Anyone else reading this? It’s the story of a PTA mom and a status couple who framed her with drugs for what they believed was an insult towards their so. It’s fascinating! It’s in installments so 3 of the 5 have been published so far.
Southern Californians, this may be old news to you so don’t spoil too much :-). Though it would be helpful to know what Newport Beach and Irvine connote, as the names don’t mean anything to me other than they are generally affluent.
I was just reading this today.
Irvine = master plan community, when built it was considered un-natural and overly engineered. University of CA, Irvine is there. Everything about Irvine is well-planned, and well, planned out & deliberate
Newport= high high $ area, blonde, boobs, plastic surgery, tan, money, expensive cars, etc
“Newport Beach is like Beverly Hills in a beach town.”
“Lol, I love how to explain a SoCal town you gave me a SoCal reference .”
C’mon now, pizzagirl, are you trying to say that you didn’t get the reference to Beverly Hills? It is a pretty well-known signifier for a certain kind of ostentatious wealth.
(Disclaimer: obviously not true for all residents of either town.)
As I read the “Power Couple” installment, I pictured the husband feeling emasculated. Can’t wait for the next installments. They’re throwing each other under the bus.
When I clicked on the link there were 4 of the 5 installments and it said the 5th one would come out this Friday. Can’t wait! I’m sure they’ll sleaze their way out of the worst punishments but I guess they’ll get something.
Having volunteered and worked at my kids’ school, I can say there’s no drama like school drama. And we were a relatively sane bunch. When you get the power mad ones…
This was also a feature on on of the documentary shows (20/20, 48-hours, Dateline).
Irvine is a big planned community. The area near the university is very Asian (absolutely the best ethnic grocery store with Pakistani bread hot from the oven I used to stand in line for), but most of Irvine is manicured lawns, a lot of apartment buildings, no parking on the streets, no unsightly RVs or campers. The school system is considered very good with 2 superior high schools. One claim to fame is that the OJ freeway incident started in Irvine at the I-5/I-495 intersection (it is a loooong way to Brentwood from Irvine). Everything is planned - houses, villages, shopping malls, number of McDonald’s
Newport Beach is a more wealthy community, but less planned and less Stepford like. You can still find a house that may not be painted in an ‘earth hue’ or a garden that may not meet a certain specification.
Those LA Times serials are pretty awesome. I remember reading one about a guy whose ex framed him for rape/assault. It was a fascinating story that I don’t think you’d get with today’s online media. Stories like this really make the case for solid investigative journalism and a longer attention span for both the paper and the reader.
Irvine is the epitome of the song, Little Boxes. One huge difference between BH and Newport/Laguna Beach/Irving is that we really are a diverse community, economically architectually, and racially. And I hope that the crazies here are medicated.
I tried to get into that Making of a Murderer show, but I had watched the first episode and nearly died of boredom, i found it so tedious, and couldn’t imagine watching a dozen more. Maybe I have a short attention span but this is just the level of detail I need to be interested and the amount of time I’m willing to devote!
