Vicki refuses to stop singing the whole trip, or at least until the last day, when she starts crying about her divorce from Don instead. But most of the drama stems from Heather and Tamra’s pact to have a pretentiousness intervention for Alexis.
Predictably, she unravels when told that she is a materialistic phony and runs from the table. That’s when Vicki strikes, taking the opportunity to console Alexis and supplant Gretchen as her best friend.
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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.