Y’all today was a DAY. Remind me to tell you in comments how I almost got “the fuzz” (old school term) called on me today for trespassing. But, despite my dramatic day, I’m in a great mood because I went for a miserable walk and my endorphins remembered to work. Clearly, I am not in jail and didn’t have a heatstroke. (another issue, lol). But, first (said in my best Julie Chen voice) let’s do this RHONY Recap! One more thing on topic. Leah is trying to put out all sorts of stories today so she Doesn’t look like a cunt toward Heather Thomson tonight. (By the way, some newbie tried to come for Maria for using the word cunt in a comment. She’s in the WLS now.) I think most of us are Team Heather this season. Or maybe we are just Team MAKE LEAH GO AWAY!
A Drunken Mess
We start with a reminder that Leah tells everyone that Heather trashed the ladies on her podcast. This could also be seen as…telling the truth. They are all awful. Leah also excuses her upcoming behavior because her grandmother died. You know, like she was so normal and sane in previous seasons before that. I can’t even remember what this brawl in the opening scenes is about. Apparently, Ramona and Sonja are arguing about the Morgans for the billionth time. This seems to come up every time they get drunk. Sonja says that Ramona doesn’t have any friends. She has fake ass friends. Sixty of them apparently. Tomorrow one of my female friends is coming over to take me to Walmart to buy a battery for my car which she will install. That’s a real friend. Eboni is terrified.
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Luann, realizing she is not getting enough camera time makes it all about her. It’s too much for her to be around drunk Sonja. I believe that as much as I believe she is drinking faux rosé. Ramona makes up with Sonja in an attempt to calm her down and they all call it a night. Sonja keeps telling Ramona she hates her. Ramona just laughs and make it sure we know that Sonja always keeps her price tags on her clothes so she can return them. When I get that wasted I’m way more likely to cry over some nonsense from years ago. I don’t get all confrontational like Sonja unless it is with someone I’m dating.
Grandma Dying Is Not A Good Storyline
Both Leah and Eboni have depressing, very personal phone calls with family. This is neither necessary nor compelling storyline. And it should stay family business. Meanwhile, Ramona and Sonja wake up in bed together like the previous night never happened and they are still besties. Sonja doesn’t remember what happened the night before when Ramona told Eboni that there was a lower interest rate at some bank that is not Morgan-Chase. She is basically pissed all over again. Sonja says she doesn’t want to be alone forever. Then she is pissed that Luann has a new man, Garth. He’s a fling. By the way, Luann is called the paps left and right to photo her kissing some soccer player or something and it is so fake.
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Ramona’s “servants”, “help” and however else she refers to them, now have their on chyron with their names and titles like “hospitality director” and “hospitality staff.” For the love of God. Really? Anyway, Ramona is planning a Breakfast At Tiffany’s dinner. While surveying the dining table layout, Ramona is in the middle of telling Luann that she had a breakthrough with Sonja. Tiffany walks in and she dismisses her like “the help.” So, Leah goes to bitch about Ramona to the rest of “the help.” Then, she goes back to the dining room and explodes because Eboni and Ramona are having polite conversation. #Psycho Leah tells Eboni that Ramona is rude and fake.
Garth Arrives to Lead A Yoga Class
Remember how everyone used to shade Kenya Moore for her fake boyfriends? Well apparently if Luann pretends to have relationships with her “tennis coach” or her ” yoga instructor” or whatever the two episode fake flavor of the week is, it’s fine. I wonder how much they get paid? Eboni bails on yoga because she apparently hired a “glam squad.” As one does for dinner at a friends house. Sonja’s face is exactly what I look like in yoga. Or, you know basically any other form of physical activity. Oh! Leah is also getting her hair and makeup done. Leah tells Eboni she is taking a vow of silence until 6 p.m. It won’t last five minutes. I can’t stand her.
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This RHONY recap is already way too long and nothing has really happened! It’s about Tom on the car ride to buy… oysters? Sonja and Luann are arguing about whether Tom was Sonja’s guys. Luann basically calls Sonja a slut. This is the worst season ever. Heather cannot possibly get her fast enjoy. Eboni sticks up for Sonja and tells Luann her comments are unacceptable. This is a middle school argument over boys. Eboni is shocked that Luann and Sonja quickly hug it out. Just in time to arrive at the next destination. #Pros The ladies get a lesson about oysters. My lesson is only eat them fried, and preferably in a Po Boy. Leah is talking again. #Shocker She needs to trash talk Heather before she arrives.
Heather Arrives To A Chilly Response
While Luann steers the conversation to podcasts as a salvo toward Heather, Ramona is busy explaining to “the hospitality guy” that several people don’t drink. So she is going to do their shots before he serves the ones who can. How very kind of her. At the dinner table, Leah goes for Heather during the salad course asking about her podcast like she doesn’t know she has one. The Luann mentions that Leah apparently listens because Leah claims that Heather is saying nasty things about her former castmates. Specifically, that Luann does hard drugs. Heather never said that. She said Lu offered her a joint.
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Then Leah says that Heather said that she also learned that everything about Luann is fake. Heather said, “that’s true.” Because is sooooo is! Luann pretends to be shocked. Even her “shocked face” is fake. Somehow the conversation turns to naked male models and penises. I’m relieved at the change in tone. Ramona flees to the hospitality guy for more shots pretending she finds the penis talk offensive. Then we see her in the previews for next week when they have a male model over and Ramona remarks on his pretty penis.
I hate this season. Thoughts?
The cast does seem unbalanced. I really like Eboni so far. I realize now that Tinsley somehow made Leah more palatable. After suffering through Dorinda’s bouts of anger last season, it’s a bummer that Leah seems to have reinstated flying off the handle every episode.
I had high hopes for eboni but am just finding her to be the epitomy of cancel culture and rather annoying. Not everything is about people being black. Maybe from bigots or racists it is but a ton of people aren’t like this. Also, you can’t go around playing a race card against other people when you are trying to promote the cease of such cause. I’m a minority and have never used my race against someone else but at the same time I see how it has affected my people maybe at times me too but I just move on. People have a ton of reasons not to like people or get on with them and race maybe the reason why but I generally choose to believe it’s something else. Like maybe they just don’t like you… period!
I guess I’m more willing to put up with RHONY because the last seasons of RHOA, RHOC, and RHONJ were so unwatchable.
I get why some of y’all can’t stand Leah, but I do think she serves important purposes in keeping the plotlines moving and adding some new life to the show after the stories started to get stale. Fortunately, Eboni is adding more new energy to the show without Leah’s sometimes toxic attitude.
Now that you mention it, what Heather’s been doing doesn’t seem any worse than what Leah does. I guess the only difference is that Heather throws shade on her podcast while Leah just talks shit about everyone every chance she gets.
I just love your take on things… it’s always 💯 spot on. Thanks for being the MVP of commenters here. 👌🏻 Chefs kisses to you!
I agree with everything you say.
I think adding Leah is like those old cartoons when the person is drowning and they hold up three fingers, then two, then one. Then they go down to either be rescued or the drown. The entire RH franchise is going down. And I don’t think anything or anyone can rescue them at this point.
The kiss of death is when something becomes BORING! Not when it becomes reprehensible — getting Gretchen naked wasted to be raped by Tamra’s son. Not when it gets dark — Vicki and Brooks and the fake cancer. Not when it gets nasty — dogpile on Denise. We know that felonious behavior is no deterrent — several shows. But BORING! All of these shows have become boring. Mean girls fighting over petty crap while people are dying — or like some of our community, valiantly fighting to keep others alive — out in the REAL world is BORING! That’s curtains.
You’re totally right. I am still watching but I imaginary shop the entire time. I do like Eboni though. Bonus because she was a Hooters girl like myself!
This was one of the few good shows that Bravo had left and they fucked this up to. It really started with the addition of Leah. I’ve always liked Heather but wonder why she came back to this shit show. I don’t think she needs the money. I will still watch RHONJ, Top Chef and Project Runway when it returns.
Checkout Shahs of Sunset. It’s really good this season.
YES it is! I agree Lisa Cantu, they have F’d up this franchise. Leah is loud, obnoxious, and crude. There is nothing entertaining about watching her.
This has become my favorite bravo show.
Mom, since this was your first comment (THANKS FOR COMMENTING!) I read this comment in isolation and at first thought you were talking about RHONY. And I was like, well this new person has interesting taste. LOL. Then I saw you were referring to Shahs. LOL. Welcome to the nuthouse.
Also my source seems to think we are going to like the entire season. I was literally the first site to report on this show YEARS ago… Like 11 years maybe. And I was reporting about things that happened before the first episode was even close to airing. So the Shahs, were new and most of them commented and or emailed me about my posts. Most of them loved me. Even Reza thought it was funny I called him a “sockless wonder” or something. But as the seasons come and go, sometimes they love me and sometimes they hate me. LOL. There have been some AWFUL SEASONS but this one is a breath of fresh air. So far.
I will try it again this year now that I’ve read your comment. It had gotten so dark and hurtful for a few seasons there that I stopped watching.
Have never watched it and am up for something new and different. Thanks!
And I’m looking forward to Family Karma coming back soon. I like those people.
What do you guys think Sonja’s relationship with Tom really was? Was it once, as he must have told LuAnn, or did they actually have a friends with benefits understanding over a longer period of time? It could have been once, and she built a whole thing up in her head…I know a woman who did just that with a musician friend. OTOH, Tom is clearly a liar. Whattya think?
I used to love NY but Leah is too much. She makes me twitch. Shit up already. Enough with the attacking. What she’s doing to heather is wrong.
I’m so over Leah! She can go! Luann is ridiculous and I don’t believe she’s not drinking when the cameras are down. It’s time for a real cast shake up. Sonja … are we gonna blame her out of control drunkenness on her water pill again. Is she really jealous of Garth. I think she’s still pissed about Tom.
I don’t think Sonja wanted Tom or wants Garth. I just think she is really,really lonely.
That’s what I think. Also, losing the Century 21 gig. Here in Charleston, Century 21 is or was a real estate agency. I do love Sonja. I can’t stand Leah! She only aggravates Ramona to stay relevant. The best thing Ramona could do, is don’t feed into it. Ignore her. And when they sat down to eat oysters, Luanne just walks up with a glass of Rose? Was that her faux wine she had in the van? I also only eat fried oysters or steamed well.
I agree. It starts getting scarier and scarier as you get older and don’t have your pick of pretty boys to bang as you wait, or actively search, for Mister Right. You drink to cover up the loneliness and can’t figure out why the “real” one can’t see the “real” you.
And then … if you are lucky … one day you realize being alone isn’t so bad. It becomes freeing. And if money is no object, relatively, it’s amazingly liberating. You slow down on the drinking. Either Mister Right comes along or not. But without the booze to cloud everything up, you begin to see a good life without a man. I hope Sonja realizes that before she alienates everyone and ruins her health.
Yes, I agree. That’s why I was shocked when Sonja didn’t follow up with the “You have a great figure” guy at the winery last week. I expected her to sit next to him and talk.
I guess her “job” was to continue walking and talking with her co-star, but the old Sonja would have veered off script to chat with him. Generally Ramona would have said “You’re cute. Are you married?” when she and Sonja were in their boy-crazy phase a few seasons back.
BTW Luanne is still in that boy-crazy phase! When Sonja returned to the group and said “That man said I have a good figure,” Luann’s head spun all around asking “Which man????” haha!
This is telling. The normal response would be “You DO have a great figure!”
True story, back in the olden days when I was working full time at a bar/nightclub, and was a full time uni student- if I drank more than 3 drinks and took a caffeine pill it was guaranteed that I’d black out. So if she’s popping something like a caffeine pill (technically a diuretic) and mixing it with booze, it can happen. I realize it’s not probable in Sonjas case, but it’s possible.
Best part of the show was when Leah was refusing to talk. While it is true Ramona has some issues, she planned and threw a Burning Man party for Leah. Leah has been nothing but rude to Ramona since she got there. It is her house and if she wants to have a private convo with Lu.. that is her right. I also don’t like the way Leah was firing the girls up about Heather before she got there. She does the same to Eboni always saying horrible things about Ramona to her. Let people make their own decisions based off their own experiences.. not yours.
Precisely! My sentiments too!!
Again, Leah makes me want to exit this show for good( i couldnt take Dorinda). Leah sounds slurry..drunk , high, or both. She acts like a 13 year old mean girl.
I miss Bethenny. She gave some sort of balance to all of Ramona and The Countesses’ fakeness.
This show has “jumped the shark”. I’m waiting on Fonzie in a leather jacket to show up. Hell, Henry Winkler would improve it. Well, Ramona and Sonja would fight over him. 👯♀️
Omg Leah is just awful for the Ramona tiraid. At this point, I don’t care if Ramona didn’t give blood, it’s not her fight. Even Rinna cooled off on the blame game, sheesh!! How is it ok to talk so horribly about another person like she does and say so much smack, you are just as evil, if not worse than Ramona! Loving Eboni, but this season feels like everyone (minus Eboni) is an Aviva, throwing their leg into the ring so to speak. This season is really going off the rails into alligator infested waters. The soccer Luanne photos are hilarious since she’s looking at the camera in every shot🤣 This is becoming a season that will be on in the background as I clean up the kitchen, do laundry, etc… I haven’t even gotten to the Heather parts yet, oy! And seriously I’m so tired of hearing about Tom or Harry, they are revolting! And yet again, thanks bravo for tacking on that stupid WWHL of some of the worst!
I want to hear about the fuzz almost coming for you.
Yes, please! TT’s real life stories are much more entertaining than this fake crap on Bravo.
Well it may be a bit long… lol. So two days ago I needed to go to the grocery store for dogfood and toilet paper and wine. You know, the usual. And my battery was dead. By the time my neighbors came home, it was getting late and they have small kids so I asked her to take me a mile or two down the street to the corner store for beer. And she did.
Yesterday, I got the car jumped and the guy said to leave the car running for an hour and the battery should charge up. So I did. Then today I wanted to go to the grocery store for real. Except the battery was dead as a doornail AGAIN. I was pissed as a hornet and not sure how to proceed. I called a neighbor friend to see if she would take me but she wasn’t home.
It’s really hot here and my knee keeps me from going up the ladder to replace the air filter so the A/C is struggling. Fun fact. The AC in my car is also broken. It’s summer and I’m in the ATL. I’m becoming increasing frustrated. I wanted a beer or twenty. But they were all gone.
SO I HAD ANOTHER ONE OF MY FABULOUS IDEAS.
Since my knee was doing better, I thought I’d waddle my fat ass to the corner store and buy some beer. People in my neighborhood walk there and to the Old Publix with is now some sort of Asian grocery/fishmarket place. It’s really kind of cool but not a practical place to shop for basics. A few blocks past the corner store is the closest mass transit stop. LOTS of people in my hood take it to and from work everyday. I mean if everyone else can do it, surely I can, right???? (don’t answer that).
So off I go. I soon discover that walking somewhere that is a three or four minute car ride, is a LOT longer than it seems. Plus my hood is kind of hilly. But I huffed and I puffed and I made it there. I took a cloth Publix shopping bag with me. I was in nasty sweats and an strange sort of shirt I can’t even properly describe other than to say I liked it in TJ Maxx but I looked a hot mess. But it’s “the yellow store” most people live in the crappy apartments if they have a home at all. (The homeless thing will become important later in the story.) So I buy a TWELVE PACK of Coors Light Pints. Because I realize I will never get back here again until I fix the fucking battery issue. I realize as soon as I get it in the bad, the chances of me making it home are slim because it is heavy as fuck.
But off I go. On the way to the store I realized that there is a short cut to get to my house. I used to take Banjo for walks on that street. You have to cut through the school grounds and go in a back gate. When I worked there I used to complain because the gate was always open and even then, the apartments behind the school had cut holes in the fences so they could cut through. I had walked Banjo recently and the gate had been locked and I was thrilled. But I dunno if it would be closed or not. Sometimes it is open, sometimes it is not. I had to make a choice. If I had to retrace my steps the walk home with 87 pounds of beer in a bad would be much longer. But my everything was hurting and I was panting and trying not to cry So I turned down and that street to cut a few blocks of my journey BECAUSE I WAS NEAR DEATH. My fugly shirt was long sleeved. I wear a lot of gold bangles and I try to keep them covered up in public. I’m getting really hot. The gate was locked but there is this weird government facility that allegedly like helps the handicap or has something to do with education sort of adjacent to the school. THAT gate was open. THAT never happens. If I could just find a way to get to the other side of that fenced property… I’m two blocks from home. DID I MENTION I WAS FACING DEATH IN THE FUCKING FACE? A portion of that property may or may not be fenced in because there is this weird forest in between the government agency, and the school and the Church where homeless people sometimes live. If I could get there…. I could get home.
So at this point I am hyperventilating, sweating like a pig, looking like…. a homeless person (I actually look like this a lot) basically WAL *MART would figure out a reason to turn me away. I trying to to cry as I climb up a hill into the woods to hunt for a way off government property. About the time I realize that the fence does in fact go through the wood and turn around to go back out the way I came, this very nice lady heads out of the government building. Thank GOD. She looks like she goes to Church three times a week and stays for all three hours of the Sunday Sermon. Hallelujah!
The kind lady looks up and see some giant sweaty fat lady coming out of the woods at the same time she is leaving and SHE. LOOKED. TERRIFIED. Frankly, I don’t blame her. But I’m sure once I tell her I’m a neighbor in need of a bit of help, she will help. She clearly has someone on the phone telling her to call 911.
Despite my explanation, or perhaps because of it she tells me to call 911 and she is leaving and locking the gate and I need to move along. She is clearly frightened. I’m half way dead. And we end up leaving the gate at about the same time. She suggests again I call 911 I tell her I have no cell phone so I am sure that confirmed her crazy drugged out homeless lady theory. She did finally say “There is is a path over there that I see *cough homeless drug addicts like you *Cough* people take. I knew that path ran behind a really scary apartment complex that backs up to the school fence where they are always cutting holes to pass through. I walked down the path and tried to ask the only person I saw where the fucking hole is. But he only spoke Spanish. So we had to communicate in sign language and he sent me further down the path but there was no hole but I did come to a street that was about five blocks from my house.
And I lived happily every after. It was about an hour of walking. But after I calmed down and HAD A MOTHER FUCKING BEER. I got those workout endorphins and started to feel just fine.
And then my friend returned my call and I told her the story and how I need help with a battery and she said she would bring her tools tomorrow and take the battery out and take me to Walmart to get another one and she would put it back in. And while we are there I can by wine and beer and toilet paper and clean pajamas and maybe even a tomato plant of two…
And we all lived happily ever after.
Holy crap what a story, glad you made it home!
In other news I forgot to mention that when the good neighbor took me to the store two days ago, I saw Lawn Kid with his equally obnoxious girlfriend outside the store as I was going in. They fled. I keep telling him he is going to be in a world of hurt when he gets her pregnant. He constantly says they don’t speak. I’ve talked to her and she says he is a liar. I mean aren’t most guys? It’s toxic relationship and one he has repeatedly lied to me about. I sort of wrote it off to him needing a place to stay.
BUT THEN TODAY, after I have ignored his calls and his constant knocking on my doorswhen he knows the rules (if the front curtains are closed I AM SLEEPING. ) DO NOT DISTURB.
HE … WAIT FOR IT!
Went on my paypal which I used to send him money for an Uber so he could go to work a few years back when he ACTUALLY had a job… AND HE SENT ME A REQUEST FOR PAYMENT! I didn’t even know that was a thing. He said he would come by “after work” AROUND NOON. and cut my front yard and my back yard and clean my gutters and requested $40. Fun fact I don’t generally cut the back yard. He did it once this spring and pissed me the fuck off. It’s a forest with wildflowers. And a real guy with the sense God gave a bessy bug came to do my gutters a couple weeks ago. The last time he showed up he cut my front yard. I didn’t come to the door but he called needing money so I left him $15 on the front door. It literally takes 15 minutes to cut my front yard. It’s tiny.
Anyway I get more angry with him every damn day. I need a script for what to say to make him go away. I’m thinking something like,, “I’ve bailed you out of everything for years. I arranged to have a very nice bicycle and a lock and a helmet given to you to get you to work.. You didn’t wear the helmet, you didn’t lock it up and now all of that is gone. I bought you expensive sneakers and they appear to be gone. I bought you Levis that you picked out. Haven’t seen them lately. You are no better off now than when I tried to help you, so you are on your own now. Don’t come back.
That’s a tough one. Didn’t you cut him loose at least once before? For what it’s worth, here’s my three cents. You’re torn between caring about his well-being and being pissed at being used. I so get it. You can only control your own actions…and then not all the time. Tell him honestly how you feel, and then Be Strong! Sending you good mojo/juju!
You say when I see you do ________, it makes me feel _________.
So, when I arrange to get you all this help and then I see you not improving your life, it makes me feel like you really don’t want or need the help.. so… I’m out. And that’s all you need to say.
Or how about when I need a ride and my batteries broken, I don’t call you to come give me a ride… even though I’ve given you plenty of free rides..
This is somewhat like the online predator situation where once they know your location, you can’t make them un-know it without significant hassle, including either a new address or a felony warrant.
I love a good script! My best idea is not really mine, but perhaps you could place an online obituary for yourself, photoshop yourself on your couch next to an “evil twin” and answer the door next time only long enough to hand him the obit and explain that T has passed away – and just in time, as you, Samara, have finally completed your prison stint for a string of cold-blooded murders. Thank God, as the bloodthirsty urge still rises and nobody is safe, plus you needed a place to stay.
That’s all I’ve got.
Bwahahahaha! This made me laugh! Thank God I do not pee when I laugh really hard.
You need a large man to answer the door next time LK shows up who will tell him that’s he’s taking care of the lawn and gutters from now on so there’s no need for him to come back..ever.
TT…. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED. Stay away from him, this sounds like it could turn ugly. Almost like he knows how to get to you…..
As for you adventure? Do NOT do this again!!! It isn’t safe. My god….
I am going to tell you EXACTLY what to say Three sentences:
I AM SORRY, BUT I AM OUT OF MONEY! I lost income during the pandemic. People from some church are helping me with yardwork and things around the house.
LOOK SAD AND DO NOT SAY ANYTHING ELSE.
He knows you are alone. The well-deserved lecture is NOT WORTH IT.
“Get the fuck outa here” may work.😊
I agree. I worry that the nice lady that helped the boy…gets killed because she told him no to giving him any more money. Tell him what Nanette said, and don’t answer the door after that. If you are afraid, call the police. I don’t mean to be harsh, but I worry. My husband even says, when I give someone cash that I feel needs it, to be on my guard. They could see that I’m an older lady all alone. This is not the world we grew up in. I am 65 years old, and I even keep my gate locked. Just end your relationship with Lawn Kid. He is never going to change. I just want you to be safe.
Yeah, you are probably right.
Wow! I’m proud of you, but at the same time want to scold you like one of my kids. Lol You were determined, a woman on a mission, got some exercise, but Tamara that did not sound safe AT ALL taking short cuts through areas where homeless and drug addicts live and roam. I’m thankful it was happily ever after. Again, you need a cell phone. I’m glad you’ve got sometime who is going to take you to get stocked on some things & help with the battery.
As far as Lawn Kid update below, I think you have an amazing heart, you’ve done so much for him, but that scares me a bit for you too. I don’t know him, I just hate being lied to. I don’t trust liars, and if someone will lie and be deceptive then I’m always thinking what else would you do? Please, please be careful.
It’s almost like hes putting a lean on your house for unauthorized working. You need to tell him that no work was authorized and none will be in the future. If does this again, he will be trespassing if he cuts it again demanding money. You need to cut ties with the user/liar.
I wonder if PayPal could be notified that there is no relationship with this person and no money owed and that any requests should be automatically rejected.
*someone not sometime
TT. Do you need assistance in setting up an Uber account for yourself. Like I’m legit worried about you walking in the Atlanta heat.
Nah you need a cell phone for an Uber account. And I think Uber is weird. Who are those people? LOL. But thanks though.
TT doesn’t 7-11 deliver near you? Or Walmart? You can pay for a subscription for a year for less than a hundred bucks and get everything delivered. You can download the apps on your laptop. Don’t forget Instacart too. It can be a no contact delivery. Also, think about getting a front door camera. I use Blink cameras. I don’t answer my door unless I check it first and can communicate with them with the camera.
HA! HA! Honey we are in the old South down here. It’s only been in the past few years that we could buy wine on Sundays and election days. I still can’t get beer and wine in a grocery delivery. I haven’t seen a 7-11 in decades. I didn’t know they still existed. I was up super early one day and went grocery shopping during the old people times during COVID. Of course I had wine in my cart. I had to sit and wait for it to be… 8a.m. maybe before they could check me out.
Years ago I lived in South Carolina and you could only buy alcohol during very short hours and only from the “RED DOT” shops run by the state. I think they stopped selling at 5 pm and I was like, I don’t even know if I want anything at 5 pm. Also all the bars at that time could not free pour alcohol (So my cleavage exposure made not difference. 🙁 ) And they used the little bottoms you get on airplanes. I’m not making this up. One drink, one airplane bottle.
I live in Norfolk/Virginia Beach area of VA and I remember those old blue laws in the Commonwealth. The only reason they opened the ABC stores on weekends around here is they were losing too much money to the military exchanges. Everybody knew someone either active duty or retired. That’s another reason why we have great bars here too. Now you can even find wine at the Dollar Tree, not that you would want to drink it, lol. As a teenager in Bergen County, NJ, we could order pizza, cigs and booze for delivery back in the ‘70s. Ain’t nobody checking IDs at the door. Plus many families had charge accounts with the local stores. Those were the days. I always thought that Atlanta was waaaay more progressive than VA. Guess I was wrong.
I bet that beer tasted good and went fast. Glad you lived to tell the story. Now, don’t do it again.
Sounds like it might be your alternator, which I probably spelled wrong, not your battery. Unless your girlfriend diagnosed it otherwise, because she sounds like she knows more than I do. Just generally I get suspicious when a battery won’t hold a charge.
She did diagnose it otherwise. Also, it is a 2007 Honda Civic with around 25,000 miles on it. The battery is probably super old. She changed it out today, put my air filter in, and took me grocery shopping (at Walmart which was INSANE). Prior to picking me up she had installed carpeting at one of her properties and after helping me get my groceries in, was off to do some other task that involved heavy lifting. I forget what. She has more energy than anyone I know and has also had serious health issues in the past. I got home, had one beer and fell over on the couch for a nap. I’m still exhausted. She was thirty paces ahead of me Walmart the whole time.
This is my kind of story. I can picture you every step of the way and am giggling and sympathetic at the same time. Don’t know who your friend is who replaced your battery but I love her!
I knew Leah would ruin the show. During the last reunion Andy was making out that Leah was this fantastic cast mate and all the ladies were agreeing. It was weird. This season sucks.
I have a huge crush on Eboni. Okay, that’s all. My gaydar goes off for her and I can’t deny it.
Her continuing her meal while Sonja loses her shit, was 👌🏻. She knows how these things go down. I can’t wait for Heather to be taken down next week. I find her very annoying. Lu, saying I hate that bitch, about Carol was everything. Hilarious how she said that with zero hesitation.
Carole will be blasting Luanne on social media soon. “Wait for it…”
I actually looked at her Twitter after the “stole my nieces boyfriend” comment, nothing! I did see a nice response from Bethanney to a troll attacking Carole’s politics. That was nice to see. I enjoy Leah, but did not watch last year and only have watched sporadically this year. Poor Eboni! She is SO regretting trying to save this shitshow.
I swear I thought “Has Tamara been to Sheree’s again?” Not that you were trespassing, you were given permission!
Fried oysters po’boy reminds me of my dear grandma. One of our last trips together was to New Orleans and she only wanted fried oyster po’boys for dinner.
Thanks for the recap TT. Eboni is a nice addition.
Leah needs to dial it back a little, she ruins the vibe of every scene she’s in..we can’t blame alcohol for her behavior.
Leah hasn’t learned much in life, has she? Her parents kicked her out at 17 because she probably treated them the way she treats Ramona. Pushing 40 she should have grown and matured by now but seems to be forever stunted as a moody teenager.
This cast isn’t strong enough for five housewives. I like Eboni, but she didn’t need to bring a glam squad with her to try to make this into RHOBH. Sonja is depressed and it’s sad to watch. I hope it gets better, but I’m not holding my breath.
Leah Is ruining this show for me. She’s crass, crude, gutterbutt, and many other words I could use. I don’t know what audience they’re trying to target by keeping her, but this close to middle age chick isn’t it.
Gutterbutt! My favorite new word!
I use it quite often!!
Hi TT, what’s the vibe on social media towards Leah? Dear Bravo Suits, please let Leah go after this current season. She does not elevate she is destroying this show. She is not fun, entertaining or even interesting. Even though eboni does not have a natural connection she seems to be fitting in nicely. Bring back some of the others but let Leah go.
Sonja needs to get her ass off this show, away from any cameras and get some professional help. It’s painful watching her, and it’s no wonder she’s alone. I can’t stand Leah and this show has now gone down the shitter as well. I”m loving Shah’s so far but just got into Mare of Easttown on either Hulu or hbomax. I don’t know for sure, but to me, IMHO, I think all the housewives shows have jumped the shark and need to be either buried forever or 100% all recast, even Tre. All new people and stop with all the hatred, anger and bitterness oozing out of some of them.
I am sad that next week’s episode is the SERIES finale for Mare! It was planned that way because Kate Winslet planned it that way. I believe she produces and developed the show. I love her in the role, but I wish it would continue even if they use another actor in the part.
Have you discovered “Harrow” on Hulu? I just got Hulu so I have THREE seasons to watch! Yay! Animal Kingdom is coming back this summer— July, I think.
As for Bravo … I am pretty much done with the RHs. I read the recaps and comments here because of TT and this community, nit the shows. I don’t even care enough to read the recaps or RH gossip on any other site. But FAMILY KARMA is coming back June 2! I hope it doesn’t go down the dark road Shahs did. I have more faith because it’s not just about partying, fucking, and flaunting their wealth. It’s about friendship, family — and food.
How the hell is Mare of Easttown ending already there were only like six episodes so far! 🙁
If you crave for more and haven’t watched it yet, check out Broadchurch. It’s extremely similar and it’s the show that made Olivia Coleman famous. Pretty much the same story set in rural Britain instead.
Broadchurch is hands down the best show I have ever seen and I have been searching for anything comparable for 2 years.
What a fucked up family and town on Mare. Jean Smart is killing it as the mother. Have you seen the SNL spoof of Mare ? If not you have to check it out. It’s called Murdur Durdur. Kate McKinnon kills the accent, It’s hilarious.
Leah is verbally abusive, duscuguised as this morality/fun police. Not understanding what really is behind it all and the Ramona hypocrisy is getting old. I know she wants her gone. Imagine if they did cut her, bring in her sister, one season would be a series killer!
I think Leah is actually a poorly disguised Karen. Shaming, self-righteous, forces her views on others, screams at people a lot. Yep- a Karen.
Hahaha. I haven’t heard the fuzz since the seventies. I am dying laughing
Extremely accurate & amusing recap, Tamara. Do you think Bravo will ever pick up on the fact that viewers really, really don’t want to see a bunch of middle-aged (and older) women have nonstop drunken arguments? There’s something off balance about Sonja and it’s sad, not entertaining to watch. I’ve never cared for Heather, but she isn’t lying when she’s critical of the other women. Lu is fake. Garth didn’t even look interested in her when he showed up for Yoga. Leah is a mean drunk and the show was much better without her on it. Ramona is obtuse and her playing dumb act has gotten old. I like Eboni but wonder if she’ll even agree to a 2nd season. Maybe Bravo should dump some of the current housewives and cast some of Eboni’s friends in their place. This season looks like it’s going to be a dumpster fire if it continues the way it’s going.
As someone who doesn’t drive and either has to depend on the kindness of strangers, Uber or my own two feet to get anyplace, I can relate to you experience. I’ve walked to the closest grocery store in my neighborhood, which is a mile away, in the Vegas summer heat. Because I’m a numb skull, I’ve bought 60 lbs of groceries, forgetting that I’d have to walk home, and looking like a hot mess I’m sure I’ve scared people away. I also have an extremely poor sense of direction so if I’m out walking my dog and take a wrong turn or a different route than usual I will walk miles out of my way. So glad that you didn’t get arrested and that you have a friend who will replace the battery for you!
TT, as someone who held on to her last car for 19 years (until my mechanic said ‘Barbara, it’s time for you to get a new car.” may I respectfully suggest that you sign up for AAA? They will come out and replace your flat tire, jump start your dead battery or bring you a replacement, bring you gas if you run out or tow your car to a repair shop. I think its around $65 a year and will bring you peace of mind. Please consider it. Best Wishes
There are only 7 episodes in total. Great show!
Comment went in wrong place. This is about Mare of Easttown.
I was waiting for someone to mention the pile of dog poo by the door when Garth came knocking and ringing and knocking! Where was the “help”??It stayed there and stayed there and stayed there!
It seems like neither Ramona’s or Sonja’s dogs are very well house trained.
As a dog owner, I did notice that it was at least by the door like the culprit had tried to let someone know that they needed to go out.
But why it stayed there–while there had to be plenty of people who should have noticed!
The guy holding the camera for one waiting for the scene to start could tell a PA. That could be a slip hazard😬 call OSHA!
You saw it too, I thought it was just me. Then I thought maybe its not poo.
Me Too!!! How did they not step in it!😱
I can’t abide Heather outright lying about the drug issue talk on her podcast. I just listened to the salient portions and she did accuse them of bringing out hard drugs after offering the joint. Okay, Heather. Ooh, ooh, it’s the media’s fault. Nope, it’s You and it’s recorded for posterity. Also curious, Heather was saying one of the issues in St. Barts was she was naive, knowing nothing about “hot mikes” while having a conversation with Carole Radziwill. Carole chimes in that she didn’t know about “hot mikes” either. Really, Carole? Weren’t you a TV producer? Fake, fake-both of you. That’s fine. But stop complaining about others being fake.
This season is terrible. Only 3 episodes & all 3 bored me. Leah is a hot mess that will tank this show. So dissatisfied with RHONY. Hoping RHOBH & RHOP will be better!
Get rid of Leah, bring back Tins and Dorinda. Maybe give Sonia a time out or reduced friend role. Oh well, at least BH is lit.
Thought of Leah and couldn’t stand the thought of watching. It’s too bad really. Leah is ruining this franchise. Did you see the ratings??? OMG in the 800’s now. So sad. Used to be my favorite but now its RHONJ is. Mostly because of the husbands for me. RHONJ had the second highest ratings of Real Housewives this this past week. RHOBH is below a million now too. Haven’t watched that. The thought of Erica Jane is a turn off for me.
Ramona looks like a super stylish lady that was dragged through a hedge backwards in that pic. I have the exact same hairstyle in my year 12 formal pictures after a girl turned up in the same dress as me and tore a chunk of my hair out. I still looked way better.
Ha! I am sure you did! Ramona needed Sonja to help her with her updo.
I LOVE this season. Ramona and Lu are on fire, and production is doing a fabulous job capturing every frame of Ramona’s unintentional comedy. Also, Sonja is not as far gone as she was last season where I was kinda losing hope for her. She has a lot of resentment towards Ramona for some reason and still has quite the way to go if she wants to get back to her old self. Eboni is a great fit too, which is pretty amazing considering how hard this show is to cast.
I’ve always disliked Leah so her showing her ass is not surprising or new to me. Glad the world can see it too now. I’m also not a fan of Heather, so this whole spectacle is quite entertaining for me.
This season sounds terrible also would love to know who Maria called a cunt because that sounds way more interesting.
After living on the sun for five years I now obsessively take water everywhere with me in fear of a heatstroke. Glad to hear you are getting your walks back in!
Sorry- but who is Maria? Is she someone I missed on RHONY?