Subject: The Real Housewives of Orange County

• The Real Poop on William Lyon

  Orange County Register reporter Frank Mickadeit finishes his decade-long series on The Real Housewives of Orange County today, something our own Commie Girl did better a couple weeks back. But what caught our attention in Mickadeit's column was the reference to developer William Lyon, one of the Masters of the Orange County Universe. Lyon is in his autumn years now, and he was also in his autumn years a couple of years back when my friends would clean the offices of Lyon Homes in Irvine. One tim

  April 4, 2006

• Friday's Headlines. No Surprises: Carona resign? Please, no!

  Should Sheriff Carona Resign? Some 84 percent of the Reg's readers who responded to an online poll say yes. (9:08 a.m. By the way, they seem kind of confused over there. The poll reads 84 percent, but the accompanying article says 83 percent. The pro-Carona vote's at 16 percent, so let's stick with 84.) The Times doesn't have a poll but says that pressure is mounting. And R.Scott Moxley? Lose a guaranteed scandal maker? "Absolutely not. . .as an investigative journalist, I’d mourn the loss of

  November 2, 2007

• The "Real" Housewives of Orange County

  So I got back from a brief vacation last week with two episodes of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" saved on my DVR. I knew I had to sit through the darned things to review the show, but I also knew I didn't really have to watch them to understand how ridiculously stupid and pointless the thing was going to be. Yes, call it a hunch, but I could somehow sense that watching a show about five women with more money than they deserve and so much plastic surgery that they resemble Rob Schne

  November 19, 2007

• The "Real" Housewives of Orange County

  In the most recent episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County, all the ladies get together for some drunk time and gossip at a restaurant. To sum this gathering up in one sentence: Squawk, squawk, Tamra says inappropriate things and Vicki is an annoying bitch, squawk. In fact, that sentence pretty much sums up the whole episode. I will explain. See, Vicki wants to sell her house. (The small one - not the big one.) The big one makes her feel more important. Anyway, she lists the house an

  November 28, 2007

• Boo Bravo!

  Apparently Bravo can't get enough of The Real Housewives of Orange County and now we're all going to suffer. The network just green lit a one-hour pilot for ousted housewife Jo De La Rosa as she searches for love and tries to become a famous singer in Los Angeles. I didn't think television could get any more desperate for reality shows about love. But hey, they gave one to frickin' Bret Michaels so what do I know. I guess people will watch anything no matter how mundane and irrelevant. That

  November 29, 2007

• The "Real" Housewives of Orange County - The End!

  It’s the big finale of the Real Housewives of Orange County and Bravo will henceforth be taking the series to New York to film some allegedly “real” women as they discuss their money and plastic surgery. Needless to say, I won't be participating in that spectacle. But let's get down to brass tacks, shall we? About 90 percent of this final (hooray!) episode deals with Lauri and George’s wedding. Yes, it was beautiful. And, yes, everyone looked lovely. Skeletor only looked slightly freaki

  January 23, 2008

• The 'Housewives' Return

  Have you ever had one of those days when you discover that your worst nightmare has become a reality? That happened to me today when I learned that the "Real Housewives of OC" is coming back on the air for another season. Just when you thought it was over for good, the geniuses over at Bravo! have decided to stink up their viewing schedule with another season of crap-tastic television. The word on the street is that housewives, cougar Quinn and normal Tammy, will no longer be on the show. Sa

  June 11, 2008

• Real Housewives of Orange County: Nothing to Laugh At?

  *CORRECTED!The Real Housewives of Orange County premiered premieres for a fourth season last night tonight, a cause for joy among those who find trashy pleasure in the unreal reality series. But the New York Post's David Hinkley wonders whether the show is just not funny amid these financially crappy times. It could provide an even more valuable escape than ever, a way for the viewer to forget that stack of bills for an hour and enjoy the absurdity of people who debate whether to equ

  November 25, 2008

• The "Real" Housewives of Orange County

  This week's episode of "Old, Rich Bitches Feeling Sorry For Themselves" "The Real Housewives of OC," had absolutely no point whatsoever. The only noteworthy events were horse face Lauri's decision to leave the show to deal with her son's heroin problem and that bitch Vicki continuing to throw her sweet husband Don under the bus by complaining about what a terrible husband he is in front of their mutual friends and the entire nation. I feel so sorry for Don. He has to be a saint to have dealt wi

  December 10, 2008

• Looking Back at 2008: The Celeb-Reality Edition

  It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled.   1) Newport Beach city officials revealed in January they were trying to acquire the statue of their adopted Favorite Son, John Wayne, that moseys in front of the Larry Flynt building in Los Angeles. Back when

  January 2, 2009

• Is Real Housewives a Real Guide to OC-Style Parenting?

  Ginia Bellafante writes in today's New York Times that The Real Housewives of Orange County reveals much about Orange County-style parenting.Parenthood supplies a strange and fascinating dimension of The Real Housewives of Orange County, which increasingly feels like Mildred Pierce: the habit of indulging children materially, instead of making them go to the library or disciplining them, backfires with a spectacular regularity. Later:The women have very little idea of how most of their children

  February 16, 2009

• Welcome to the Poorhouse: Relief Agencies Need Relief

  A big hole is ripping through the safety net, according to the Orange County Funders Roundtable, a coalition of local foundations that today released results of a countywide study that found 58 percent of responding nonprofits are facing declining revenues in 2009 and more than 66 percent are seeing a greater demand for services. "It's a perfect storm," says Michael Ruane, Children and Families Commission of Orange County executive director, of the study's conclusions. "Reduced donations, increa

  March 12, 2009

• Navel Gazing Newest 'Real Housewives' Recruitment Tool

  Because the kids love us, the comments under Navel Gazing posts is often bombarded with spam, and a Navel Gazing troll has to go in and delete the offending advertisements so they do not offend your delicate sensibilities. It was believed one such piece of spam had attached itself to Amanda Parsons' insightful take on The Real Housewives of Orange County finale. At first glance, the comment appeared to be a robotic casting call for the show.  However, an email address was attached, and Lind

  March 27, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 4/2

  Real Housewives of Orange County Open Casting Call, 5 p.m.In front of Macy's. Women who are open to sharing their family lives, professional endeavors and active social calendars for the cameras are invited to meet with casting producers, who are looking for strong and confident women residing in South Orange County. Interested women should live life unabashed, have a rich Southern California lifestyle and consider themselves influential in their community.South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., C

  April 2, 2009

• David Spade

  March 5, 2009

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Ilegal, ¿Y Qué?

  February 26, 2009

• The Best Posts of 2008, Direct From the Weekly's Parallel Universe

  January 1, 2009

• Hot Soup

  September 18, 2008

• This Is Your Life: A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'

  September 11, 2008

• Culture Clash Looks for the Real Orange County at South Coast Rep

  March 13, 2008

• The Real Portables of South County

  2007: A year to remember

  December 27, 2007

• Ace of Spades

  December 6, 2007

• Desperate Homeowners

  September 6, 2007

• Diary of a Mad County

  Nov. 15 - Nov. 21
  

  November 23, 2006

• Silver Tongued Devil

  August 3, 2006

• Letters

  June 1, 2006

• Ask Not for Whom the Toll Blows

  April 27, 2006

• Letters

  April 20, 2006

• Letters

  April 13, 2006

• Commie Girl

  March 23, 2006

• Which of These Things Is Not Like the Others?

  March 16, 2006

• The Real Housewives of Orange County

  January 5, 2006

• We're All Just Props for Laguna Beach Reality Shows

  The REAL "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County"Stupid, stupid me. Here I thought Laguna Beach residents had to work their asses off to afford mortgages in Orange County's most idyllic beach-village community. As TheStreet.com's Michael Martin reveals in Life's a Surreality Show in Laguna Beach, MTV and Bravo have nailed it when it comes to exposing true Lagunatics.If you've done your due diligence of watching shows like Laguna Beach or The Real Housewives of Orange County, you'll realize that mo

  May 7, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 38: Missing Wednesday Edition

  It'd be great if there was some great reporting assignment in a far-off jungle with an unreliable wireless connection that caused IaQR from appearing yesterday. The truth is, the author forgot to write it. And, judging by the avalanche of response from disappointed readers--an avalanche that surely will start any millennium now--it was sorely missed. Hopefully, this will catch you up.Orange County Register: Witnesses who saw police shoot and kill wanted parolee Joseph Anthony Galarza, 22, of San

  April 23, 2009

• We've Got a Price on Villa Rockledge

  Turns out we were waaaay off in our guestimate as to the asking price for Villa Rockledge in Laguna Beach. Like, $26,250,000 waaaay off. Here's the price according to Unique Homes: The World of Luxury Real Estate:$26,500,000Laguna Beach, CARockledge By The Sea. Boasing 190 feet of oceanfront with secluded beach access. Enjoy panaromic coastal views, Catalina sunsets and crashing waves. Privacy, security and seclusion are offered in this desired location. David SchaarPrudential California Realty9

  June 18, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  June 25, 2009

• Crime Time: Toys 'R Us Jerk-Off, Fake Cops, Gangbangers, Breakdancers and Son of a Real Housewife of OC

  7-Eleven surveillance screen grab courtesy Anaheim Police Department. All others courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentClockwise from top left: Justin Buseth is accused of breaking into a home and doughnut shop in Dana Point; Daniel Chomina has a long record and faces several felony charges; Surveillance video shows 7-Eleven robbery spree perpetrators; Josh Waring, the son of a Real Housewife of Orange County, in trouble again.It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--in O

  July 21, 2009

• OC Reality TV Produces (At Least) 6 Who've Drawn Police Calls [UPDATED]

  Too much reality for Orange County law enforcement (clockwise from top left): Ryan Alexander Jenkins, Josh Waring, Renzo Gamboa, Dennis Rodman, Jason Wahler and Matt Keough.​ UPDATED TO REFLECT MURDER CHARGE, CRIMINAL BATTERY COMPLAINT AGAINST JENKINS. If anyone in Orange County with a Hispanic surname, baggy jeans and a tattoo can be branded "gang affiliated" and therefore subjected to a life as a suspect in any goddamn local crime, then why the hell can't scofflaws tied to reality TV

  August 20, 2009

• Banned in 1990, 'Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story' Lives On in Bootlegs and a UCI Prof's Book

  August 20, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  September 10, 2009

• Breaking News Shocker: Gretchen Rossi Will Not Get a Boob Job

  These Real Housewives' are real!​Fox News has just broken this jaw-dropping exclusive: Gretchen Rossi will not get a boob job. REPEAT: NO NEW BOOBS FOR GRETCHEN ROSSI! Oh, the humanity! Seriously, what happened to humanity?

  October 7, 2009

• Feeling Slutty? Let Us Dress You Up as OC's Scariest People!

  October 29, 2009

• Javier's Cantina & Grill Gets Bested

  November 5, 2009