Saturday night my friend got us tickets to go see some of the Real Housewives at a nearby casino. We were going to make it a real “Girls Night” and stay in the hotel, have a nice dinner, enjoy the show and SLEEP IN the following morning. However, #momlife called and Brooke had dance pictures scheduled for 8:30 the next morning. #Awesome. It’s all good though we made it work! My amazing husband arranged to get out of work early so that he could drive me (it’s a bit of a drive and I didn’t want to drive home late alone). We had a couples dinner and he played some Blackjack, (and won!) while Ann and I were watching the show. In all honesty, the TV series itself doesn’t do much for me any more…and I can only tolerate it in small amounts, BUT I have always loved me some Teresa Guidice and I may or may not have read/own most of her books!
I decided to bust out the Loubs for this special occasion!
This girl and I have been friends since Freshmen year of college–straight up first day of school we met! 1999…we majored in the same field, Secondary Education English. She may have taught me how to party and to rock confidence like no other. I was her maid of honor 13 years ago, and she was mine 8 years this July. We live 2.5 hours apart and between jobs, kids, and life, we rarely get to see each other!! But when we catch up, watch out world!
Ann and her husband Brennan
My sweet hubby!!
Aside from the delicious bottle of Rosé bubbly we shared, and oysters, this dish was outstanding! Lobster, shrimp & scallops in a scampi sauce over asparagus. I died! I will be recreating this dish in the future!
We sat 2nd row, yes SECOND row!! She hooked us up with these seats! The stage was set up much like Live with Andy Cohen and the whole bit was a Q&A sesh with our questions! One of Ann’s questions was picked!
It was pretty entertaining and the crowd was fun. Teresa, Ashley & Brandi were really down to earth! Ashely is hysterical and Brandi is a bit of a #hotmess but hey, aren’t we all? She is definitely more on the raw/raunchy side. Teresa was really quite calm and really cool. She did mention “camp” which I giggled at because, girl, I love ya but jail is jail. She did say however, she often wonders if she should have done the show or not. I can’t imagine putting my life on display like that for all to see…it takes guts I tell ya!
We decided right before we went in to do the “meet and greet” which just meant getting a few hugs and photos. The cost supposedly went to a charity, but when do we ever do stuff like this? Never. I am not mad about paying a little extra for this experience!
Ann was the first in line to get her photo op!
I can’t remember exactly what we were all laughing at but I could have stood up there and talked to them for awhile!
I really wanted to hug T and I totally #fangirled and told her how I have all her cookbooks and that she’s totally my favorite. As I went to walk away after photos, I did tell her good luck and that she’s a great mom. Lord knows us mommas always need extra support. With her husband in jail, and just losing her mom, I can’t imagine how hard it must be raising 4 girls on her own.
They were all so nice! The only bad part was how quick it went! I could have curled up with another glass of bubbly or two…
I think it was Brandi who said something first, but the next thing I knew, they were all complimenting me on my hair! LOL
The all wanted to know who does it and how does it look so healthy! I about died. I get my hair inspiration FROM The Real Housewives so it made my night.
As I turned to leave Teresa asked, ‘hey what’s your name?!’ I replied, “Jenn!” And they all said, “Bye Jenn!! Thanks for coming!” It was totally cool, I can’t lie!
Thanks again B for an unbelievable night!! I don’t know if we could top this one…but I’m willing to try!
PS we totally went back and forth months on what to wear!! Ann went with a hot little Express lace jumpsuit & red moto jacket & and did my black moto jacket & leggings from Express and Banana Republic top.
Accessories: Stella & Dot baby!
Curling wands = big hair!