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EX-New York Housewife Jill Zarin, Gloria Kamen and Lisa Wexler
Sometimes you just have to lift the ban on Jill Zarin.
The following is a letter sent out by the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas after an Event they held Thursday night, Jill Zarin and Lisa Wexler along with their mother Gloria Kamen were the “Entertainment” referred to in the letter:
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What did they say that so offended the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas? Word is that Lisa told the ladies that stay at home mom’s are not fulfilled unless they work outside the home. Unless they have at least a part time job they can never be fully rounded individuals. But that’s just the beginning, Jill was there simply to push the book on everyone and Gloria bored the hell out of the crowd.
Thank you to @RealityJulie for the information and for putting me in touch with some friends who attended the event.
From one woman who was there but wishes to remain anonymous:
and another:
More quotes from people who attended:
“Jill and Lisa were described as “pathetic” “hot mess” and “disastrous” at charity event in Dallas last night.”
“Lisa Wexler offended most of the jewish women in Dallas community last night while Jill Zarin hocked books at charity event”
“Lisa Wexler told Jewish women at charity event they are only fulfilled and happy if working part of their time and not stay at home moms full time.”
“Many women were offended and stormed out of the event early.”
If you can tolerate it, here is Lisa’s point of view regarding stay at home mom’s via her radio program, this is NOT the audio from the Dallas Event.
http://lisawexler.com/index.php/shows/2011-shows/12-december/working-mom-makes-a-happy-mom
Fascinating that these women would think for a minute that sitting up there bickering between themselves would be entertaining to the audience. Lecturing women about working outside the home and belittling women who stay home to raise their children may not have been the best decision, regardless of a recent study Lisa read and whether or not she agrees with the study she should have kept it to herself or discuss it in a more appropriate forum .
It’s one thing to yak on and on about it on your radio show, mostly because no one listens to that crap anyway. The women at this event don’t have an “off” button, they paid money to be there and they are held hostage as they’re being told by this bitch that their life isn’t complete because they stay home to raise their children and to care for a home? What an inappropriate topic for this event.
Jill’s mother thought it would be a good idea to rip on Jill’s ex-husband and tell a long-winded story about how she tried to stop Jill from marrying a short man? We’ve seen Gloria ramble on before, typically someone has to shut her down because of the time restraints of television but how do you stop a speeding train headed for disaster like Gloria Kamen? Gloria’s story likely didn’t help anyone in their life, the idea is to share secrets to help others with their lives, but the truth is these three women haven’t done anything spectacular to share with audiences.
In fact it is entirely possible and more likely that what these three women have done in their lives could fill a book on how NOT to behave in life. Jill’s behavior in the past four years alone could fill a book, “Secrets of a Vicious Housewife Cast Member”. She could teach future housewives how to be vile and obnoxious, how to stalk fellow cast members who are more successful than she is while trying to hide behind fake names and having others do your dirty work.
Does anyone want to hire these three women to speak at their next event?
Side Note: Jill claims that they “donated” books for this event, the truth is the event organizers purchased books to give to the table hosts that attended the event. I am told they sold a total of five books afterward and that people couldn’t wait to get out of there!
Thanks to Terry Aley for pointing out this disgusting display on Ebay. To the right is a photo of Jill’s shoes she is selling in Ebay for $39.00. I think the filthy toe stains are going to bring the bids flying in, don’t you?
Ewwwww
How about this great D&G dress, only $2,500 and I’ll bet she got it for free!
Here is Terry’s article:
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Real Housewives of Orange County – The Blogs
Heather Dubrow:
Before I talk about this week’s show, I’d just like to say thank you so much for your comments. Although some are negative, they were mostly positive and encouraging. I never thought I’d do a reality show. It’s very strange to be under a microscope, and I really appreciate the support. Please also remember: this was new to us. I hope you all can get to know our family for who we really are, as we got comfortable in this medium. (Side note: I was not in the movie Space Slugs – that was someone named “Heather Dubow.” I’m Heather Dubrow. Check out my IMDB.com page under Heather Paige Kent.)
Yes of course some are negative, do you think you’re perfect? Do you think everyone fell madly in love with you after the first few episodes, hardly! Keep in mind that Bravo only posts what they want to post and likely there were many more negatives that Bravo tossed into the black hole of Bravo comments never to be seen again.
My dinner with Terry, yes, I know I will get a lot of flak for that dinner, but I like things the way I like them. If you are at a restaurant and paying for a meal, it should be to your taste. However, always be kind to servers and even if you are picky (like me). Make sure you’re extra kind so no one is offended!
I absolutely love it when a Housewife tells us how to behave properly in a restaurant, particularly those Orange County Housewives who haven’t got a clue! The truth is in a fine dining restaurant Heather, you should trust the chef and know that he has put together an amazing menu, then choose your meal and know he will get it right. If you don’t enjoy that particular chef’s cooking, to the point where you have to instruct them on how to prepare it and what seasonings to use, you’re probably at the wrong restaurant. Was the dirty look that you gave to the hostess when she handed you an “open” menu part of being extra kind so that no one is offended?
As for Terry, he is a jokester and even though I do cook he likes to joke about it. . . It can still be annoying sometimes, but he means it to be funny. And for the record, I don’t send my food back 90 percent of the time. . .only if it’s undercooked, which is why I asked for the thin piece of fish. If it’s thick it won’t cook through! I mean seriously? Am I really explaining this?!?
That is what I was wondering, are you really explaining this? We seriously don’t need you to…move on Heather.
Painting party. . .The ladies reactions to my invitation was hysterical. No one seemed to understand or be that excited by the prospect, but I knew they would enjoy it when they got there!
Unlike the Beverly Hills Housewives, these tacky, trashy women would have liked Brandi Glanville’s idea of a “BJ Lesson Party”. Know your audience Heather.
There’s a lot I can say about the party, but to me the big deal was about. . .ALEXIS!
So, you met me at Vicki’s party, we talked for two minutes, I invite you to the painting party and you are ALL OVER ME?!? You want to play with the big girls? Game on. . .
First of all Vicki said “there was no good restaurants in the O.C.” Why are you ragging on me and not her? There are some lovely places here, but not as many as L.A., and certainly not like NYC. This is my opinion. Lay off.
Clearly Heather is talking about some other party or some other Alexis, what exactly did she do? She was “all over you”? I missed that. We know that Heather and Alexis bump heads in future episodes, I think Heather is giving us a sneak peek. Alexis simply disagreed that there were no good restaurants in Orange County I don’t think she was ‘ragging” on anyone, “lay off”? This upsets Heather that much? WOW! Chill out Heather!
Sex shop talk. . .I was not comfortable with this conversation. I barely knew these girls and they were talking about oral sex!!! I made a joke (“I’m married and I don’t have to do this anymore.”) in the hopes of shutting down the conversation, and Alexis jumps down my throat . Trust me dear, I will be married in 10 years. I just don’t think it’s appropriate to discuss sex with strangers, especially at a party!
Then while painting, you ask me what my special gifts are, I answered the question (acting, singing, etc.), then you take me to task for it??? If you don’t want to know, don’t ask!
This one is touchy, Alexis didn’t jump down your throat or take you to task anymore than anyone else did, Heather really needs some meds.
Terry walks in, and as usual, the talk turns to surgery. Yes Alexis, we know you don’t need the knowledge of plastic surgery, you have had enough procedures to know what he’s talking about.
Do you think that Alexis is the only one who has had procedures done? Besides you know very well that Alexis worked for a plastic surgeon at one time so don’t be so bitchy! This chick’s whole blog is ragging on Alexis. I think Heather needs some of those “mother’s little helpers”.
Finally when Terry was making jokes about weddings and our marriage, I walked out of the room to shut it down. I didn’t guzzle a drink, I had the last sip of champagne in my glass, told Brian that Terry had gone cuckoo, then I came back and tried to regroup. I didn’t want to fight in front of new friends. That doesnt make me an actress, Alexis, it makes me an appropriate party hostess!
Bottom line: You just met me, lay off. If you have a real issue with me, then we can talk.
Heather, you’re starting to sound obsessed with Alexis, the other ladies all had the same reaction to your stunt when your husband was making jokes. Maybe Alexis needs a restraining order? Wowzers!
Well, one more thing. . .Terry is not off the hook for his behavior. He was doing his usual “vaudeville” routine about our marriage, weddings, etc. I was really embarrassed in front of the girls. He was meeting everyone for the first time! He thinks he is being funny, and it went too far. My feelings were hurt. We discussed it later and he understands how I feel about jokes at my expense. I’m sensitive! He apologized, and, of course, I forgive him. He’s a great guy and I love him dearly, but it’s always good to work on your marriage and be open and honest with each other.
O.M.G. lighten up, he was making JOKES and the other ladies knew that, it was Heather’s reaction that was embarrassing and she should have apologized for making everyone uncomfortable!
I’m really disappointed in this one, since there are so few likable qualities in this franchise overall, I was hoping to like Heather. Her obsession with Alexis is a bit creepy in this blog, I’m sure that there are more negative exchanges coming between these two women but for this episode, Heather’s attacks on Alexis were unfounded. What a drag!
Alexis Bellino
I have to be honest, I did not like myself this episode. I don’t know who that was, or what I was thinking. I was making jokes, but some of them sounded sarcastic instead of funny. I think sometimes in life when we sense a change coming, we have a tendency to act a little off-key. Maybe I was trying to make light of things I shouldn’t have been, but I meant no harm, truly. My momma always said, “If you don’t have anything positive to say, just keep your mouth closed!” Lesson learned on that one. (Thanks Mom!)
We’ve seen much worse behavior from Bravo’s Housewives, this was tame in comparison, I think that Alexis was absolutely threatened by the newest Housewife. She was burned last season by Peggy, who was supposed to be a friend and now Heather comes on board, introduced by Tamra who has been vicious to Alexis, I can see why her guard is up.
I think we have all been in a situation where we overreact. I just wasn’t expecting that to beTamra overreacting to Vicki and Eddie laughing together in Catalina! I hit rewind after that scene at least three times to see if I missed something, but I didn’t think Vicki and Eddie were out of line. In my opinion, they were all carrying on the same way.
It’s called having too much to drink.
I thought it was out of left field when Slade mentioned he wanted to do a comedy act, but I also felt like Gretchen could have supported him a little more. I thought it was very entrepreneurial of Slade to want to do something that was out of his comfort zone. Gretchen said last year that Slade “schlepped” her things, so I think it’s great that he is getting his own groove back.
We’ll see if he gets his groove back or not, the previews don’t show a lot of promise in Slade’s comedy routine.
Let me be the first to say I was so excited about Heather’s painting party. What a new and refreshing idea! A party with a purpose! I loved the low-carb menu, and I loved Timree! I want to personally apologize to Heather for calling her “pretentious.” I have always considered her “buttoned-up,” but never pretentious. I like Heather, I think she is funny and has a good heart. During the party that evening, I thought we were all joking and having a great time; however, it definitely seemed like there was friction looking back.
Yeah, pretentious, buttoned up, she’s a bitch and you know it. I love that Alexis says, “I like Heather.” Especially after reading Heather’s blog I find that chuckle worthy. It’s clear that Heather chose her enemy right out of the gate and likely after having watched the past few seasons she chose wisely.
First of all, when all of us were discussing Tamra and Gretchen’s “sex shop” visit, I felt Heather could have simply walked away from the conversation if she really didn’t want to talk about any of it. I will be the first to admit that I get uncomfortable with that kind of talk, too. If things get too uncomfortable, I will excuse myself or change the subject.
Whether you like Alexis or not, she is absolutely right, in order to ensure the others are not uncomfortable (particularly as Heather was the hostess) she should have excused herself or tried to change the subject. Instead she tried to make the others feel as though their topic of conversation was rude and inappropriate, (not hostess behavior) she could have just as easily began a side chat with Vicki who clearly didn’t want to discuss sex either. Make your guests feel comfortable Heather, don’t chastise them for what they choose to discuss.
When we were all painting, Vicki and I were laughing and teasing about being new BFFs, and getting Vicki a bracelet. I was completely shocked to hear Gretchen say under her breath that I was competing. Of all people, I thought she was my true friend. I didn’t get the memo that it’s OK for her and Tamra to make their jokes whenever they want, but Vicki and I cannot.
But come on! It’s a little awkward that Tamra gave Gretchen a bracelet after two years of putting Gretchen through hell!! Was that Gretchen’s hazing gift?
That whole scene was stupid and that’s why I didn’t even mention it in my blog about this episode, we all know that the Tamra/Gretchen thing is weird and that it’s all a set up by Bravo to create a new storyline and readjust allies. It’s not working to create a better show, that’s for sure!
Tamra getting all huffy and saying that I’m trying to take credit for her and Gretchen getting back together is pretty unbelievable. If Tamra is going to make accusations that I’m jealous of Gretchen and Tamra becoming friends, I will comment back. And how quickly Tamra forgets that two years ago I did try to get those two to move past their fight. I don’t need credit for that. That’s just Tamra looking for drama once again, but she won’t get it from me, because I’ll just keep being happy for her and wishing her well, and that just kills her.
Oh Alexis! When will you learn? The fact that you’ve just shown your hand to Tamra now gives the power back to her. You’ve also just announced that being happy for Tamra and wishing her well is all fake because you’re trying to “kill her”. Alexis isn’t the brightest bulb or the sharpest knife, no news there!
The saddest part of this episode for me was watching Gretchen make fun of me behind my back and chime in with Tamra throughout the evening. True friends just don’t do that. That hurts.
The real kicker was when Tamra called Vicki jealous when Tamra just got jealous of Vicki and Eddie touching the night before??? That sure was the pot calling the kettle black. Vicki not saying goodbye to Tamra shocked me too, though! I think Vicki was hurt and felt disrespected.
I wasn’t surprised that Gretchen did a complete turn around on Alexis, she now has Tamra in her boat so she can kick Alexis to the curb, that’s how she rolls.
Sarah Winchester
Who? Yes who indeed, Sarah is Gretchen’s friend and she appeared briefly on last week’s episode. She is reportedly dating Jeana Keough’s oldest son Shane. Best we can tell she was in the running for the next Orange County Housewife spot but lost out to Heather. Last week she wrote an amazingly long and exceedingly boring blog about her life and her thoughts about life… she took a lot of flack about it in the comments and this week chose to keep it short and sweet, although she wasn’t even in the episode. Another Dana Wilkey? possibly…
Positivity is the best asset to have. . .
It’s exciting to see all of the girls getting along for once. They seem to be heading in a positive direction in their lives.
I am very happy for Vicki and her new boyfriend. They seem very happy together. I wish them both the best.
I needed a break to think things through at this point, but I must say that I really missed my friends Gretchen, Alexis and Peggy and wished that I could see them more often, True friendships are hard to find now days thats for sure.
As for this episode I’m just going to keep it short and sweet. . .We cannot control what others think, say, or write. What we can control is how we face what is said, and how we do not allow it ever to break us. Rather we let it build us ever stronger to further better ourselves. The best is yet to come.
She needed a break after one episode and one dinner party? Or rather she wasn’t invited to any other events? She thought the ladies were all getting along? Which episode did she watch? Sarah’s guide to life and her inspirational comments aren’t winning her any points here. I don’t think we’re going to see too much of Sarah.
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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
A Twitter bud @Ifollowbravofan came up with a fun little game on Twitter. She and some friends post their “Isms” by Housewives, in this case, let’s look at what some creative Twitter users who came up with Taylorisms:
Russell nearly knocked my eye out yesterday. Today I’m pool side celebrating my birthday. WOOT! That’s how I roll. #taylorism
Money donated to the Taylor Armstrong Foundation will go directly to me.. I mean DV victims. #taylorism
I think the other girls are having fun without me. I’d better telephone them & remind them that everything should be about me.” #taylorism
I’ll go Oklahoma on anyone who comes in between me & my money. #taylorism
I have found My voice and I am not afraid to lie every chance I get#taylorism
#Taylorism ENOUGH!!! I will take you outback and teach you some manners faster than you can say “OKLAHOMA!”
If you don’t believe me, then you’re a hater. #taylorism
Pitbulls can’t swim. They sink to the bottom of a pool. #taylorism
“How DARE Lisa feed lies about my marriage to the press. Only I get to feed lies about my marriage to the press”#taylorism
And Some Lisaisms….
Doesn’t everyone garden in a silk dress and heels? #lisaism
Dahling if you don’t do splits for attention, then pray tell why you do them. #lisaism
“I don’t need a hundred dollars, Adrienne” #lisaism
I don’t need to sell stories to tabloids. I’m bloody rich! #lisaism
dahling you don’t wash a bloody chicken with bloody hand soap. #lisaism
Cut your hair Max…it looks like a dead squirrel took residence on top of your head #lisaism
I don’t just wear Christian Louboutin’s, I KNOW Christian Louboutin.#lisaism
Yes, I wear a tiara at my daughters wedding, that’s how I roll #lisaism
Funny stuff, thanks for sharing @Ifollowbravofans and friends!
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Lynn–
I love your blog, and find most of your comments to be “spot on”. However, you live in a glass house when criticizing NeNe’s grammatical errors. To wit, you criticized her use of “me and her”, which was 100% correct in its usage in that context. In your recent post on Jill and her family in Dallas, you referred to bickering “between” the three of them; when referring to more than two people it is “among”, not “between”. Finally, I have noticed on several occasions that you add an apostrophe before an “s” as if the word were possessive when it is merely plural. None of these is a grave error , but the irony is a bit much when you criticize someone else’s grammar. I’d be happy to review future columns for you before posting lol. Seriously, none of the above is meant to take away from the terrific job you do on your blog—keep up the good work!
And where is your perfect blog Adam? IF you are up at 6am and would like to critique my blog before posting, I’ll call you at 5am, fair enough?
Lynn, I feel your pain. Let’s see. A television program you are blogging about ends at 10 p.m. at the earliest. And you want to have your blog up and running as early as possible the next morning. And you have a job. And you have a family. And your blog is free to anyone who wants to read it. Enough said.
Thanks BB don’t forget that I could NOT do it without YOU! You have no idea how much your blogs help me! I could never do it all alone!
Happy to do it.
I have been reading your blog for some time now, though I have never commented. I don’t always agree with your take on things or on some of the housewives/characters you write about, but I don’t have to agree, and I like hearing different viewpoints and opinions! It seemed to me that Adam was not suggesting you need to be perfect here, but more perhaps you should not poke fun at someone else’s poor grammer when, in fact, it was used correctly and, more importantly, you make grammatical errors yourself. But your first reaction is to attack Adam and suggest the hours you keep and your workload cause you to make mistakes. I’m thinking that maybe some of the housewives have busy schedules as well or maybe they just make errors from time to time as a human being does. Either way, you’ve completely missed the point here, and will no doubt attack me for sharing my opinion. Thanks…I do enjoy your blog…and no offense is meant here…just sayin’.
Lynnnnnnnn! The grammar police is here! What. a. moron.
No, he’s not. While it’s not nice to write it publically, I have to admit that I wish all blog writers could take a course in good grammar. It bothers me to read such inconsistencies.
Good grammar (especially for a writer or journalist) should be second nature. It shouldn’t have anything to do with being tired. Does that imply that when you’re tired, you resort back to poor grammar? Doesn’t make sense to me. I’ve written papers and briefs at 2 a.m., and they’re just as correct as if I’ve written them on a full night’s sleep. Second nature.
Well said. Too bad Lynn and her devotees take this constructive criticism so personally. I’ve noticed the same mistakes repeated again and again but never had the nerve to say anything for the very reason we see today. Any time one puts out a blog for hundreds to see, grammar is part of the writing process. It’s not being snooty, for goodness sake!
Wheresmolly: I agree with you, and I would never say it in a negative way. I guess it’s more of me just being picky. The English language is just going downhill. When you see “journalists” on t.v., using slang and improper grammar, I shudder. Good, proper language skills are a dying artform.
Lynn does a marvelous job on her blog. I just wish every blogwriter had a proofreader.
Who really cares what you think/know. This was just plain out and out rude.
You have no idea what goes into putting this blog out everyday, with life’s other responsibilities like family, working, taking care of a household. This was totally classless – go talk to the countess.
Thanks Contessa, BB and Cusi! If the post wasn’t so passive-aggressive it wouldn’t be a big deal. I admit I make mistakes now and then…ok more often that I’d like to admit quite honestly but when people offer to check it out before posting that implies that they are perfect, seriously ridiculous.
Thanks again ladies. xoxo
Oh Adam…you just wasted my time.
Good morning all.
Thanks for the recap Lynn. I only half heartedly watch OC. I may have it on while doing other things.
Good morning, MAMAZ. I haven’t paid much attention to OC either, but it’s obvious the storylines have already been established. It’s going to be let’s gang up on the weak one (Alexis) with a side story of the Vicky, Tamra, Gretchen love/hate triangle. Not really fair as Alexis doesn’t really have it in her to hold her own against the likes of Heather or Tamra.
Has Alexis hired Howard Bragman to repair her Housewives image the way he did for Camille? From the little I’ve seen she seems to be the only sane one so far this season. I never thought I’d be saying that!
I know. I’m actually kind of liking Alexis. Can’t believe I’m saying it either. Lol.
Ditto… I couldn’t stand Alexis last year and thought I’d be happy to have someone aboard to put her in her place but now I’m rethinking what I wished for. I have a feeling Alexis may be the least offensive this year. Time will tell I suppose.
The season has only just began. I am pretty sure that all these women are going to show their true colors. Alexis is still a shallow barbie doll, that is not going to change anytime soon. She was still not happy with Peggy but Peggy is gone so there goes that toxic story line. She still has time to go down the low road. IMO.
I watched it half paying attention too.
I don’t go to bravotv.com unless I am directed there from here so I am really surprised at Heather’s blog. It sounds like it’s going to be an eventful season.
I did not ‘get’ all the hostility that she claims came from Alexis. I have to agree with Lynn, her blog makes her sound a bit crazy.
Oh, Lynn. I can’t believe you are posting negative things about Jill, Lisa and Gloria. Don’t you know they were responsible for bringing in the 150 new donors to that organization and that Jill “donated” 300 (dusty from being in Zarin Fabric’s basement) books to help the foundation? It says so right on Jill’s twitter. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Obviously The Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas is made up of anti-semites, lol!
Ha! I just spit my drink!
hahahaha
haha Doubt it! Not according to the organizers and guests. It was a fiasco! lol
I was kidding of course. Lisa, JZ GK are so arrogant. They think every word from their lips are pearls of wisdom. But they are really stupid and offensive. How dare Kisa Wexler tell other women whether they should work or not?
oops, Lisa Wexler
Not only that but Gloria’s long drawn out dull stories that she thinks everyone is so interested in actually proves that she wasn’t such a great mother. Who would want to be a mother like her?
Great mother? Look at how her daughters turned out. And how tall is Bobby again? In pictures, he looks about the same height as Jill. Just sayin’. I guess to Gloria it’s OK to be a short man as long as he’s very rich. Lol.
Exactly AND she insulted her granddaughter’s father. How cras is THAT.
They live in an insulated world. They never look at people’s reactions and think..hmmm maybe they have something there. Time to take heed.
Because it’s all about THEM.
I’m sure Allie really appreciated her father being insulted. (sarcasm) .
I feel bad for the women bought tickets.
I have heard Mr.Shapiro does not have the wealth Bobby does. I wonder if that was the real source of discontent.
Of course it was.
Jillzy and the Two Shrews (Lisa and Mother’s NOT Happy Gloria) probably expected to sell and sign a lot of books to their captive Dallas audience and after Jillzy sold and signed both books, it was less hassle for the three shrews to leave the books behind. Why would they pay to schlep the books back to NY when it would cost more than you can BUY them for on Amazon? Plus, I’m sure they get a far more valuable tax write off by leaving the books behind in Texas. If you’re paying more than 99 cents for that book, you’re overpaying……
The reviews were equally AWFUL when Jillzy went down to the University of South Florida alone. (she got a $15K speaking fee for that gig, plus deluxe accommodations from former Gov. Charlie Crist)
I’m sure Bawby is thankful for the break. He doesn’t even have to feed Ginger since she’s with Jillzy.
I’m sure he is. Lol! Hope you are doing well FLG.
Thank you BB. I’m starting to feel better and have a little energy. It was a really rough winter although the weather has been pretty good, but I think spring will be better.
I totally missed the side point stating that the Federation had PURCHASED the books…. I apologize for my oversight of that very IMPORTANT detail.
FLG – good to see you. Hope you are well.
Thank you Trudie! I hope my energy continues to improve and that I will feel up to posting more.
The Jillzytrash made me wanna crawl under the coffee table and bleed to death (slowly) on their behalf.
I know I was so a shamed for them.
They are shameless, somebody´s got to to it for them.
Heather person is so right for the OC crowd.
I´m not watching them anymore, but I follow the madness on you blog dear Lynn.
Thanks Embla! They really are shameless but the fact that the organization released that letter of apology says it all! Along with the input from those who also attended…really a shame for those who paid to be there.
Nobody should hire these greedy “ladies”.
LMAO Be sure to check out Jill Zarins USED DIRTY shoes that she is selling on eBay for a mere $39.00 http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=200709884217 be sure to check out Terry Alley’s site for the whole story also. (I can’t put 2 links in a post)
•WARNING THE SHOES ARE EXREMELY WITH TOE PRINTS PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR BREAKFAST DIGESTED•.
Lol couldn’t make this up if I tried.
Here is Terry’s link:
http://terryaley.com/?p=6430
Thanks Lynn. It was to good to risk it going in to moderation and couldn’t stop laughing.
I’ll give Jill some credit where deserved, at least she is showing the dirt on the shoes lmao. I’m on a phone, does Terry’s link have a video? I saw that he said something about Jil isn’t happy about it. I can only play you tube videos and they can’t be on a site. Still laughing at the shoes OMG LYNN- this reminds me when people use the term vintage, they think because something is old it’s worth money. In Jill’s case, if an item is a famous label, no matter how much toe jam and dirt is in her shoes, she think she can still sell them for money. I would be so embarrassed. I wouldn’t give shoes like that to the goodwill. I can’t stop laughing. She is gross!
That’s just gross. I wouldn’t buy those at a garage sale for 50 cents.
Ewww
I won’t even donate shoes in that condition to Goodwill.
I wouldn´t buy those new, let alone in this condition.
Is Jillzy broke or just money hungry in the extreme?
Jill’s girdles on HSN are recieving bad reviews. However, there are several ” 5 star reviews ” that some of the customers think are fake ( Jill hiding behind a fake name) This review is posted on HSN:
Another return! Cheap! Thin., horrible, not shape wear period! Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed that Cally12490 who just opened her account Feb 2012 the same month that Jill’s line made her first show? Up to her old tricks like the Susan Saunders hoax on HWNY! Stop it! We can judge our own quality! Your ewes & awes are just silly! & obviously wrote by Jill!
Your ewes & awes are just silly! & obviously wrote by Jill!
^^^
Funny!
: )
Jill is a sad sad sad fading reality star. Her light has dimmed and she refuses to leave…no matter how humiliating she will continue to do, show up, and blog about anything in order to remain relevant. I finally realized today Jill is who she is because of her family. Her mother and sister are just as pathetic.
P.S i do believe the little person story…..as Ally is super miniture sized lol. I really think Ally is sweet and i hope she can stay clear of the curse that is her mother aunt and grandmother ugh.
I’m hoping that being in Nashville away from her family somewhat will help Ally become her own person and not an extension of her mother and grandmother.
She is small. But a person’s size is no reason to discourage a marriage. It makes me wonder how much Gloria may have interfered and contributed to that break up.
My guess is the first husband did not accommodate Jill or her mother in the fashion they felt accustom too. Ally will need more then distance to get over these horrible women. Therapy is in order to repair the damage. IMO.
Welcome back Mel.
Thanks lovemamaearth,
Feels like i have been gone forever, but had a few unfortunate things happen . But i am back and I am catching up on everyones comments.
I hope things are ok now.
To quote Dr. Suess, “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
From one of my favorite books, “Horton Hears A Who!”
Great blog Lynn! I haven’t posted in a while but I have been lurking. Just when I start to forget about JZ, she (or her family) does something stupid. The Zarins/Wexlers/Kamens are the gift that keeps on giving. LOL
Good morning! Happy Saturday!!
I am hoping today will still have some of the great weather. I have been awake since before 6 and I embrased it, and am now ready 
The weather this past week was great, and I made it a point to leave the office at least for 10 minutes to see it and feel it
So that family of woman, poor man and children in their lives. Can you imagine having that kind of women around you all the time? I’m glad Ally is away at college, and I hope she doesn’t turn out to be like them. She doesn’t look like them, so I’m hoping she doesn’t act like them.
Happy Saturday to you Cali!
Saturdays for me means BASKETBALL!! The first games starts at noon. I will be glued to the TV all day.
Who’s playing?
At noon it’s
UK vs Vandy (Go Cats!)
Notre Dame vs St Johns
Then at 2
LSU vs Mississippi
Florida vs Georgia
And later tonight it’s Syracuse against Conn.
I told you I’m addicted!
I’m happy because Marquette beat WVU last night.
Maybe I’ll watch some while I’m cleaning out some files today.
Hey Mamaz, I love me the college basketball too! Can feel the change in the air? March Madness is just around the corner although I am a little sad because it’s quite possible my team wont make the tourney this year.
Enjoy the day!
I graduated from St. John’s, so go RedStorm.
Hi Countess Lilybee, I don’t know if you go back and read comments, but I noticed you mentioned you graduated from St John’s. I am doing a little networking…would you mind if I asked you a few questions about that university? Maybe in email, for privacy purposes, if that’s what you would prefer? If not, no worries.
For me, it means I can catch up with my DVR and hose cleaning. Of course if something better comes along, I defenetly drop both
if the weather is good, I also take a hike or long walk with my BF and my dog. We all seem to enjoy that 
Enjoy your Saturday and basketball
*House*
Take some time for yourself today. You work hard all week and deserve some weekend R&R.
Yes
thank you.
I’m getting my R&R right now
Watching Brat Pitt on inside the actors studio..that has been on my DVR for a while now.
It’s clear that Heather chose her enemy right out of the gate
^^^
Seems Heather chose the weakest wife and for that I’ll think of her as a bully type.
I think Terry’s snarky comments about his wife were below the belt and inappropriate.
Hilarious stuff on JZ and family. I liked Gloria when she was friends with Bethenny. Now we get to see the Gloria that made Jill how she is I guess. I do think SAHMs are happier if they get out with friends or to work than if they’re locked in the least thankedhardestjob.
I’m a SAHM.
My kids are almost 3 and 5 (their birthdays are coming up in the next month or so). I have no intention of working until the youngest is in kindergarten, to me it makes no sense to leave my kids only to spend my earnings to pay for day care.
Do I ever miss being part of the work force, sure. But I enjoy being a mother more.
Not to mention, I have to take my oldest to various therapies 5 days a week.
I get plenty of ‘fulfillment’ in doing everything I can to help my children reach their full potential.
Lisa clearly doesn’t know shit about being a mother.
I fully get and support that some women want to work or need to work. Which makes me even madder that Lisa has tried to pit working mothers and stay at home mothers against each other.
It seems like the Women’s Movement completely miss Ms. Wexler. Wasn’t the purpose to allow women to be whatever they want to be? Anyone who thinks that a stay at home mom doesn’t work has never been a stay at home mom.
I have lived both lives and they both have their challenges. I had to work when my children were young, and I lived with guilt because I couldn’t be there for all their activities. I clearly remember one time when I found out after the fact that my 11 year old son was doing a reading at an assembly and didn’t tell me because he “didn’t want to me to feel bad” because he knew I had to work.
Many women live with some amount of guilt no matter what choice they make (or have to make). As women, we should be supportive of each others choices instead of trying to make us feel “less than” one another.
Amen sister
Bless you
It makes me question what kind of reception Wexler usually gets. I just don’t get why it is she thought she should walk in there and preach.
I think it takes an awful lot for an org. to send out a public apology like that, it usually has to get pretty baaaaaaaaaaaad for something like that to happen. I don’t think it would have happened if they were just ‘ok’, they had to really be awful. I think that is the kiss of death for the Jillbillies and their time on the speaker circuit.
Yes I was a SAHM before the internet connections. The visiting done on these sites might have filled the void of adult interaction that is sometimes missing.
Feels like old times, doesn’t it?
Yes, lol!
Funny how some people never change.
Amen!!
Mornin’ Folks… Hope you’re all having a great one.
I have to say I’m disappointed in today’s blog. With the reappearance of Jillz and crew in the blog at some speaking event, I was hoping for more excitement. I read through the detailed account of it and was looking for the part where she was launching her drawers into the audience with a t-shirt cannon after she told them they were all fat and needed more control. It wasn’t there. I’m so disappointed in Jillz. I thought she had better marketing skills. Guess I was wrong. Honestly, I don’t know what this group of people expected from the trio. Somebody obviously didn’t do their research before inviting them. One thing is evident though, THIS group, here, at this blog, isn’t the Only group of people who cannot stand them and the list continues to grow.
I didn’t watch last week’s episode of OC and only listened to part of it. In reading the blogs though, I get the undeniable feeling that this Heather chick has a major pole up her ass. Further, She carries her hubby’s balls around in whatever designer bag she is carrying for a given day. Lastly, from looking at that picture of her anyway, she has a LOT of nerve talking about ‘procedures’ regarding Alexis. From the look of that picture, if her face was pulled any tighter, her eyes would be on top of her ears. Don’t forget people, these are ALL new kids to me. From what I’ve seen so far of OC, they are going to remain that way. At least now though, when you’re all talking about them, I have a face to go with the name. Good or bad as that may be.
Lot of rambling about nothing.. Have a great one everybody..
Hmmmm…never heard of a t-shirt cannon but I’ve had great fun with a potato gun
You have to feel for those poor attendees, imagine what it must have been like to listen to those pretentious hags give them life advice. Sounds like they KNEW the audience wasn’t impressed and you’d think it might give them a bit of humility. But it won’t.
Same concept as the potato gun
I don’t know anything about this organization but I get the impression that they were expecting a lot more from a ‘TV Star’. Especially if they all paid to be there. Someone though didn’t do their homework. Can’t really blame Jillz and clan for being themselves. Still fun to snark on them though.
My neighbor who is 50 years old chronologically, but is really a 13 year old boy, has a potato gun…. he also thinks it’s funny to set off fireworks and those little “pop” things, I don’t even know what they are but they explode when you throw them on the ground. He thinks it’s funny to throw them over the fence when I’m gardening….well, he did until I hosed him down…..
bwaaaaaa. Gosh, I hope this a true story.
Good for you. He deserved it.
Oh, it’s true!! You think he would have learned from the water blaster incident, I hide behind the fence and blasted him with the hose….Some people don’t learn.
hid
When I was in grade school, boys and girls weren’t supposed to ‘like’ each other. So what did we do? Teased each other. Explosives probably aren’t the best way to do that though.
My kids always tease me and say he’s secretly in love with me…..
Good Morning Jeff,
It will be interesting to see your take at this stage in the game of the RHOC franchise. It was the one that got the ball rolling yet it’s now so far off it’s original course. IMO, I think the RHONJ changed the culture of all the shows to were the viewers started to develop a blood lust. ( I too got caught up in it)
Personally, I think they need to can it or totally scrap the cast and start anew.
I’m struggling to stay interested in it to be truthful. It just looks like the same old shit to me with different faces. It isn’t looking real promising to me at this point. From what I understand, I missed the true heyday of OC. At this point, I’m waiting to see the day when they are shuffling around on walkers in miniskirts and tripping over their own boobs. In other words, I think the Real Howswives of (city) has played itself out. At least with the current shtick. But I’ll probably continue to watch, and comment. If nothing else, it gives me something to talk about Here
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From what I have read, most viewers did not want blood lust just a look into the lives of wealth and privilege. Bravo and Andy decided that we needed to swim in the sewer with the reptiles after the first season of New Jersey. We have not seen a truly classy season of any of the shows sense. IMO.
Sorry, I meant to say •WARNING SHOES ARE EXTREMELY DIRTY WITH….
I was laughing so hard… That really made my day, even the old man got a good laugh and he never laughs at HW stuff. He can’t understand why I like them so much. He spit his coffee when he saw it. Then he asked do you think someone is doing it to either sabotage her or just use her name to sell them? HA HA on using her name.
Sorry, I meant to say •WARNING SHOES ARE EXTREMELY DIRTY WITH….
I was laughing so hard… That really made my day, even the old man got a good laugh and he never laughs at HW stuff. He can’t understand why I like them so much. He spit his coffee when he saw it. Then he asked do you think someone is doing it to either sabotage her or just use her name to sell them? HA HA on using her name.
On second thought, I take back giving Jill credit on showing the toe jam and dirt. The location is PA and JIll is in NY. I bet the person don’t want to risk her reputation and get feedback that the shoes were dirty. She probably sells stuff for other people. Is Jill so busy she has to have someone sell her stuff? I don’t buy that fans asked her to sell it either.
Is she still trying to auction off her raggedy stuff for ‘charity’?
I posted a while back….. eBay expects at least 10% of what you sell in the name of charity gets to go to the charity, what you do with the other 90% is ones own business.
I would rather donate directly to charity that way 100% of my money goes to charity, not to make some desperate faux-celebrity rich.
I believe sellers can actually choose the percentage that goes to charity. 10% may be the minimum. From the look of that particular sale item though, none goes to charity.
If I remember correctly, Jill has a person who works for her and sells her crappola, I think they live or sell from Pa. So she actually pays someone to sell her dirty shoes.
I can only imagine the disdain of the women of the Jewish Federation. I have lived in 5 cities and have been to Federation events in 4 of them. I have also been active in my local group.
The women’s events attract the best and the brightest of the local community. Many of the women have the ability to choose to stay at home, however they are usually active in community (volunteer) work. Those of us that work full time may no longer have the time to be active or the energy to attend evening events. That said the Zarin girls should have known their audience.
Furthermore, those events usually bring in high caliber speakers. I know that Madeline Albright was here in Indy several years ago for one. The planners in Dallas were at fault, as well, for bringing in this carnival act. I’m sure they learned their lesson:)
Since you know the group, are you surprised that they mentioned their disappointment in the note sent out? It must have been really bad to not just overlook the terrible speakers, but to go out of their way to mention it.
There must have been a HUGE backlash from the disaster to put out a letter like that. Some speakers are better than others but this had to be horrible.
I can’t place too much fault on the Dallas group. They were probably going off of the “success” the trio has had at other cities functions. The trio was the entertainment at Pittsgurgh’s Sping Gala last year. Here’s an article: http://m.timesonline.com/mobile/entertainment/bravo-star-visits-pittsburgh/article_40d29024-80a8-5431-80b6-614832215d7f.html
I gagged at the part where it says they were a “thank you to women who made the $1,000…”. Sorry, but I would have said donating time and money is a thankless task! So please keep them! Lol. Anyways, I feel so sorry for those women in attendance at Dallas, at least they had the common sense to leave the room. Ugh to the Kamen’s.
At that time she still part of the Bravo family so was getting a certain amount of corporate protection. Now she is completely on her own. Almost nobody likes her, which is problematic for a women that wants to be popular and famous.
I was there and i thought they did awesome. I had a great time and was sad when they had to end. They are such great women!
Have you guys seen what the blogger Ilana Angel wrote about the event? She’s so pro-Jill, it’s gross. She’s at the http://www.JewishJournal.com – and seems to think she’s untouchable. She’s SO offensive!
Gotta go folks. Tip off in 15 minutes. Have a great day everyone.
Adam
How about a spelling officer; I would get a monogrammed jail cell for me to live in.
Who made you the grammar police. We ran the last one off!
If u can’t spell even spell check doesn’t help!
Gotta go clean out some office files. Y’all have a great day and I’ll see ya later!
I would bet good $$$$ that Jill demanded room and travel expenses. I have been a speaker many times for 501C33 organizations and always donated my expenses and honorarium. (Makes me more popular than those who charge:)head shaking.
I would not be surprised if she didn’t pay for her expenses. Jill’s MO, right?
Hope everyone’s having a lovely Saturday! xoxo
You probably have a lot more interesting things to share than any speech Jill, Lisa and their mother could think up.
I thought that was part of the dontion/charity, give your time, $, support, etc. Not take from it. It is always annoying when I hear or read that she asks, expects or demands she get free stuff.
I’m sure the three were very well paid for their appearance. I would be willing to wager that if they had left 3000 books behind, it still wouldn’t cover the Federation’s financial outlay to get and keep them there. Jillzy even complained that no one told her that there was an ice skating rink at the Galleria in Dallas. I guess she would have packed her pink skating outfit, had she known…..
501c3
Thanks Lynn! Moments like these are well worth lifting the ban!
I’m ROFLMAOPIP
Have you seen this?
http://bravotvlover.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/world-exclusivetaylor-armstrongs-bff-jennifur-speaks/
I read it this morning. Taylor’s “friend” has just as many holes in her story as Taylor does.
Ugh, yeah for me Jennifur has about as much credibility as Taylor herself doee
*does
I do not believe a word from whomever gave that interview. It sounds very rehearsed and many Taylor’isms.
In my opinion Taylor takes Kennedy to her book signings NOT to protect her daughter BUT to protect herself to be called out. When you are in company of a cute, sweet girl like Kennedy, no one is going to be out of line, people are more prudent than Taylor is.
I really don’t see Kennedy as being all that ‘cute’ (I don’t mean a physical sense) and sweet. She very well could be, but most of what I see is an angry, hurt, distrusting and surly child.
Granted, regardless of the impression Kennedy leaves, she is still an innocent child and no reasonable person would have a go at her mother in front of her.
Kennedy is a product of her environment at this point – no judging from me and I hope she grows and heals.
Hi, Windy!
Hi Cusi – hope you are feeling better!
RR that is what I get as well but i was not going to bring it up. I see detachment. It scares me what I see and I hope I am wrong. I hope Taylor will hire a nanny because maybe then the child will have a chance of being around a normal adult.
for real:
Karen D says -
“Jennifur had a picture of Taylor’s black eye but lost the cell phone with the pictures a year and a half ago. Taylor’s black eye was from surgery this past July, 7 months ago. That first error discounts everything else for me, sorry.”
People are finding holes in it left and right.
Arrummm…. Where is this 18 minutes of video? Buzzards of a feather and all that. I don’t believe a word of it.
Exactly. It would be so easy to put the “haters” in their place if TIT would just release this video. I, for one would, love to see ninja Russell at work.
I would certainly shut a lot of people up, IF it ever existed. Didn’t happen. Have I mentioned that before? This ‘fight’ Never happened.
I put this “18 minute” video right up there with the “Alien Autopsy One”.
Wouldn’t the first thing you do when the cops show up and are taking a report, is SHOW THEM WHAT HAPPENED.
No way, would the cops see what they claimed and not take Russell to jail.
I think I have more faith in the Alien Autopsy.
Me, too Trudie!
What a joke article! Congrats to the blogger for getting an interview; however, just a laugh at the content. Just a few points:
1. I’d show you all pics of me and the Queen of England if only I hadn’t lost my old cell phone!
2. Lips got a bloody mouth from Russell? It’s possible, but I can’t imagine it as those lips sure look like airbags!
3. No charges vs police report. Once the police reports (both Mark’s and Russell’s) were filed, it’d be up to the courts not JenniFur/Mark to drop charges. They would either be participating parties or not. Also, JenniFur needs brought up on Child Endangerment charges as she/Mark/Lips let Kennedy stay in that household with the “abuse”.
4. Where are these police reports and video tape?
5. Who keeps a bloody shirt even after the man is dead? This woman is worse than Monica Lewinski! Also, now the shirt is gone so no DNA to prove her claims.
6. She had her name changed legally prior to knowing Taylor. She had it changed in ’03, but she said her and Taylor were friends for 12. 2012-2003= 9 years. Which is it?
7. The dogs… French bulldogs and English bulldogs don’t look like pitt bulls.
8. I hope to all heavens that Russell’s family sues JenniFur and the blogger for libel for printing that BOTH of Russell’s parents are schizophrenic (of course if not true, which I suspect). I might tweet Randy to see if it’s true.
9. This woman is a joke IMO.
Love the BS break down.
And don’t forget the reason JenniFUR and Mark didn’t press charges is because Taylor begged them not to, since she and Russell were flat broke and behind on their rent. Then where did the $10,000 come from to fix Mark’s teeth that Russell knocked out? And–btw, WHY would she say in her opening on the show that he was “richer than Texas?” Oh, I forgot, she was only playing a “role” for television.
Also, she’s possibly a convicted felon! I’d like to see her name change info. Someone posted this on twitter and Randy tweeted it as well, JenniFur was charged with a felony of Trafficking illegal drugs. http://www.browardclerk.org/Clerkwebsite/BCCOC2/OdysseyPA/CaseSummary.aspx?CaseID=3285396&hidSearchType=party_case&DisplayCitation=yes&CaseNumber=95015181CF10A&SearchType=
So she is hallucinating the whole thing… Got it. Makes perfect sense.
You are a rock star.
Well, that certainly adds to her credibility……..ROFLMAO! Maybe the Russell attack police report is laying on a desk, just under Jennifur’s and her missing cellphone is right next to THAT stack of papers…..
this is why they have not come forward.
either they themselves know they have no credibility and don’t want their criminal pasts brought out or Taylor’s attorney sat her down and said whatever you do, do NOT bring these folks forward and do not mention full names in the book, as it will only hurt you in the end.
I was saying on twitter how ridiculous it all is.
“I HAD pictures but I lost my phone”
“I HAD the bloody shirt but now I don’t”
“I HAD a police report but I don’t have it now”
‘The whole thing is on tape but I don’t have it and even if I did, I wouldn’t show it”
A whole lot of nothing.
Physical copies of Police reports cost about $5 here. At least that was the price last time I had to get one to file an accident report with my company (company car involved in traffic accident).
Thank you Lynn for posting the shameful apology from the Dallas Jewish Women’s Night… this must have hurt their fragile big egos. It is hysterical and pathetic at the same time.
This reminds me when I was young at home, my father -who was in love with “Opereta”- use to listen “Luisa Fernanda” and there was a phrase:
“Entre mas alto volamos, nos duele mas la caida…”
“The higher we fly, the fall hurts more”
Here is the story of a fake reality star who flew high -in her own mind- and reality hits that she is no special at all, but a shame of a woman.
So true
Wow…I didn’t even hear Lisa speak and I’m offended. I was/am a stay at home mom. My son is severely developmentally disabled, and I have other kids as well, and they need their mama. Fortunately, my occupation allows me to work part time from home, but if it didn’t, then it would have been put aside for the sake of the kids.
Family IS my job. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s definitely fulfilling, and any woman who does it is just as vital, just as interesting, and just as intelligent as women who work outside the home There’s no law that says a woman must re-enter the work force at a certain point, and there’s certainly no reason for Lisa to look down her nose at women who don’t.
Stick that up your kvetch, Lisa.
Hmmm, wasn’t it LISA who was blindsided by her Radio station employer, fired because the station was changing formats and found herself looking for a new job? In today’s economy you never know what situation you or your employer may find yourself in. That is why we must show MORE, not less empathy for our fellow people who find themselves in unforeseen circumstances. Lisa should have learned more from her experience. Maybe she would have if her period of unemployment had been longer, which seems to the be the norm these days. Stay at home moms (and dads) contribute much to their families and society. They just don’t happen to receive a salary for all they do. The benefits have also been reaped by companies who can now get two workers for what it used to cost for one. If you look at what my father earned in the 1960′s (a typical middle class salary for the time) and adjusted it for real inflation, I don’t know many single earners who make that much now.
You are so right Kukulet!
I was there. and i was not offended. and she said nothing bad about stay at home moms. shes a great woman who just wants to help people.
Those ‘isms’ had me loling. I’m glad so many people joined in to play. The next one will be after the Atlanta reunion (1 housewife per day). Everyone is invited to play. Just check my TL, after the reunion, for hashtag and start time. Oh, and my twitter name is @ifollowbravofan (without the ‘s’).
Me too! I loved the one about Lisa not only wearing Christian Louboutins, but actually knowing Christian Louboutin! Lol.
OMG: reading about Jill, her momzy and sis took me back to the early days. They never disappoint with their lack of awareness of how they come off. Lisa trying to start the mommy wars again, for their own good? And all totally unaware of what they were invited to do? The apology from the organizers to the members was the perfect statement of how we all felt during the RHNY episodes where Jillzy misbehaved (all of them?) Thank you, Lynn, for being sure we all saw this fiasco and empathized with the trapped audience.
I was in the audience that night and i did not feel trapped at all. i love jill and lisa and their mom gloria. I thought they did a great job and im really confused as to why so many people, most of who were not even there, are being so rude to them. I think its just so sad how people can just hate so much.
I guess we’re just assuming that a written apology from the organizers of an event to the members in attendance wouldn’t have been needed if that group of speakers in the evening’s entertainment had been a success instead of a disappointment…….8)
Thanks for the great blog this morning Lynn, I much enjoyed. (Oops, was that grammatically correct? Did I spell that right? Now I’m paranoid
I just really can’t get over how incredibly stupid those three women are…just really stupid. They don’t know their audience AT ALL. You would think that after what Jill went through the last few years she would mature and gain some insight into her awful behavior! And who would think that having them guest-speak would be a good idea??? Fire that event planner!
I didn’t care for Alexis her first season, but she grew on me last year, and more so, so far this season. She really is very sweet, even though she’s dumb. There is quite a difference between Jill and Alexis…both are dumb, but Jill is so….so….echhhhhhhh!
Forgot to mention:
My husband asked if people on the blog I read had said anything in particular lately –
translated that means the dear prof had missed my sharing the stories, jokes, and comments as much lately. I would miss you all if I weren’t reading – now I find that he would miss you all, too. Who knew?
Shiny_ My husband does it as well! Always asking how my “friends” are doing and the candles I light is for whom? Etc.
What a nice surprise to have some snark on an oldie but goodie, Ms. Zarin herself. I am actually mortified for her that the foundation had to issue an official apology for her and her entourage’s crap appearance. BTW, what the hell kind of work does Jillzy do? She used to stalk around the fabric shop and I truly think Bobby helped front her stupid squeeze wear line just to give her something to do and get her out of his face. Does Lisa Wexler consider that and being a “star” on a reality TV show a job? Honey, please…all of your 15 minutes are up.
Thanks Lynn as always for a great blog.
Okay been looking into the Squeezemelo ownership. Jillzy does not own this company. The CFO of Squeezemelo is also the Controller of a very large hosiery firm. Still didn’t bring this up here since we really weren’t talking about her any longer. I doubt Jzilla makes a dime at this point. The reason she got the deal for Macy’s and LT is that the Hosiery company already has deals with other product lines. Jzilla is only a “spokesperson” really for the products, I highly doubt she was involved in anything other than trying to market the items.
Dear Lisa Wexler
What the HELL happened to you??? At one point it was generally thought that you were the competent, successful and somewhat normal sister. When did that change, why did that change? Did something happen? Did you get a botox shot to the brain and suffer a massive personality change, did Jill push you down a well and hire lassie to impersonate you or something. Whatever happened you should realize that we peons are not laughing with you..we are merely rolling our eyes and saying “whatever” at you!!
i was there and i thought she was great!! Such an amazing lady and i look up to her and take in all the advice she gives. What was so wrong with it? I thought Lisa, Jill, and Gloria were great thursday night. I even bought a book and got it signed!
I bet money that when REal housewives of New York comes back we will be seeing and hearing Jill in every media outlet that will have her. She will be blogging and tweeting away about the new season and say how she is “happy” she is not there LOL. WE will never be fully rid o Jill….she is like a coackroach, even if you step on them they some how….find a way to still be alive n continue to crawl. lol.
Cockroach – I spit coffee on my screen and can’t stop laughing. You are so right about those bugs; I lived in an old high-rise in Chicago and would see them every so often and it seems like they have nine lives. JZ is definitely one of them and you are so right about her writing about the new season of NY.
Jeff you literally crack me up, your comments above about OC were hysterical.
How’s Mel this AM?
Mel is his usual cool breeze self. Laying around like a lump and doing nothing in particular. Ah the life of a dog
Mel, I really enjoyed the mental visual I got from reading your skwishware marketing idea for the trapped Dallas audience! Thank you! I needed to clean my monitor already, so I had to wipe it down anyway….. I want a T shirt cannon! I think it just might come in handy from time to time!
I just realized this was directed at me. Sorry for the late response. Glad you got a kick out of it.
I saw on Billy the exterminator that their eggs live for 60 days after they are killed or something like that. Or maybe its that 60 eggs can hatch from a dead cockroach egg pack. But anyway killing them does NOT solve the problem, just like firing Jill did not. And I agree with above, Jill is not contractually obligated to ‘not talk’ about the current season so she can and will be the resident expert on all the shows and in whatever media outlets will have her.
Wow………….Jill’s teenage friends on twitter :
Annie B @anniexoxx
The Dallas event was just not a group of women who appreciated @lisawexler ‘s wisdom and stuck their noses up to them from the beginning
Ah, the naïveté of youth.
Okay. I WAS THERE! a lot of these comments are coming from what people have heard so if you werent even there why do yall care so much? yes the apology was sent out by the federation. But honestly i was there and it was in no way offensive and Lisa was just trying to give advice. They are three great women and i just am so sad by all this hate. Also a lot of people were leaving because they didnt even let jill/lisa/gloria talk until around 9, so it was already getting late. so just know that there were people who loved hearing them speak and who respect them as people. So just drop it and stop being so hateful!!
I guess you were among the 4-5 people who supposedly bought the book or stopped to talk to them. That’s great that you were not offended and enjoyed your evening.
For a lot of other people, the evening didn’t go so well given other people’s EYE WITNESS accounts and the content of the letter.
Honestly, how can you possibly say why other people got up and left? Or what they felt?
Clearly enough people went to the Federation and said something that they felt it warranted an apology in writing. That’s a lot more than an isolated complaint.
Annie B (@anniexoxx)
Posted Saturday 25th February 2012 from Twitlonger
@lisawexler is a very intelligent woman who loves women and wants to empower them. Seeing all this so-called things about her offending Dallas Women is ridiculous! I mean she was trying to say she wants women to have the ability to go back to work if they need to and after five years out of work you are not as relevant. She didnt mean to be offensive, just state facts. She is trying to help women out and it is sad that those women didnt appreciate the knowledge she possesses. Also, Gloria is an amazing jewish mother who people can learn from #theyareamazingpeopleandyoushouldappreciatethem
Consider the source, Jill’s teenage head of her fan club.
Sorry Annie, even the event organizers felt the need to put out an apology letter, there is no defense for this fiasco. Besides, Annie, you weren’t there!
Okay. I WAS THERE! a lot of these comments are coming from what people have heard so if you werent even there why do yall care so much? yes the apology was sent out by the federation. But honestly i was there and it was in no way offensive and Lisa was just trying to give advice. They are three great women and i just am so sad by all this hate. Also a lot of people were leaving because they didnt even let jill/lisa/gloria talk until around 9, so it was already getting late. so just know that there were people who loved hearing them speak and who respect them as people. So just drop it and stop being so hateful!
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Check out the update at the bottom of the blog
Those pictures are hilarious!
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How are u today?
Who else is on Twitter?
Lynn’s is more fun. Twitter is NOT for the timid. I promote one of my companies and also
Promote Lynn’s blog. Which by the is a good thing for u LynnFamers. It is always fun to bring in new fun /interesting friends to read and post.
Thank You asking.
I am tried and my mind is foggy.
I am going out with DH and the kids.
I hope everyone has a great day
Who knew baby moose could be cute? And I love Allison Krause.
Such a cute video! I never realized how playful they are.
That was so cute! I loved it. The mom is so protective and loving. Thanks for sharing. I liked the song, it was pretty.
JZ and company seems to be the delusional gift that just keep on giving! For any organization to write an apology letter to their membership is very telling and I can only imagine the letters, phone calls and e mails they got after that meeting. So thank you Lynn for breaking your rule because this was just too good not to share.
I can’t imagine having to put out a letter like that and they did it so quickly. Whoever booked them is going to be on the clean-up committee for years, lol!
Lisa, Gloria and Jillzy must have really been a hot mess for the organization to put out that letter to its members. I wonder what kind of forum they had planned that did not go as designed?
FLG,
I checked out their website to see what was supposed to happen and that part of the website is “unavailable”…. I kinda feel sorry for whoever is taking the blame for Jill & Co…
It really was a fun little tidbit this morning! I enjoyed it.
I have a theory…I think Bobby secretly hates her which is why he doesn’t try to reign her in, or talk any sense into her. He probably eggs her on and enjoys the the fallout in the blogs the next day
That’s funny!!
Thanks for this link! http://bravotvlover.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/world-exclusivetaylor-armstrongs-bff-jennifur-speaks/#comment-351
I feel sorry for the blogger a bit, she’s obviously soft hearted, but the comments are almost entertaining and informative as Jennifur’s easily outed lies.
I can’t WAIT for this to get into the hands of actual lawyers when the lawsuit(s) begin in earnest. They will tear Taylor’s sad tale of “duress” and not understanding finances apart.
Nice job on getting the scoop on the Jewish Event Lynn! Thanks!
There is much to be said about proof – it would not take much to make claims credible – the lame excuses cause the backlash, just give up the proof and see what happens! crickets…..
Her attorney himself will have to take credit for that one about not understanding business being full of water, he stammering in the press that he is not boinking her, just helping her with the legalities of starting up ‘all her businesses’ (which she supposedly knows little about…righttttttttttt….). It’s hysterical to me they have her atty on record saying that.
I was searching for a word or phrase to describe Taylor succinctly and this popped into my head so rather than steal it I will give credit where it is due…in memory of Russell Armstrong (replace Annie with Russell)
Great blog. Thank you.
I can’t believe the shoes are on Ebay. How gross is she?
About an hour ago the NJ wives were on. The table flipping eppy was being shown. I have been waiting to see this eppy again to see what kind of bag Danielle was holding when she arrived. She was carrying a mid size clutch. One that no book would fit in. How did she produce the hard cover book at the table?
How did she produce the hard cover book at the table?
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Anal Extraction?
Sorry about that…..
I laughed. I’m still laughing.
I got a chuckle out of it.
I saw part of the OC today and I think the real reason Vicki is mad at Tamara is because Tamara corrected Vicki saying “Don’t put me in your age range” or something to that effect.
She did say that, that was funny!
Yes. ROFL And Vicki’s eyes were shooting daggers. Vicki looks close to 65 imo.
Tony Hale is going to be on Veep on HBO and looks a lot like Sean Bethenny’s wedding planner. I thought it was Sean and wouldn’t it have been fun if he’d gone into another career where we saw him more. Sorry I have a little crush on him.
Don’t apologize, you just can’t explain crushes sometimes. I personally have had a crush on Benjamin Netanyahu for over 20 years. It has nothing to do with Politics, it’s his voice, I could listen to him drone on for days…. I sure miss Larry King cuz he would have him on a few times a year at least…. I just find him sexy, funny, I know!!!
If you both had twitter maybe you could let him know. I recently told a friend from elementary school in Lincoln’s day that my cousin and I had a crush on him and he thought it was hilarious.
lol So true about the mystery of crushes.
That’s funny. I don’t think BeBe is a tweeter, lol. Just can’t imagine him tweeting
@BeBeNet
“Going to Pilates with my BFF, mani/pedis to follow” #Who’syourDaddy
LOL, his security detail would have a fit!!
Oh you could be right.
lol Or he could say all that and then send his body double.
My first crush was on the ‘Ham Burglar ‘ from McDonald’s commercials. I don’t know what it was, maybe it was just the bad boy in him or the fact that I was only 6. In my TV world, everyone was a cartoon.
This is what I found on the Dallas website, the “events” link was “unavailable”…check out the amount of $ these woman paid to suffer through Jill & Co.!
couvert ~ French for cover charge
The Women’s Event at Night is just one week away!
Register NOW for The Women’s Event at Night (February 23 at the Westin Galleria) featuring Jill Zarin, breakout star of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York, her sister, radio host Lisa Wexler, and their mother Gloria Kamen, co-authors of Secrets of a Jewish Mother.
The Case for Giving speaker at this event will be Alina Spaulding (pictured below at left), whose inspiring story is a miracle in which we all share a part. The dollars raised by Federations like ours have allowed Alina and her family to be part of the American Jewish community. Her story is our story!
Click here to register online.* If you are interested in being a table hostess, contact
I removed her name because I thought it was the right thing to do.
Click here for more information on the event.
Click here for information about the special mitzvah project included in this event (the collection of women’s items to benefit Jewish Family Service) by Younger Set.
*$48 couvert, plus a minimum gift of $365 to the 2012 Annual Campaign is required. Annual Campaign gifts are payable through December 31, 2012.
So these people paid or pledged $413 a head to listen to that diatribe? No wonder they were pissed.
Well, they do have until the end of the year to get that $365 paid….
Is this JenniFUR’s now ex hubby? http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/torts-intentional-torts-libel-slander/6610218-1.html
Mark Alsentzer
It fits the profile of a con artist.
Is this the one that RA scalped and knocked out all of his teeth that didn’t press any charges because LM begged him not to so she could continue to live her sham of a BH lifestyle all the while planning on leaving him anyway but we don’t believe her story even though ‘JenniFur’ has/had 18 minutes of video of this guy getting his ass handed to him by Ninja RA? Is This the guy?
yup.
Jill tweeted that she dumped, I mean “donated” 300 of her books on that Jewish Federation thing. I’m sure she will write the stinkers off as a full value charitable donation. Now they will have to figure out how to get rid of them.
I hear even in Texas it can get cold in the winter. Have to use something to kindle those wood burning stoves. (sorry, I’m feeling nothing but snark for these HWs lately, carry on).
Jeff – you are hysterical today…your review of OC and now this made me crack up. For the record my bff has a pit bull and he can swim – I push him into my pool all the time when it’s hot. He also lays on the top step next to me when I sit and read. However if someone attacked my friend – he would not be drowning – he would be going after the perpetrator. It is not easy to pick up an 80 lb dog that does not want to be picked up by a stranger. Lips is a desperate mental case, and Jennifur (stupid, stupid spelling) is right up there with her in lala land. I wonder how much lips paid her for that story?
Heck, my 15 lb Chichons would kill somebody who got near me!! They are more vicious than my 100lb Weimaraner ever was.
Mel is 65 pounds, is Not a pit bull, and trust me, he does not like to be handled and is nearly impossible to pick up the way he squirms and thrashes about. He likes to be scratched, petted, fed, and loved but no one is going to pick him up and Throw him. If He Did wind up in a pool somehow, I have no doubt that he could swim. I’ve never seen a dog that couldn’t (though there’s a first for everything). Is it possible to throw a heavy fighting dog into a pool? Yes. Do I believe it happened in This case? No, and Definitely not Two of them.
I think Lips McGee and Jenni D were smoking some powerful shit when they cooked up This story.
Do you know what the name JennifUR Diamond says to me? Low Budget, Low Rent, and Low Class.
wow that is absolutely horrible what they did, they probably cost the company to lose the business of whomever they were planning to contract with or already had.
and it is AMAZING to me how much this lie is similar to the lie Taylor told about Adrienne being Kennedy’s godmother. wow. Just as Taylor’s and the supposed Jennifur’s lies (from the blog) are so similar. Wow they are really all the same.
So I am wondering if some event did take place because perhaps this man did something similar to Russell. And the reason no charges were filed or they didn’t sue, was because Russell agreed not to sue them for something similar. I just don’t know…Taylor sure runs with a smarmy group of people.
I feel very badly for those women of the Jewish Federation – they do a lot of good work and to have insulting and ill-prepared speakers is horrendous. I am glad these people stood up for truth and apologized to their membership for having the JZ trio.
I think J needs to muzzle mama big time. Remember Mother is not happy? I’ve never heard a mother speak that way – ever. I guess I live in the land of somewhat normal and that household must have been a trip. Have you noticed none of these Zarin and Kaman men really speak up? These women hold the balls and dollars.
I agree Contessa. What an insult. I think that JZ is very socially awkward. I think in her so called limelight days that her speeches were written for her.
I hope the terrible trio don’t manage to turn this into a series of guest appearances on every chat show on TV, to “explain” what happened…….. Can you imagine them on Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew, The View……… you get my drift. LM has done enough of that so I hope none of the shows make time for the 3 egos.
Hi FLG!,
How are you? I lost your e-mail address. I’ve been thinking about you a lot.
How is Tigre? Are you felling better?
Thank you Nancy and Adgirl. I’m starting to regain some strength and beginning to feel better. I hope you are well and happy!
Mr. Tigre is as sweet as ever and Hubs, too!
So glad to hear that FLG. Give him a kiss for me.
I have both of mine in bed with me right now.
It doesn’t get any better than this.
I’m talking about our cats right now NOT
husbands. Too funny.
“I have both of them in bed with me”
and “It doesn’t get any better than this”
OMG how funny.
I was wondering about you for a second there, Nancy
Hi Mel,
How are you?
BTW our pug can’t swim
but I’ve seen others do it.
Doing fine. Like I said, there’s a first for everything. I don’t KNOW that Mel could, he doesn’t like getting wet so that might freak him a little bit at first.
I used to think that she couldn’t swim because of the size of her chest as it’s much heavier than her back end. I wonder if boxers
have any trouble swimming?
Taylor was out with her dentist tonight. She has no shame what so ever. This dentist helps with DV. (please)
I never wanted to be seen here as a man bashing women but I just have no words for that one.
When I was in HS, we had a St Bernard. HE could swim. Couldn’t easily get out of the pool though, had to be helped.
No *good* words
Hey FLG – good to see you here!!
Thank you Adgirl. I hope all is good with you!
Great! I can’t take out of my head the vision of those smelly shoes of JZ! Ewww… The smelly shoes along with the moldy book… Holly mother of pearl!
Good morning.
Morning Boston! Enjoy your Sunday! xo
Good morning everyone. I hope you all are doing well & had a great weekend. I’m sorry I wasn’t around yesterday. I’ve got to catch up.
Good mornings!
Mornin Powell! Enjoy your catch up..lol Had to break the Zarin ban, it was too good.
I am sooo glad you did. You would think that after all this time she’d learn but alas leave to her to keep doing the same negative thing over & over again.
Good morning! It’s cooooooooold here in Virginia.
http://youtu.be/e0TInLOJuUM
Gotta go get ready for church. Enjoy.
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Have a great time at Church!
Morning BB – cold here too but we have a full day planned…augh! lol It’s supposed to warm up to the 40′s this afternoon.
Good morning!
I can’t believe I’ve been up over an hour. Debating right now between going to a bridal show or the casino next to it. Right now, Sil and I are leaning toward the casino as we are just the cooks/bakers/servers in the wedding events and don’t want to deal with the drama aftermath like last weekend. I wonder what it takes to make young girls realize their “man” is really a controlling little boy with a temper. Meh, better not even to go there this week. Casino it is! Lol hope everyone has a great day!
Sounds like the right chice. Hope you win big!
Thanks!
Ditto. Have fun chick.
I hope everyone has a great Sunday. I am smiling today because LavaSon drove home from college (3hrs.) to see LavaDaughter for her birthday. We are going to brunch in a bit.
Lisa, Jill and Gloria – I’d rather get a root canal than see them in action. I think the letter was sent so there would be no repercussions for next year, as in “I’m not going to attend this year; last year’s speakers were horrendous.”
I was a SAHM for 18 years. And Lisa is wrong. After I sent the youngest off to college, I did successfully reenter the job market, with little or no pain. I sub for our school system as an aide, clerical worker, teacher’s asst. And I get called at least three times a week to help out. I love it, feel I am needed and feel like I am contributing. Everyone needs to take sick or personal days, and our school system is large. So there is a need for subs.
So bleh to you, Ms. Lisa Wexler. Disappear, just disappear. And take the other two with you.
That is so sweet! You raised some loving kids! Hope she has a great bday and brunch goes wonderfully!
I know a lot of women who reentered the job market after their children were grown.
The whole working mom or SAHM debate is bad for all moms.
Guess what she just told me. She bought 6 sessions at “Completely Bare” through Groupon for 90% off. Cindy’s must really need the business. I’ll post a review after she goes. She is concentrating on the underarm area.
90% off is fantastic for your daughter. I’ve not read any negative reviews about Cindy’s services so I hope your daughter will get great results. Cindy stretched her business to thin during her one season on NY in a down economy. Not very smart to open new multiple locations. I hope she fired her accountant & lawyer if they were on board w/that movie, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she went against their advice because that’s the type of temperament she has as we saw on the show. With a down economy I can understand Cindy wanting to take advantage of it to boost her business but she did it the wrong way. She could’ve developed products just for home shopping. The problem w/a lot of these HW’s is that they feel that they have to do things big & over the top to be noticed & to live their “glamorous” lifestyles.
LavaLady that’s such a great thing your son did for his sis.
I think you are right about why the letter was written. I don’t know who was responsible for getting the speakers for the event but they sure didn’t do their research. If they’d listened to Lisa’s past radio shows, watched past HW’s episodes & read information they wouldn’t have put those women through such a horrible evening. I bet Lisa, Jill & Gloria blamed the failure on the organizers. And to sell five books is laughable. But they just don’t get it.
Since we are bringing back a oldie(JZ) I decided to swing by Kellys twitter to see what the resident fruitloop was up to and she did not disappoint
(this is a tweet fail I think she tried to make it seem like a fan had tweeted it to her and Perez Hilton, but she failed to include the original tweeter)
“@PerezHilton: I am waiting for the day KKB gets her own show on the Style or Food Network! Why has that not happened yet?’ Ur so sweet
23 Feb via Twitter for BlackBerry®FavoriteRetweetReply
(wow those are her biggest concerns, must be nice)
kellybensimonKelly K. Bensimon
“@vavolineJ. My biggest concerns are Starvation, obesity, and providing clean water. @generositywater @foodbanknyc.
16 hours ago FavoriteRetweetReply
(Sneaky salads always starting s**t)
“@sukie_tawdry: she ever get over that breakdown she had on #rhony?” ‘Breakthrough.’ Watch the episode and pay attention to the salad. XO
9 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®FavoriteRetweetReply
Starvation and Obesity are two of KooKoo’s biggest concerns? Yes, both are serious problems, but not of anywhere near the same magnitude. And to put them together when they are in direct opposition is so KooKoo.
I think I have to agree that Adam was very passive aggressive in his remarks and when he got Lynn’s reaction he was stunned? I, myself, am guilty of horrible typing, grammar mistakes and just plain old fashioned bone head moves. I always thought Blogs were informal and hence, mistakes were a little more tolerated. I live by the old adage, “Let those don’t live in glass houses throw stones first”. Phew, because that allows me to just enjoy the blog and what it contains….just my humble opinion.
I would also like to address the whole Dallas event. I have always lived by the motto, Live and Let Live. With that being said, I found this blog very angry and full of hate. I, myself cannot stand Taylor Armstrong and have been very vocal about what I feel are her consistent lies and deceptions. So I had to take that into account and thought about how you might have the same feelings about Jill. So I like Jill and you don’t. I will be honest and say I have not liked everything Jill has done but I know I couldn’t be under such a spot light and not have made some gaffe at some point. But I am not here to discuss why some love and some hate Jill, that is really everyone’s right to feel either way.
I am confused though. The first person who reported on the event, said that Jill had forgotten her glasses and didn’t read, made a few comments about Bobby and Ally. The second person said that she read her speech. So which is it? She either read a speech and a some excerpts from her book or she didn’t. Understandably, you can see the conflict?
As for Lisa Wexler, I believe her comments were completely not receive as they were intended. I know first hand how Lisa is pro woman on any issue that faces women. She is most assuredly for women to be able to have choices on whether to stay at home, work full-time, part-time or whatever mix they find good for them. I was listening to the show you posted the link to. Again, Lisa is correct in saying after 5 years of not working, Women have a dead resume’. Its a simple truth. It also applies to anyone, male or female. After 5 years of not working your resume’ is dead in the water. In saying this Lisa was trying to alert women to this fact. She did not say she supported this type of behavior? She was simply stating a fact, ugly as it is. She has also said she believes this to be unfair for women.
As for the whole unfulfilled comment, again taken out of context. I cannot count how many times I have heard a mother utter these words, “I just want to take to someone over the age of 3.” I believe Lisa’s intent was to empower women to make themselves a priority. That a fulfilled mother is a great mother. A happy mother is a greater mother. Why shouldn’t mother’s take time for themselves? Why shouldn’t a mother, if she wants to, take a few hours a week to work part-time and feel the intellectual side of her personality? Why shouldn’t a mother be concerned with a huge gaping hole is punched in her hard earned work history? Why? That is the point Lisa was making.
Lisa was not putting down women for staying at home, but rather giving them information so that they could make better, informed decisions that will have direct and real consequences on their lives. I would think this message would be well received by any women of any age. I don’t understand why it was so misunderstood.
I am an ardent Lisa Wexler supporter. I believe her to be one of the truest, hard working, loyal, giving person I know in the public arena. She is intelligent and while I may not agree with her every opinion I support her because she allows free and open debate without the hate on her show each and every day. I have personally addressed issues and opinions with Lisa and found her to be more than receptive to any dissenting opinions as long as the case is presented with respect and facts.
I find Lisa to be a force to be reckoned with. Lisa is supportive of homosexuals, women, children and against drugs, and domestic violence. I don’t know how she could support homosexuals and somehow “miss the boat” on women’s issues. Does that make sense? NO.
I am sure if this gets posted, I will either be attacked or my twitter account flooded with anit Wexler, Zarin, Kamen comments, I personally don’t care. I came here to set the record straight and express my humble opinion. I have always enjoyed, for the most part, your take on the Housewives. As with Lisa, I don’t agree with everything. Part of being able to write such a blog is listening to what others have to say. Opinions and free speech are what make this country great. The only thing that saddens me is when someone has a thought that is different, and expresses it, they are attacked for it. I welcome any and all comments in regards to mine, but I will not entertain personal attacks on myself or others for the sake of personal gain or notoriety.
I am not attacking you. You are welcome to your opinion. But if Lisa’s remarks were not received as intended then perhaps it’s because she didn’t explain herself very well.
Whether or not a woman is a working or SAHM is a very touchy subject. If you are going to address it you need to be very careful not to offend people on either side of the issue. You explained her postion much better than Ms. Wexler herself. So maybe it’s really your opinion of what she meant and not really what she meant.
I tried listening to her radio show once. I found her to be shrill, angry, insensitive and not very articulate. Far from a force to be reckoned with.
Agreed! If they were taken wrong by an audience, the delivery of the comments/statements were off! Maybe they were right for a political party, but not a room full of potential mothers. Know thy audience. If that’s the case, she should be the one apologizing.
As for being bashed, you’re welcome to post. I got bashed on twitter today for posting that I can’t believe the JJ supports the use/bashing of private citizen’s (WSL) in blogs. I leave Lynn out even tho she was bashed as well, but she’s out there as a popular blogger, it’s gonna happen. No sooner than 1 minute after a RT of that, a hate monger from the other side started following me and trying to start a casino. Guess they didn’t get the memo that I’m going to the casino not dealing with one so I blocked them. I stand by private citizens shouldn’t be bashed in blogs. Lynn respected that with John Flynn and others, time for the “real” bloggers out there to give it a try.
MamaZ the bashing comment was toward the original not you. I should have clarified. (((((((MamaZ))))))))
No problem. I understood.
Mamaz you stated that very well. I was thinking that Lisa number one is a lawyer & number two has been working in the media for a while & if she doesn’t know how to put her point across by now them she needs to stop altogether.
As far as Jill reading or not reading maybe the 1st commentor left before Jill read. She said people were walking out.
I’m sorry you feel that your going to be crucified on here and on twitter by commentors and readers of this blog for having a different opinion and I hope (not in a mean way ) your doubts and fears are for nought.
Some people probably will. But I don’t believe that’s indicative of Lynn’s posters. There are always a few people in every group who come out with guns blazing.
The bottom line is that Lisa Wexler offended the audience. If she feels that she was misunderstood then she should speak up. And start by apologizing to the organizers of the event and the women who attended. Then clarify her statements.
It’s difficult for me to believe that everyone attending the event was wrong and that LW was right. This was not a conspiracy to make LW, JZ and GK look bad. The were not well received because they were offensive.
I just took a gander at that other blog (I’m not going to name it because I don’t want to draw attention to it or give it anymore page hits then neccessary)and if someone is looking for a hateful blog its not this one.
I wish that the drive by poster that swear up and down this is a hateblog and that the readers are vile people and they will get mauled on twitter for having a contrary opinion would just copy and paste the crap they percieve that they get on twitter and post it here so rather then swearing up and down(and inviting it through being totally offensive to readers her) show us
Made me look
Isn’t that special. I really don’t care who hates who but the one with the ‘obsession’ isn’t Here. It seems to me that, one of you can correct me if I’m wrong, that this ‘pro’ blogger is obsessed with a ‘basement blogger who has no real housewives knowledge’ (paraphrasing a bit there). It further seems to me that if this blogger simply wanted to refute internet claims about her idols, she could have done so without mentioning this blog. Just sayin’… Who is the Obsessed one? She Did say one thing that I agree with and I said as much yesterday. If this organization didn’t do their homework, then they got exactly what they paid for. They can’t blame Jill and Co for being themselves. Sounds more like PPP to me, Piss Poor Planning than anything else.
Hi Lucien,
I’m not sure what you meant by “if this gets posted”. This is an open forum, everything gets posted unless it’s vile or vulgar. Certain curse words could send it into moderation but I typically approve them unless they attack another person here. I’m a bit offended that you wrote, “if this gets posted”. why wouldn’t it? As you can see, you posted it and there it is.
You will not be attacked and your Twitter will not be flooded, at least not by this group. You don’t have to agree and others don’t have to agree with you but we’re all entitled to our opinion. Have I not made that clear over the past two years?
Your opinions don’t offend me, your assumptions do.
Can I get an “amen” from the Amen section! Or is this a Hallelujer moment!
Amen and Hallelujah!
When anyone is invited to speak to any group there are a couple of givens. You cover the topic your hosts want addressed in the spirit of the group and audience it is to be presented to. Apparently, this didn’t happen. Lisa is supposed to be an accomplished communicator and failed to reach the audience and also managed to offend them as well. When an apology letter is sent to the membership, then IMO the offense was more than a “gaffe”.
While Lisa and Jill say that they support gays, the candidates that they support for elective offices don’t. I’ve listened to Lisa’s show and have seen Jill yak about her “gay husband” Brad, all the while she was hosting a fund raiser for former Gov. Charlie Crist. Crist’s policies in Florida could hardly be described as gay friendly. Lisa and Jill talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk. I have always been offended by people who speak kindly to our faces, treat us and use us as accessories, to be placed back on the shelf when they are done with us and parlay our friendships into awards for themselves.
Exactly!
I always thought she had the same relationship with Brad that she did with Ginger. She treated him like a pet that was supposed to entertain and adore her. What did we ever see her doing for him?
I don’t think Brad even got a left over lamb chop……..LOL!
Lucien if you like Jill & Lisa that’s good. S1 I used to like Jill also & Lisa & Gloria made some good assessments regarding how Jill had to accept Bethenny’s feelings toward Jill & how Gloria gave B advice but after S1 the true Jill, Lisa & Gloria emerged & I didn’t like what I saw. Jill especially has done nothing but say negative things about Ramona in print & on tv, taken credit for B’s success, been relentless trying to get freebies/refunds from businesses by complaining about their services, she even puts her daughter down in her own way, she’s used Bobby’s fabric business to hock her undergarments & the rate she’s going thru Bobby’s money I hope there is something left for his kids future.
Just don’t say c*ck and you’ll be fine in posting.
Lucien, I have no quarrel with your liking Lisa. (I neither like her nor dislike her.) But I strongly disagree with this part of your comment: “Lisa is correct in saying after 5 years of not working, Women have a dead resume’. Its a simple truth. It also applies to anyone, male or female. After 5 years of not working your resume’ is dead in the water.” This is not “a simple truth,” it’s a generalization. Not all resumes are “dead” after five years; each job hunter’s situation, background, work history, skills, niche within a field, etc. create a unique picture that requires careful examination to determine chances for employment at any one point in time. (Since supply and demand vary over time, you have to analyze workplace factors as well as individual resumes in coming up with a particular person’s odds of finding a job.)
Generalizations are also wrong when applied to the issue of whether a stay-at-home mom can be happy. Some women feel perfectly happy and fulfilled when they’re out of the workforce, some can only feel that way when they’re in the workforce (to one degree or another), and others are just as happy no matter what their work situation. (I fall in this latter group, by the way. My happiness has never been dependent on the circumstances of my employment — and these circumstances have been varied: I’ve held the sole job of Mom, worked at home for an employer part-time, worked at home for an employer full-time, worked outside the home part-time, and worked outside the home full-time. I was just as fulfilled in every situation.)
So again, generalizations don’t work — and this is where I do fault Lisa. She took a “one size fits all” approach to her talk instead of taking the time to develop a speech that would address various types of audience members. (And as someone who has given talks before large groups — because I’m a book author — I can tell you this was pure laziness on Lisa’s part, which fits with comments that all three women seemed unprepared for the event.)
You’re welcome to post here, and it’s nice that you know and like Lisa, and that you like Jill. Everyone should have people in their lives or acquaintance that like them. The only comment that seemed a little understated to me was calling Jill’s sometimes dreadful behavior on the TV show “gaffes”. If anyone I knew committed so many of these negative behaviors so consistently and repeatedly, I would not be referring to them as “gaffes”, I would be calling them “her personality”. So we disagree in how we view Jill, but your views are welcome and provide points to think about, and to agree or disagree with.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/26/paul-nassif-roman-melikov-extortion-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/
This goes towards explaining the fear of lawsuits in Adrienne and Paul. Got to wonder how many unhappy clients Dr Paul has at any given time.
Lucien,
I read you comment….and it is my humble opinion that you are part of Lisa’s camp. In essence you are trying to clean up this PR hiccup that she created via her speech. I could be wrong, but based on your putting her comments in context when you were neither there or in her head makes me suspicious. In any event, multiple sources and even the organization were upset by the presentation. It takes a lot for an organization to write a full apology…so i have no doubt that the comments were offensive to many people. I wasn’t there and although there were mutliple accounts of that evening….what struck me the most was the letter written by the people that set this event in motion. I have seen and heard Lisa speak on multiple occassions on the show and on clips of her former broadcast and based on MY prior experience i find her to be condecending and pretentious at times. I remember an incident where a guest was to come on her show to blast one of JIll’s castmates at the time. He got called feet, but Lisa took it upon herself to blast the castmate based on superficial information given to her by JIll. I found it to be unprofessional and tacky. Whether you like or don’t like Lisa or JIll…the point of the blog at least for me was the fact that they were so awful and caused so many angst that the organization even had to apologize. These were the people that HIRED Lisa, jill and their mother…..they have zero reason in my view to lie or misrepresent anything.
P.S i wonder if Ilazz Devil will call this prejudice….as she always finds a way to infuse that in conversation when she doesn’t agree with someone lol. Sad but there are a lot of people like that.
I find it dirty and sneaky that Iguana went after Lynn and WSL for reporting this story, but doesn’t take a swipe at TvTime for breaking the story (which she points out).
Dirty but not surprising.
I think she knows where the story originated regardless of who posted it first
lol I’m not worried about it, I expected it, Iguana is so predictable.
I have never figured out why you draw so much heat when others don’t. I guess your just special!
haha I’m not so sure it’s because I’m special, I think it’s because all of you have joined me and others wish they had such a great group like all of you!
Get out of my head. I was just going to post the exact same thing!
What did WSL have to do with the story or is she just thrown in for sh*ts and giggles?
Mel “and it is my humble opinion that you are part of Lisa’s camp”
Of course she is, she said she “knows first hand how Lisa is pro woman”.
Well said MAMAZ
I envy people who can get to their point in a few sentences……as it takes me three paragraphs to get to my point lol.
It was a very revealing post and it is very hard not to believe it was an attempt at inside damage control. What makes me wonder is – why here? If this person is a regular reader then he/she would know that the Zarin circus of clowns is nothing more than an occassional chuckle and not relevent.
Mel – I don’t even have a problem with a friend or co worker defending Ms. Wexler here. I would do the same for someone I knew if they were in the right.
But there is a pattern of behavior that comes from the Kamen sisters that they are always right and everybody else is wrong.
In this situation they should speak for themselves and issue an apology. Without trying to justify what was said or why. Just “I am sorry”.
It doesn’t matter if LW is a feminist. It doesn’t matter if she believes woman should be able to choose working or staying home. It doesn’t matter if she believes they have a dead resume after 5 years(by the way Ms. Wexler at any point in your life you are able to go back to school and brush up on new techniques in your field and reenter the workplace or retrain for a new career altogether). What matter is that she was insensitive and offended people. And for that she needs to say I’m sorry.
See I can ramble too, lol.
Not that I thought you were rambling! That came out wrong. Sorry.
Mamaz you know there’s no way their apologizing.
Breaking news – added to the bottom of this blog
Oh dear. I hope she’s allright. I never watched Miami but I hate to hear of anyone being ill or injured.
Prayers for Elsa, Marysol and her family.
lol@mamaz.
See when you stick your foot in your mouth, like I did above, you just need to pull it out and politely apologize. It’s that easy.
Of course I’ve had a lot of practice at both!
I’m glad I didn’t hurt your feelings. <3
The truth is in a fine dining restaurant Heather, you should trust the chef and know that he has put together an amazing menu, then choose your meal and know he will get it right.”
Lynn if this were really true there wouldnt be so many episodes of Gordon Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares
LOL
one of the worst expereriences i ever had turns out to be a place in Montcliar that has since been featured on Gordons show
i only wish i had been there when he was filming our experience was so bad
If you go to any resturant and request something be done specificly and it isnt you do have the right to bitch about it
I agree. There are times when you need to send food back. But 90% of the time? I doubt if she really send it back that often. He husband seems to consider himself a wit. But she must send her food back a lot for him to make the joke.
How have you been? Haven’t seen you comment in a long time!
Agreed but you shouldn’t go in expecting off the bat for it to be bad or why did you choose that restaurant?
If you find the chef’s recipes don’t fit your tastes, don’t go there
Poor Elsa, I hope she will be fine.
Good morning everyone.
Good morning Cali! How are you doing? When is the First Birthday party? I am excited as if the party was for my own niece! I know she will not remember but there will be photos she will treasure in the future.
This is pure speculation on my part, but I am of the opinion that Gloria never taught her daughters to apologize to anyone for any reason. Listening to Jill’s numerous hollow and self serving apologies on RHNY, not seeing any apology from any of them to the Dallas organization that they obviously offended speaks volumes to me!
I’ve been thinking the same Windy. I agree with you and I recall that breakfast in Lisa’s house in the RHONY first season when Gloria said how proud she was of Lisa and Jill said something like she was a disappointment or something in that context, like she gave mama some headaches… And Gloria almost cried trying to say that she was proud of both her daughters.
A lot of people have trouble saying I’m sorry. It’s a very poor trait.
I decided to read the story on TVTime where it originated.
Lucy left this comment:
“I have no idea about the event and since most of you do not like Jill I am sure you are happy to assume the worst. As far as Lisa, I have talked with her personally several times, she is intelligent and respectful of others opinions and we had a long conversation about mothers working. The problem with SAHM (I was one) they hear only what they want to hear and then get pissed. Lisa was very interested in a psychological study that has been published that PART TIME working mothers SEEM TO BE THE HAPPIEST, that is over SAHM and FULL TIME working moms. Lisa has always worked. We talked at length about how maybe it is the idea that working part time gives the woman an outlet for adult social interaction and a different use of the brain but they still spend most of their time with their children, their top priority. Lisa didn’t say “Oh, then by golly all moms should only work Part Time” At least not with me, she just said she found the study very interesting and maybe it was something moms should think about. I can’t help but wonder what the majority of the women in the audience were? Were they women hoping to be SAHM’s or were they SAHM’s so they were offended? Were the working moms offended? I find that MOMS get awfully heated when you insinuate they might not be doing IT right because every mom wants to believe in their heart and soul that they are the best but the best moms are willing to hear advice and not close their ears and minds to it.
As far as Jill, yeah, I am sure she was selling her books but c’mon it is Jill.”
The part I found interesting was where she said SAHM hear only what they want to hear! Offensive Lucy! (Lucien?) And that the best moms are willing to hear advice and not close their ears and minds to it. Ridiculous. You can hear it and decide you disagree, right?
As for that study, there are many ways to have social interaction with adults outside of the workplace. Friends, playgroups, volunteer work, book clubs. I could go on and on.
…….hear only what they want to hear
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…… and not close their ears and minds to it.
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Perhaps some do but, These are things people say when one doesn’t want to come around the Their way of thinking. Basically the same thing as saying, ‘since you don’t agree with me, you’re an idiot’. It is comments like that, that will in fact, close my ears and mind to whatever someone has to say. Regardless of the subject matter.
I find Lucy’s remarks to be very anti-SAHMite. Very.
My heart breaks for Ally who has to live with a mother that degrades her biological father. NOT right!
All I can say, again, is if the esteemed organization, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas needed to issue an apology letter it had to be a disaster on so many levels.
I am truly sorry that the Zarin women failed to connect to their audience. Please learn a lesson from this and go back to your anonymous lives. Lisa may be all of the great things that Lucien stated above but she is not ready for prime time.
http://www.jewishjournal.com/keepingitreal/item/jill_zarin_the_jewish_federation_of_dallas_20120226
What is wrong with this “Ilana” woman? I looked at some of her old blogs and she constantly mentions you, Lynn. I would call it borderline obsessive.
You got it Donna! We pretty much IGNORE her here. Somehow she thinks we constantly bad mouth her… She is pretty DELUSIONAL!
Traffic must be slow at her blog. She uses Lynn or mentions Lynn when she needs hits for her blog.
ITA – probably end of the month trying to make her numbers to keep her job…..yawning.
Exactly!
I watched some of the video of Lisa’s speech. I think she majorly mis-read the audience, who probably didn’t want to discuss anything political or heavy and just wanted a light night out.
She made some great points about having to stand up for women’s rights especially given all the nonsense that has been going on over the past few weeks with the discussions on contraception, etc. She said she respected SAHMs but she acknowledged that for most, this was a privelege, and that studies have shown that women with part-time jobs do better than women who stay at home full time. The full speech hasn’t been uploaded, but part of it is there, on YouTube.
Anyway, this was not the time nor the place. There is some video of Jill trying to do the “Q &A” on herself and then someone tries to stop her.
Honestly, it looked like a shitty event from everyone’s perspective. Everything about it was totally wrong.
And no, I am not from anyone’s “camp.” Just a bystander.
you gave your honest assesment of the event, without being passive/agressive towards Lynn or the blog readers.
Thanks for sharing your assessment of Lisa’s talk, and for pointing out that part of it is on YouTube. I haven’t watched it yet, but from what you and others have said, my take on the situation (as I mentioned briefly in a response to Lucien’s post above) is that Lisa took a one-size-fits-all approach to her talk — which is typically what happens when a speaker is lazy and/or hasn’t had time to prepare, because it’s far easier to spout opinions and generalizations than to provide a thought-provoking and/or inspiring speech.
So it sounds like none of the women could be bothered to prepare for the event; they probably felt they deserved their speaking fees just for showing up.
This get together sounds a lot like the kind Bethenny was doing when Max didn’t call the limo and left B standing outside feeling like a fool. B left the group wanting more from her, granted it was a smaller group by the sounds of it.
I agree with all those who said Lisa, Jill and Gloria should apologize and own their inadequate speech.
A long long time ago a friend went to a women’s conference where Patty Duke and Joyce Brothers were talking. She said Patty was excellent and fun and Joyce only talked about how to find a man. So I guess anyone can be hit and miss.
Morally Bankrupt – I’m happy to consider differing viewpoints. Especially when they are delivered in a non biased way. As Jezzibel noted your post did not come off as a passive aggressive attack on Lynn.
I may go to youtube a watch the clip for myself. Your version does sound a bit less insensitive than what we’ve been hearing. I’m glad to know she preface it by saying she respected the SAHM.
Still I have to wonder what else she said or how she said it that made so many people so angry.
Each of the women involved have to own their behavior and words.
Jill was there to sell books and pretend she is still important in the housewives universe. Lisa feels she is an expert on a subject that is individual to each woman involved and didn’t convey that all choices are probably what is best for that family. Gloria is a horrible example of motherhood and that is no secret given her stories that hurt others told with a knowingly wise air.
Having not attended this event, it appears that the theme was giving and helping others as not only individuals but on the family level. The clowns missed the mark on every level imaginable. Anyone else wondering if a public apology from any of them is in the future?
WCW they are not apologizing. It would be refreshing if they did.
Hi Cisi,
how about you?
. It was funny to get a call from my mom telling me she will contribute $ to the party, and asked me how to go about that. It is not for me or my baby, but I guess I was officially named the planner 
Don’t get me wrong I am communicating wth my sister and everything will be approved by her 
I am doing well on this Sunday morning
We have a month to Pla the birth day party for my niese. She is a happy walking baby. I take so many pictures of her whe I go visit, that I’m sure there will be lots more taken on her birthday. We hah to move the day, and we are still not sure of it will be moved one day or a whole week to have it on a Saturday. The original day turned out to be a day my mom and had something planned that we can’t get out of. My sister lives in an apartment so there is not back yard to have the party, so we are still trying to figure out the location. I offered my place, but I live on a difrent town and we don’t want make it incomvinient for the guests. We will figure it out. I am actually excited about planing it now, I plan events for work this should be more fun
A month to PLAN
We HAD to move the date.
Well Jillous is probably happy right now cause bad publicity gets her onto Radaronline.
jeang you’re probably right.
Taylor’s 2 sisters.
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LOL LOL LOL !!!
I read Ilanas garbage and I can’t believe how vicious this woman truly is. Lynn just reported what was in the news. I think Ilana has a serious mental problem and needs some medication. Her obsession with Lynn borders on sanity issues. When the Federation itself apologizes to the members for a horrible evening, it is pretty serious. Ilana look to the truth of the matter, but you don’t even know the meaning of that word, as your obsession makes you blind. You need to get a life.
I think Ilana has been jealous of Lynn & this blog for a very long time.
I too read it just because I couldn’t help myself. The whole time I kept thinking, WHAAAAT?! Jeff said it best up-thread that if she wanted to dispute what was being reported happened at the event, then why even mention this blog? If she likes Jill and wants to “set the record straight,” then great, it’s her prerogative on her own blog. But I didn’t find anything “hateful” about what Lynn posted above. She simply reported her take on what ACTUALLY happened, and that is Lynn’s right here on her blog. I also find it ironic that Lynn has barely mentioned she who must not be named in months, but she does once and gets slammed for expressing her own opinion. I think this Angel woman needs to check her own halo…if it slips any further she might just end up choking on it. (And no, I do not mean any harm to her whatsoever…it’s just an expression)
TMarsh – I saw your post yesterday about also being a college hoops fan. Sorry your team may not be part of March Madness. My #1 team, Pitt, lost to Louisville today.
They have not had the best season either so I feel your pain.
Let me break down JZ’s tweet.
Her tweet:
We donated 300 @secretsofajewishmother books so they can give proceeds to worthy dallas programs
The breakdown:
We didn’t want to carry them home.
Just for fun, I had to look it up. It’s discounted to $6 on Amazon and ranked at #843,352.
LOL.
Ally is back to using her old name. On her twitter account it now reads:
Ally Shapiro Zarin. For a few years it was Ally Zarin.
Whew! It took me forever to catch up on reading the blog and comments!
I am so excited for the Oscars tonight! But I just realized it conflicts with CA!! I think CA repeats on a sister network, maybe MSNBC? But I can always watch it online.
I am enjoying Bethenny Ever After. It is light – exactly the opposite of all the HW’s drama.
CA – Compared to past season’s, this season did not start out with a bang. At All!! I will still watch and I hope Teresa doesn’t ruin it for me. I was disappointed when I heard she had been cast.
I am also watching Survivor. I was an avid Survivor fan until the season (I forget what season) where Stephanie (who did awesome, btw) didn’t win. Total bullsh!t. I was done with it until now. I hope I don’t regret getting back into it.
Revenge is new this week right? Such a good show!
No HW shows for me at this time. I will give NY a chance when it starts. The HW franchise seems to have jumped the shark. It’s so dark and upsetting now.
Tonights eppy of CA will be on again during the week. It repeats on either Wed or Thurs night. When I find out the day and time I will post it.
Thanks Boston.
Just my rant on the SAHM situation. I do not have children, but I, as are my siblings, a product of having the “priviledge” to have had a SAHM. Most moms don’t have the choice to stay home, due to economics or divorce, they do not have this option available to them. Some women choose to still work even when they don’t have to, because they wish to work. No SAHM should ever be made to feel that their choice is lesser than a choice to work. Our mom went back to college part-time after all of us were in school full time. She did not work outside the house until we were all out of Elementary school, she did not feel like she missed anything by not working. What she will tell those that question her SAHM choice, that she has wonderful memories and stories of being able to be a volunteer at her kids school, volunteered with Brownies, cub scouts, and girl scouts. We have lovely memories and pictures of her chaperoning school trips. I was born with a medical condition and because she was able to SAH they were able to get me into a “special” trial at Children’s Memorial Hospital and because she was able to do this, which meant at first weekly trips to the hospital, then monthly, etc. they avoided having to have operations for my condition. I will admit my mom did work later on in our lives, to help out with our college expenses, we were all lucky enough to have our parents pay our tuition in full, none of us have college loans to payback. I just find it ludicrous that someone would bash a parent on their choices of raising their children how they want. Sorry for the long rant, but no mother should be chastised in such a public manor for their choice to stay home, or their choice to work.
Excellent post and ITA.
Bravo!
Just when I think we’re done with these overly opinionated cackling hens. They
go and make another spectacle of themselves.
I disagree with the poster who finds Lisa Wexler respectful of others’ opinions. Lisa
Wexler is judgemental, and biased.
Lisa would have Jill on her radio talk show. The radio show would also post transcripts
of the daily talk. I read some of those transcripts and was floored at what that woman
said.
When Jill was doing her utmost to gather support from other Bravo franchisees against
Bethany, even while the show started running. Lisa had Jill on, saying how people who
grow up in a one parent or a foster situation, will never be a good adult. It was a
nice slap to Bethany, which was her intent, however it really went after me, because my early years were spent in various homes. Lisa referred to families as Pods and those who were not part of a “pod” never developed well. She kept trying to engage Jill with all this but Jill was too dense to dive in.
. I found it quite hateful. And this attitude creates barriers, for innocent
children.
Jill and Lisa had another program, this time it was to promote Jill’s underdraws. The talk was about the product and how slimming they are. THEN the both of them recommended Michelle Obama should wear them. And cackled in condescending laughter. I thought they were AGAINST bullying. How contraire. I tweeted them and told them so. I said how these two better start looking in the mirror because they’re making themselves look very ugly. Lisa tweeted and said she looks beautiful in the mirror. Beauty my butt.. she’s a raging hornet.
I have nothing to do with them, I don’t read their tweets and stopped reading the transcripts, from her radio cast. I can only imagine how she addressed the ladies at this function, if what I’ve seen is any inclination to her behavior.
I’m not going to dump it all on these people though. The Federation should have researched and asked for an outline of their presentation. Anyone expecting these three to bring something new and enlightening to the table will be sadly disappointed.
I’ve only seen Lisa on RHWNY so nothing to base an opinion on. I was brought up in a one parent home until I was 7 and my mother married my abusive stepfather. Everything that is whole and healthy was developed during those first 7 years and the next 11 years with 2 “parents” almost destroyed that foundation. These kind of sweeping generalizations about 2 parent families drive me crazy. A home with two loving parents may increase the odds of raising good, productive adults but is no guarantee. Also I think we all know good, healthy adults who survived the most horrendous childhoods with I or no parents.
Sunday evening is reality jackpot night for me – Jerseylicious, Big Rich Texas, and RHWOA. I quit watching Mobwives but look forward to the recaps. I may catch Celebrity Apprentice on demand but may not. I can’t stand the Donald.
I have another day off tomorrow. Thank goodness. The last couple of weeks haven’t been any fun. Too much office politics and games. I work for one of the top companies in the US and I like my job but I think after 38 years in the workforce I’m just worn out with the pettiness and drama. I have 9 years until I retire and I’d be a fool to leave now. I’ve got to keep the Mishka in kibble and pay for my household projects. I so wish I had been more careful with money and didn’t career jump so much when I was young so I could retire before 67.
No Mob Wives tonight.
Too bad. I really enjoy your recaps and bless you I don’t have to watch their ridiculous posturing.
OC Vicki: If I’d gone to a lovely dinner at someone’s home, I don’t think I would have said anything (re her southern style dinner party).
later…
Vicki: Timree is your real name? It can’t be your real name. Your mom NAMED you Timree. I don’t believe it. (paraphrasing both comments)
She wouldn’t comment at a dinner party but she did insult a woman who was an employee at the painting party. Hypocritical IMO.
Totally. She’s right that her guests showed a lack of common manners commenting on the food but she was just as rude questioning a stranger about her name.
I agree. Two wrongs are still wrong.
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Dear Lynn,
I am sorry that you were offended, I didn’t think too far ahead when I made that comment. I am used to not getting posted when I respond. I will say for the record you are different and I stand corrected. Very refreshing. I have to admit that Lisa can come off high handed and “knowing your audience” should be any speaker’s top priority. (notice is used the apostrophe wrong, hehe)
It has been my experience with other bloggers, and again I am sorry that I lumped you into the same category, when I post I get emails, my twitter account goes crazy and I just slap the lap top lid down and go for a walk.
I met Lisa prior to knowing anything about Jill. She is a force, she is bold, brash and really feels what ever she is discussing. As another poster said, the Federation got what they paid for. They are not professional speakers and as such mistakes in presentation and reception will be seen. I imagine the Federation thought they hit the honey pot with Lisa and her family. I would imagine they figured they were getting nationals celebrities and I am sure attendance went way up.
As another poster said, SAHM’s are touchy and understandably. They are under constant attack from within the female ranks as well as from outsides forces.
It has been a pleasure to read your blog and I agree and even laugh sometimes at your postings. I can see that your group of followers are not as I have been told and assumed. I hope you read this and accept my apology for offending you. I hope your week ahead is full of fun and smiles! Take care, Lucien