Let me start off by saying that I’ve not been covering Celebrity Apprentice, but I love it dearly and more people should watch it. Second of all, what the HELL was that?
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Obama: The Cigar
Hope has come to cigars. The other night I stumbled across this ad for the new Obama cigar from Granada Cigars. I’m really not quite sure how it relates to our current Commander In Chief (a Clinton brand might make more sense  heyooooh 1998 humor!), but according to the poster, “Change Has Come,” and apparently that goes for cigars too.
Nevertheless, I’m slightly tempted to try the Obama cigar, if only so that I can then speak the Granada Cigars tagline with full authority: “If you’re not smokin’ the G… …then what are you smokin’?” A QUESTION FOR THE AGES!
For more information on the Obama cigar, check out the Granada website here.
HOUSEWIVES PHOTO SHOOT PHOTOCAP: Food Fight Edition
Recently, The Real Housewives of New York City gathered for an Entertainment Weekly photo shoot where the theme was “food fight.” As you can imagine, plenty of flour, pie, and other assorted kitchen items were hurled with plenty of gusto and aplomb. EW graciously captured all the excitement on video, but being the bastards they are, they’re refusing to allow other sites to embed it. Sigh.
Nevertheless, I took some screencaps from the video and have posted them after the jump, as well as a link to the aforementioned video.
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ADVENTURES IN DOMESTICITY: Indian Pulled Pork Sandwiches Edition
It was 3:30 in the afternoon. I received a message from my friend Bets, who had sent me a recipe for Indian pulled pork sandwiches. “Dude, make this. the picture alone sells me on it,” she wrote. I glanced at the recipe: slow cooked pork? Indian spices? An excuse to use my dutch oven? I was sold. I told Bets I’d gladly oblige her request, but when? “Tonight,” she wrote back eagerly. That worked for me. I had nearly all the ingredients (save mustard seeds). I told her to come on over, and next thing I knew, I was throwing an informal dinner party. On the menu: Indian pulled pork sandwiches with homemade potato chips on the side. In attendance: me, Bets, Lisa Timmons (from Socialite Life and lisatimmons.com, and eventually Jash. And on tap: lots of laughter and jolly good times.
But a question remains: would this third foray into pork be as successful as my other two? Pictures and details after the jump…
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Alex McCord Dishes About Parenting, Natural Birth
There’s been so much scandal on The Real Housewives of New York City that we’ve almost lost sight of our favorite talking green bean, Alex McCord. The aspiring socialite / one-night-stander chatted with W Magazine recently about her recent layoff from Victoria’s Secret as well as Simon’s dutiful role as male doula to the births of François and Johan. It’s all the Van Kempen excitement you’d expect it to be. So if your Silex itch needs to be scratched, head on over to the interview at W.
• ALEX MCCORD ON UNEMPLOYMENT, THAT PARENTING BOOK & SIMON AS A DOULA [W Magazine]
ADVENTURES IN DOMESTICITY: Daeji Bulgogi Edition
Oh, do I have a treat for all of you today! Behold the beauty that is Daeji Bulgogi!
As many of you probably know, I have a certain soft spot for Korean food. Basically, I love it. In fact, I purchased a Korean cookbook earlier this week, and I truly can’t wait for it to arrive. Literally. I can’t wait. That’s why last night I up and cooked myself a wonderful Korean dish â€â€Ã‚ the aforementioned Daeji Bulgogi. Up until about two years ago, I was a strictly beef galbi and beef bulgogi guy at the Korean restaurants (check out this post of me making galbi last summer). Then my friend turned me onto the wonderful world of daeji. For the uninitiated, daeji apparently means “pork,” but if you assumed pork bulgogi is just like regular beef bulgogi, you’d be sorely mistaken. Daeji bulgogi has a completely different marinade. Well, it’s not that different, but you’d certainly never confuse the two.
Anyway, when my friend encouraged me to try daeji bulgogi, I was skeptical that it could be as good as galbi or beef bulgogi. I quickly proven wrong. Daeji bulgogi is the shit (pardon my French), and I think I might even like it more than regular beef bulgogi. Can’t say if it’s better than galbi though. Those are fightin’ words.
More daeji adventures after the jump…
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Ramona Gets Banned From Daughter's School!
The scandals keep comin’ on The Real Housewives of New York City. First Countess LuAnn announced her separation from her very age appropriate husband, Alexandre. Then Bethenny and Kelly duked it out on TV. And now comes this news: Ramona Singer has been essentially banned from her daughter’s private school in Manhattan. According to the ever reliable Page Six, Ramona has been declared a “persona non grata” at Sacred Heart, leading one parent to say “All of us and the school are very embarrassed by Ramona’s actions on the show. The school has asked her to take Avery off the show, but she refused. Now no one wants to be near Avery because they don’t want to be associated with the show.”
Ooooh… I love these scandals: petty, nasty, and tinged with just a dash of elitism. It’s like Gossip Girl, but with full-fledged adults who should know better!
• NEW MESS FOR ‘HOUSEWIFE’ [Page Six]
Thanks to B-Side Blog reader Shara for the heads up!
So Bethenny, What Are Your Real Feelings About Kelly?
Anyone who didn’t catch last night’s turbulent episode of The Real Housewives of New York City (photocap here) certainly missed out on a boatload of drama, the centerpiece being a WTF argument between Kelly and Bethenny. Our favorite Sicilian chef came out on top, and now she’s had the last word. On Bethenny’s’ Bravo blog, she unloads on Kelly, calling her “Kellamity” again and writing “Kelly’s ‘journalistic’ vocabulary consists of 2 words: foil and inappropriate. Maybe next week she’ll find some new words.” And that’s the nice stuff.
To read more of Bethenny’s dissection of last night’s episode, click here.
HOUSEWIVES PHOTOCAP: The One Where Everyone Fights With Everyone Else
“I’m a BITCH.”
OHHHHHHHH my.
I’m afraid The Real Housewives of New York City have peaked for the season because there’s no topping tonight’s episode. Everyone, and I mean, everyone got into a fight (with the exception of Countess LuAnn, but her divorce was announced today; so that sort of counts â€â€Ã‚ no pun intended). And these weren’t just awkward inappropriate-for-the-Cancer-Society tiffs. These were out and out hurtful interactions, full of blood-boiling confrontation and pent-up accusations. In other words, it was awesome.
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Dwight from 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' Forgets To Wear Top Half of Yeti Costume
In season one of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Nene’s gay sidekick Dwight asked “How you gonna have a fashion show with no fashions?” He was referring, of course, to the infamous SHE BY SHERAYAY launch party which featured, quite literally, no fashions. Well, there may have been clothes at the party pictured above (hosted by Lisa WU Hartwell  Drinks & Dialogue, perhaps?), but there still seems to be a lack of fashion in Atlanta. That’s right, you’re looking at fur pants, a trend that will most likely stay confined to this one photo.
It may be too early to say for sure, but I think Dwight just lost all his gay sidekick cred. Sort of sad, really. That puts him down there with sad sack Frankie of Orange County. What’s this world coming to??
Via D-Listed