BFF's Bad Kitty of Wishbone Clover and Stefania of CityMama are turning 40 this year and we're milking it to death, just like Jennifer Aniston. Will John Mayer write us a special 40th birthday song? No? Whatever.
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This is what we were all dreading the whole "season" -- she actually put her kids on camera. Yeesh.
Like Stacey, the kids are cute and appealing, but you have to wonder: wtf does this do to their concept of how people meet, fall in love and get married?
Oh, wait. Did I spoil it for you? Yes, the series ends with a proposal, a ring (from a sponsor, complete with prominent logo placement) and an acceptance. And then tons of macking out. Yick.
Of course, that doesn't give anything away because the kissing just doesn't stop on this show. You get the feeling she gives guy at the Starbucks drive thru a buck and a tongue bath. Seriously, who doesn't she kiss?
Some of you may know Chaz Bono better as the former Chastity Bono, child of Sonny and Cher.
Chaz is just two months older than I am, and I vividly recall watching him join his parents -- he was still a she at the time -- at the end of every episode of the Sonny and Cher show. I never missed an episode, and I worshiped Chastity. How cool to be a kid on TV! And to get to wear an outfit that matched Sonny and Cher!
In 1990 the tabloid rag the Star outed Chaz. Although he was already out to his family, Chaz denied it at first, because he wasn't prepared for the public scrutiny. He subsequently came out publicly in 1995, in an interview with the Advocate.
This March, Chaz celebrated his 40th birthday with Cher in Vegas. That's a party I would have paid to attend!
The latest news is that Chaz started a sexual reassignment transition (thank you People Magazine RSS feed.) I think that's a perfect example of seizing life at 40. You're experienced enough to know what you want and how to pull it off, and still young enough to go for something huge and life changing.
Best wishes to you, Chaz, on this latest chapter: It's been delightful growing up with you, and you're still an inspiration!
- Cat/BadKitty
PS - Doesn't Travis the Near Girl (see post below) sort of look like Chaz?
In this penultimate episode, Stacey and the "final three" went to Vegas.
1) Stacey had a "race cars and sex on the pool table" date with Jimmy, the 23 y.o. The date ended with the two of them going to bed.
2) Stacey had a "massage and wine in her suite" date with Travis-the-Near-Girl, the 21 y.o. The date ended with the two of them going to bed.
3) Stacey had a "helicopter ride and sex in the bubble bath" -- yes, naked on TV -- date with Colt, the 25 y.o. The date ended with the two of them going to bed.
You tell me. Did Stacey send home:
1) Hot sex
2) Relaxing afternoon with her best girlfriend
3) Other hot sex
That's right. Bye-bye Travis-the-Near-Girl! We secretly liked you best, no really. And we would totally do mani-pedi's with you anytime!
A recreation of the look I gave that nosy bitch. I had to use wine, but you get the idea.Do I look pregnant?
So it happened again. For the second time in my life, someone asked me if I was pregnant. And I'm not. I don't even have kids. Plus, I feel like I'm always on a diet and workout all the goddamned time. How can I look pregnant?
It was not lost on me that this happened during my (extended) 40th birthday celebration. Is this the inevitable slowdown of my metabolism, which was never winning any races in the first place?
More to the point, how the fuck do you respond to a question like that?
Brought to us by the deviants at Mad Atoms. Writer: Becky Bain. Artist: Marek Haiduk. Inspiration: my guess is the Spice Girls. Can't you just see Victoria Beckham as a Snapping Turtle?
Hat Tip: Thank you to the lovely and talented Kristen Seymour for sending this our way.
Can you believe I resisted buying this for Stefania? What could be more fun -- or youthful -- to have on your desk? Plus it's the perfect size for mixing up fiber drinks!
This is my grandmother who was by all accounts: fabulous. My mom and her friends often reminisce about her designer outfits, glittering jewels, how she was always well-put-together, and how she liked to have a cigarette with her cocktail.
She wasn't the kind of grandma who baked pies and wore aprons. She was a carouser. She liked to throw parties and fly from Honolulu to San Francisco for semi-annual shopping trips. She got her hair and nails done every Wednesday, and was never without her lipstick.
This photo was taken as part of a 40th birthday photo session. I have always loved looking at old photos of my grandmother because she was such a style icon. My 4-year-old—whose middle name is Flora after her great-grandmother—is already showing signs of her fabulosity.
Thanks for showing all of us how it's done, Grandma.
Okay, I know last week (or was it the week before?) I promised to stop being lame and post these recaps on time. And then I turned around and didn't. Curse me for the Gemini I am -- well intentioned, but easily led astray. Better late than never, here is Episode 6, when we find out who lets their kid go on a show about an older woman dating younger men.
But let’s be real. The only reason for this episode is to meet Travis the Near-girl’s mom, who is so going to be The Next Cougar. You heard it here first. But I'm getting ahead of myself...
The Setup
Viv, wearing serious whore boots, sat down with Stacey to talk about the “challenge” of meeting:
Colt and his brothers, but not their parents because their parents said, “Hell NO we’re not going to embarrass ourselves!” Or they’re dead – it’s unclear.
Adam, and his twin who was also on the show, who also has parents who said, “Hell to the NO.” He'd rather they were dead than know he's doing this. (Dude, you do know this is going to be on TV, right?)
Travis the Near-girl, his mom, and teen-aged brother and sister. Stacey was nervous because she’s “close in age” to her. Snort.
Jimmy and his Big Italian ... Parents. “All I can think about is his body!” Stacey giggled. "He told me, 'You and my mom will go get a massage and have a bottle of wine.'"
You gotta love that Northern California sense of priorities. I think he should win just for that. Oh, and also for his mad "skillz" in the bedroom. Holla!
We'll start in the Carolinas and end in Texas and sample the best barbecue America has to offer. Why? Because we like meat.
Hotel Living
We like: mini bars, movies, and lounging around in our pajamas with our laptops right where they are supposed to be. We'll bring running shoes to pretend like we're going to work out, but really, who are we kidding. You see where this is going?
Knock some sense into dumb people
We'd love to be the camp counselors on a show like the Real World or Rock of Love.
Eating Dinner in a Vineyard While the Sun Sets
You know those scenes of a dining table set in a Tuscan or Sonoma vineyard dressed with beautiful linens and people sitting around it drinking wine and eating and laughing while the sun goes down? We want to be those people.
Yoga Retreat in New Mexico
Some of our fondest memories are of spending time doing yoga together. Do other wannabe yoginis spend the entire class laughing together? We do.
