La Vida Dulce Resort

Punta De Mita, Mexico
Real Housewives of
New York
season
9
| episode(s)
15-18
It’s never quite explained why Skinnygirl pre-mixed margaritas was sending Bethenny to Tequila Mexico to taste premium tequilas for a product that had come to market years earlier, but The Skinnygirl was very clear: this was a work trip and Ramona could not be trusted to act with decorum, so she was excluded on work events.

Naturally, this was no obstacle for a woman nicknamed The Apologizer. She set out to win Bethenny over from the moment they arrived at their villa. The other women had objectives as well. Tinsley wanted Sonja to rebut a story in Page Six that called her “a bad houseguest.”

Sonja wanted to get so drunk she spent the majority of the weekend naked by the pool. Luann wanted to get so drunk she fell into a bush. Dorinda wanted to get so drunk she cut her hand on her own knife while stabbing it into the table. Everyone but Tinsley got what they wanted, and Ramona was forced to pretend that seeing agave farmed was “mind opening.”

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