By Sheer Elegance, GTOG Special Guest Blogger Tonight the girls had glimmers of being normal and kind of fun to hang out with, possibly because they got out of the luxurious riad and got to do more touristy Morocco stuff. Like visit a souk and not get robbed, get rubbed down at a hamam, stepped [...]
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How Facebook Fills The Mommy Void
What a weird universe is Facebook. A carefully curated place of likes and dislikes, chosen images and words, contrasted with the most stream of consciousness, walking down the street and thought I’d share it with you kind of randomness. It’s Look at my band, Look at my kid, Look at me in a bikini, Let [...]
RHONY Episode 8 Recap: Snakes on a Plane
By Sheer Elegance, GTOG Special Guest Blogger Did you know that “Ya Habibi” means darling in Arabic? Damn it, LuAnn is gonna make “darling” happen. She is very present in this episode, as Morocco is her trip and gift to the ladies. The markets, the dessert, the spices, it’s her pleasure. The Brunettes go first [...]
RHONY Episode 7 Recap: Thug in a Cocktail Dress
By Sheer Elegance, GTOG Special Guest Blogger Now we know where this wretched season is leading: to “Exotic, sophisticated, Morocco.” Of course it is. LuAnn has been reading tourism brochures again. Whoever came up with this fakakta idea clearly saw the Sex and the City movie and liked it. Somehow. I’m dubious, but we shall [...]
One Mom’s Quest For Order – At The Container Store
Forget yoga, acupuncture, meditation or medication. When I’m in need of something to really take the edge off, I visitThe Container Store. It is a most wonderful and joyous place. For those of you unfamiliar, or unlucky to not have one where you live, it’s a home/office organization store devoted to selling boxes and bins [...]
RHONY Episode 6 Recap: Ramona to the Core
By Sheer Elegance, GTOG Special Guest Blogger Other (funnier, speedier) reviewers of this show have noted the duality of the Housewives: the light and fun women who flit around New York in a harmless way, and their darker doppelgangers, who aim to destroy and undermine each other. We open this episode with Fun Housewives: supermodel [...]
Musing On A Past Life, Pre-Kids
I have these moments of intense nostalgia, usually triggered by one of my senses. A summer camp smell, certain songs by Phish, or a glimpse of The Breakfast Club on cable can recall a time and a place when I was a different person. So pure in their ability to create longing for a past [...]
RHONY Episode 5 Recap: A Threat is A Horse Head in Your Bed or Working in Union Restaurant. Either Way.
By Sheer Elegance, GTOG Special Guest Blogger This is an episode where not much action happens, just a lot of meetings at restaurants and homes where various groups of housewives anticipate other upcoming meetings at restaurants and homes. Factions have formed, and the Housewives are trying to overcome the Great Toaster Oven Party Scandal, the [...]
RHONY Episode 4 Recap: Operation Toaster Oven Ambush
By Sheer Elegance, GTOG Special Guest Blogger It is just after the Royal Wedding between Kate and Will. I was getting a real sepia toned vibe from the tiny bit of proceedings I watched, but that’s probably because I remember waking up early in the morning in 1981 at age nine and watching Charles and [...]
A Very Special Easter RHONY Recap: Sheer Elegance is Back, and This Time, It’s Lengthy.
By Sheer Elegance, GTOG Special Guest Blogger While we were apart, I came to the realization that I must simply grit my teeth and grind this puppy out, because RHONY is officially going from bad to worse. Last week I tried to watch and was physically unable to do so until a week later, mostly [...]