Naturally, Kelly Dodd, a woman who believes calling a gong a “donger” is comedy, grabs a mallet and hits her over the head. As Tim the sound bath healer says, “that was so not cool.” Now the trip is emergency room visits and panic attacks.
Various factions split off to argue passionately in front of sedate personal chefs and butlers who are standing around with their hands neatly crossed. Fights ensue: Gina and Emily, Gina and Kelly, Kelly and Shannon, Kelly and Vicki, Kelly and everyone really. The bright spot for poor Shannon, who missed the private chef while she was in the ER, was Vicki arriving around midnight with In and Out.
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It was a girls weekend. A weekend for the girls. And Tamra’s husband Simon. And Gretchen’s boyfriend Slade. And Alexis’ chin-challenged husband Jim Bellino.
Gretchen is keen to enjoy some of San Francisco’s fine dining, but unfortunately, she has brought along Alexis Bellino, a woman who thinks a rare and expensive dish is called a “delicatessen.”
Later seasons of Housewives would be invited to stay in opulent hotels in far-flung locations, but on this trip to Vegas, the ladies are staying off the strip. Seventeen miles off the strip, in Red Rock.
In 2007, every single person living in Orange County, California was “in real estate” (unless, of course, they were in energy drinks) and so it’s to be expected that before the gals even reached San Diego, Jeana Keough and Vicki Gunvalson are barking at each other across the limo about a security deposit.