<p>somemom it is not declasse…according to Ramona it is day-classay</p>
<p>AS far as Simons pants, did you notice that they tied up the side…I guess he loosened them on the limo ride!</p>
<p>To all you New Yorkers, where EXACTLY is the social register? I would like to visit next time I’m in town. :)</p>
<p>Jill wants to know too…she kept pumping Ramona about it at the meeting :D</p>
<p>Not a place, but a thing - an address book wherein all of “Society” is listed. What clubs you belong to, what schools you went to, etc. It’s not exclusively for New Yorkers, although I would think the majority of entries show (at least they used to) NY addresses.</p>
<p>I think Jill knew perfectly well that it’s a book, not a place – that’s why she kept asking Ramona where it is, to show her up as an ignoramus.</p>
<p>Hahaha…ignoramus…absolutely!</p>
<p>The one clip that REALLY got to me was when Ramona took her daughter shopping and said something about how it must be hard for her daughter to have such an attractive mother…uggghhhh… I wanted to SMACK Ramona…who says things like that??</p>
<p>I have also found my people!!! I love this show. FYI: The Social Register is made (or was originally) of the “top” 400 families who are the creme de la creme of New York society. Originally it had the Astors, Vanderbilts, Carnegies etc., family ties, schools, clubs etc. There was nary a Jew, Catholic, or a person of color listed. (I suspect that this is mostly true today as well.) “These are the people, and the only people with whom we associate.”</p>
<p>Simon’s pants…laughable. Even in West Hollywood it would cause giggles. Not just because the pants are unbelievably loud and unflattering, but because at a certain age one can be fashion foward, but not ridiculous. And those pants were ridiculous. L</p>
<p>Love Jill (and her mother), Bethenny…like the Countess (she does have class byw, she was in the middle of a cyclone and carried herself with as much dignity as anyone could under the circumstances), Ramona (coo dows? OMG)…Alex annoys me (Please never let me sit near them and their kids at a restaurant)…while she makes for good tv Kelly…oh yuch!</p>
<p>As for the pay…it isn’t anywhere like six figures, at least for the first season. It is more like $16,000 for the season. (My daughter was offered a spot on a reality show. I know the fee schedule.) One makes money from this two ways: One way is that one is paid to show up for events like parties etc. to add cache to the event. The second, and most obvious is that one gets to promote one’s business(es), books, personal career and begin new ventures. </p>
<p>As for the show in NYC showcasing kids…Ever hear of Gossip Girl and the Laguna Beach show? Not unusual…they just brought in the monkey. (show business term for using an old idea with a slight twist.)</p>
<p>flatlander, I was just kidding, even dumb ole me knows that it’s not a place! 
I gotta give it to Jill for keeping a straight, yet very smug face while repeatedly asking Ramona for the location.</p>
<p>This show has fallen bellow my standards for “guilty pleasures” and into the realm of “my ugly secret”. I tape them and wait for H to leave the house. Then out comes the vodka and I have a cringe fest. I can’t help myself. I AM A BAD PERSON.</p>
<p>Vodka? Vodka?! You can’t drink alone. Come on over, we’ll have caviar a skinny girl margaritas…and then some pinot…whatever.</p>
<p>Ramona’s got a lot of nerve talking about declasse - she drinks pinot grigio.</p>
<p>Drinks it? She has IV infusions on a daily basis.</p>
<p>Well at least she could choose a nice Cabernet.</p>
<p>It’s pretty funny, I think, that there are so many people who – like me – are completely addicted to this show, and completely embarrassed to admit that they watch it.</p>
<p>Embarrassed about RHONYC? No way - I watched “Rock of Love” - just to fell really good about myself.</p>
<p>Cartera—we need to encourage some new composer hanging out on the Music Forum to write ROHNYC—The Opera. Lotsa soprano and mezzo roles for the girls. (some of the male roles might wander into those fachs as well)</p>
<p>Yes, I think we could find room for a counter tenor in there - or maybe a trouser role for a mezzo. Heck, let’s cast a sopranista.</p>
<p>Thank you, somemom!</p>
<p>Chiming in:) I LOVE TRHWONC…but the only two I actually like are Bethany and Jill. Jill is so real, and actually is like so many people I know. Its the way she was raised…but, she doesn’t seem mean. Bethany, seems like alot of my friends who haven’t really found the right guy yet, but are very succesful in their own right, without being pretentious. Kelly…wow, trainwreck?! Ramona? Fake and jealous of everyone. Alex and Simon…wow, I do pity them, the social climbing they are doing is embarrassing. And they are kind of nobodies. Their kids are completely out of control, I (and freinds) wonder why they are even on the show…lol</p>
<p>The Countesssssssss…OH PUHLEAZZZZZZE! She is the most pitiful of all:( I do feel sorry for her! Self esteem must be in the barrell. I know nothing about her husband leaving her, but honestly after her behaviour on the show…I would too…UGH…what a pretentious moron</p>
<p>I DREAD the Housewives of NJ…NOOOOOOO!! I’m from NJ…there are so many very very prestigious areas in NJ…but some slip in who have NO class, with the Joisey accents etc. The state is called the Garden State for a real reason. It is beautiful!! There is a very small segment of The Made Men…the rest of us do the normal stuff!!
UGH!!..lol</p>
<p>Hate to see introduced it incorrectly…sooooo many initials!! TRHONYC:) and ty</p>