"Ashley's" Vacation House

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Real Housewives of
Potomac
season
1
| episode(s)
6-7
Karen, the Grande Dame herself, takes Ashley under her wing. She’s going to teach her how to be a hostess. First lesson? Don’t let Gizelle give you a hard time about putting her in a twin double with a busted air conditioner. Ashley nails it.

The second lesson? Never allow a caterer to hand you a bill in front of guests. Oops. It was going so well for Ashley until the last night, when her husband Michael showed up at the drag club the ladies were partying at. It’s hard to blame him; there is no party like a gay party that has a few Housewives in attendance.

The other women are furious that a man will be staying at the house. Ashley says she can do nothing, it’s his house. Only Robyn is fine with it, and she and Michael play beer pong until the wee hours.

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episode(s)
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Being a gracious hostess is an art. The first step is knowing whether you are the hostess or not, and Charrisse Jackson and Karen Huger have not passed that test. However, Karen, who left a personalized gift basket in each woman’s room and arranged a sunset dinner on the lawn, might be the more dedicated of the two hostesses.