grates on my nerves, her husband annoys me, but I’m glad their little girl is walking on her own.
I suspect I’m gonna be anti-Bethenny and Carole this season. I just have a bad feeling about these two already. Uh oh.
Ginger me and you are usually on the same page and I agree with you again on Bethenny/Carole budding but one has to see. I also cant take Kristen shes the food stamp version of Porsha from RHOA but with some money and married.
Hey CocoBrown! I already don’t like Bethenny, that’s a given. It only took one episode to surmise she is the same whiny neurotic person with or without dough. Carole has always been a non-factor to me, bland and really kind of boring, although I do like her hippy chick style. I guess I’ve already got the ‘team mentality’ going on in my head, even though it’s super early. Regardless, it will be fun to watch it play out.
Hollah!!!
I can see how that housewives paycheck and instant social upgrade would be fun. But why does she look nothing like her bravo photos? She looked more aged and hard like Carmela Soprano.
I was just thinking the same thing! I need someone to photoshop my pic’s like that-I just saw a few we took at my son’s b-day and it was depressing. I look much better in my mind then reality..lol.
For mothers day I framed a few great photos of my mom and secretly photoshopped a few wrinkles, neck lines, filled in lips, lightened dark spots, etc. She hardly needs it and it was barely noticeable… except it’s been 10 years and she looks longingly at the photos and says how great she looks and how much she’s aged in the past 10 years (“look at my neck! When did I get these dark spots!” etc.) I have been tempted to come clean…
I think I’ll like her also. Nice when someone new comes on that’s still positive and not picking everyone apart. Let’s hope she stays that way.
I love that she admitted that she has watched the show for years. Most (all) of the housewives on all of the franchises come on proclaiming, “I have never watched the show so I did not know what to expect.”
She seems nice, still don’t get UES from her, she’s no Charlotte York. Ramona + Sonja can be like gremlin twins especially when wine is in the mix, but I like their friendship. If Dor is Ramona’s new bestie, where does that leave Lady Morgan? Co-sign on the Carmela reference.
She doesn’t seem like she’s taken on the UES pretensions we’ve seen with many of the women (Jill, Ramona and esp. Lady Morgan). Her second husband was very, very successful but her apartment doesn’t seem very impressive. I read they met when she sold him a townhouse-wonder if she sold it after he died.
I like the majority of the women their first season then less & less with each successive season so the jury’s out on Dorinda.
Off-topic but I loved Edie Falco on, “The Sopranos” and even more on, “Nurse Jackie”. I can’t wait for the new season.
She seems like a super groupie. I feel like I should like her but I’m not finding it actually happening.
She might’ve wanted to include that her daughter isn’t as awful as she seemed in her very first scene. Note to HW children: better seen than heard.
I like Sonja except that she thinks way way to highly of herself & some of the stupid comments she makes! Such as when she was getting the facial commenting on the movie that wasn’t and said “People only sue you if you can afford to pay”! She hasn’t settled it that fast she’s selling this and that to round up the $!!! It was rude of her comparing her marriage to Ramona’s especially marrying her ex for $ it wasn’t a 25 year marriage and I believe it was a good marriage for a long time (although I’m not fond of Mario)! Carole and BEthenny are gonna be hell on wheels & partners in crime!!! I say that because Bethenny is openly sarcastic & Carole tries to be more of the innocent sarcastic LOL!!! We shall see !!!
What do I make it it, the sweetness and light blog? Definitely good happy meds; nobody is that upbeat about a group of women like those in the RHONY unless heavily medicated! And I’d like to know where I can get a script, too!!
She reads people like she’s at a job interview. Anybody? Interview-speak? I can already picture Tamara trying to translate Dorinda language into some sort of street-vernacular. Like: “She’s a fighter and a tough cookie!” = “She’s crazy like a mother fucker who just broke out of prison.” That sort of thing.
Waaaaay too many housewives.
So far she seems likeable enough, but since she is the new kid on the block, who knows how long that will last? Bravo has to give her some jacked up storyline so she can help generate ratings, and if she doesn’t ‘bring’ it, she will fall by the wayside like Demetria (rhoa). I also co-sign the gremlin/ramona/Sonja analogy. Perfect description for those two.
Kristen adds nothing. They should’ve gotten rid of her.
Well, she’s going to be Bethenny’s punching bag this season. Is that something?:)
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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That’s not fair! Bethenny shouldn’t fight with someone whose so not her own size(intellectually). Unless Kristen came for her, like Kelly did. I don’t see Kristen coming for Bethenny though.
I totally agree about Kristen. My thoughts when she first appeared on screen… “Oh God… why is she even THERE?” I’m glad to hear that she’ll at least have a purpose this season.
Unfortunately I’m not from the US so I have only been able to watch a grainy bootlegged version but I just have to reiterate what was mentioned earlier she looks way better in the pictures shown here then she did on screen I thought she seemed a lot older on tv and her daughter looked a bit rough too that lipstick was wrong at first I thought it was someone in drag. But anyway so far Iike her too. Let’s see what happens further down the line.