Castle Hill Inn

Newport, Rhode Island
Real Housewives of
New York
season
12
| episode(s)
9-10
When Edith Wharton wrote so rapturously about Newport, its lacy cottages and manicured lawns overlooking the sea, she never dreamed that one day it would be the place where an athleisure-wear designer with a mommy complex would chuck a saucy ravioli at an Upper East Side divorcée in a crowded restaurant.

Or perhaps she did and this is what The Custom of the Country is about. Leah McSweeney wants Ramona’s permission to invite her sister on this trip and throws two drunken fits to get it, then behaves even worse once she has used extortion to get her way.

Tinsley nabs a reservation at her friend’s swanky restaurant, only for Ramona, Luann, and Sonja to walk away from the table and throw themselves at a sentient boat shoe named Courtland who is seated at the bar. Tinsley and Leah take offense, and that is how a wad of semolina came to be chucked in full view of the dinner crowd.

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