“90210” Is Once Again On My DVR!
Weird as it may be, my high school could have a five-year reunion reunion! And that was the last time that I wrote about “90210.” It was during about a year-long stretch wherein I had access to...
View ArticleMelrose Place: The Recaps! S1, Ep1: Pilot
So unlike “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Melrose Place,” its Spelling Spinoff, was never an obsessive rewatch for me. Now, don’t get me wrong. I watched pretty much every episode up until around the time...
View ArticleMelrose Place, The Recaps! S1, Ep2: Friends and Lovers
Okay, they fixed the credits. Grant Show is naked in front of the refrigerator; everyone has a new set of round-lensed sunglasses and a bodysuit under jeans. Andrew Shue looks less coked out in his...
View Article10 Reasons For My Thankfulness In 2014
Nine years ago, I posted a blog on Myspace, a list of “Reasons I’m Sad Today.” Myspace was awesome for such vents (Holler, Gena!), and even though my blog was a bit of a pity party, I felt loved not...
View ArticleMelrose Place, The Recaps! S1, Ep3: Lost and Found
Billy walks into a jazz club with slicked-back hair and dances with a Marilyn-Monroe-esque chick but her dress is red not white. They speak in I think French accents and then we switch to see that...
View Article10 Things Witnessed In My Ambitious Morning Quest to Buy Soda Pop
1. A really cool giant-sized version of a red student’s desk outside Venue 515 (the art studio in town). 2. A pedi-cab?! The New Yorker in me wonders if he’s earning extra income, but the Manitoid is...
View ArticleMelrose Place, The Recaps! S1, Ep 4: For Love Or Money
Jane and Michael are out for a couple’s jog, smiling and not sweating at all. Michael’s wearing a Cat in the Hat t-shirt. They decide to “race each other back” through the a busy sidewalk, and I wish...
View ArticleMelrose Place, The Recaps! S1, Ep5: Lost and Found
Poolside party at Melrose Place! Everyone is dancing. Amy Locane is wearing her denim shorts with the butt daisy again. For the most part, people are dressed how you’d expect for a summer party. Jane...
View ArticleMelrose Place, The Recaps! S1, Ep6: Second Chance
Melrose Place at night! Everyone from the complex is playing poker at Allison and Billy’s place. That’s really cool that they’re doing that, but I feel like they could maybe have carried another table...
View ArticleOh! Hi, Love
I’m going to New York again, this August. Same place I was born, in the year and month in which I turn 40. I could not be happier for why I’m going. My BFF’s sister is my honorary one, and we saw...
View ArticleMelrose Place, The Recaps! S1, Ep7: My Way
Things do not bode well for this ep, as it opens with Sandy auditioning for something that involves screaming. But I will try and keep an open mind, since Sandy’s been growing on me lately. It is made...
View ArticleMelrose Place, The Recaps! S1, Ep 8: Lonely Hearts
“Lonely Hearts” opens with Sandy and Rhonda in a store, trying on hats and dancing around. Some dude we’ve never seen before peers at them through the window. Sandy finds this charming, not creepy, and...
View ArticleVanderpump Rules: The Season 3 Finale Recap!
What you need to understand about “Vanderpump Rules” is that I had nothing to prepare me for it. There was no gateway drug. I never watched one episode of “Real Housewives.” Since my torrid love affair...
View ArticleVanderpump Rules: S3, Ep21: Secrets Revealed!
It’s pretty hard to express my level of excitement upon seeing that there is a “new” Vanderpump on my DVR, even if it is never-before scene footage from Season Three. It is something. Thank you Bravo;...
View ArticleNo More Santa Soaps
It’s been nearly a year now. One out of almost 40. In the other 39, I knew you. You were there, and now you’re not. And no matter how smart I get or how much time passes, I’ll never understand. Still...
View ArticleVanderpump Rules: S3, Ep9: What Happens In San Diego… Recap!
Watching “Vanderpump Rules” as a newcomer feels much like it did back in the olden days, before you could fully binge on any given show with just the click of a button. For this show is not available...
View ArticleIntentionally Cheesy Movie Night 24: Switchblade Sisters
“Switchblade Sisters” is “A ROLLING THUNDER PICTURE.” It opens with purple text over pictures from my childhood and The Beatles’ “Help!” A lady sings about a “Blackhearted woman” as Pre-Molly Ringwald...
View Article5 Reasons to Watch “Faking It”
1. The Cast I don’t think I’ve ever written a 5 Reasons blog that didn’t have the cast first, and that is because casting is everything to me. You could show me the most brilliant piece of cinematic...
View ArticleVanderpump Rules: S1, Ep6: Caught With Your Trousers Down
As I just started watching “Vanderpump Rules” this past season (three), there is a Lot To Learn, regarding backstory to which I simply don’t have current access. So while I’ve seen the three Season One...
View ArticleImagining Imogen
You may never have or hold a child You will learn to lose everything We are temporary arrangements ~ Alanis When I was 16, I had so many names, for all of the seven children that I was definitely going...
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