Sheree reminds us that her party is the "talk of the town". And then that it is essential for her image that it goes off flawlessly. Which is why when the florist is a no-show at his designated meeting time of one p.m., all hell breaks loose at Sheree's. First, Holyfield tells her that the florist is just running late. But as soon as she realizes the gravity of the florist not in position to plan Sheree's talk of the town par-tay, she tosses it off to the PR girl Tiffany, who gets all the blame, complete with murderous glance and head roll from Sheree.
Well, back to the cool girls. Kimmie and NeNe are out and about in the rain. Much squealing in super high heels ensues. NeNe tells us that Kim is so much fun, and she'll have your back. They're having lunch with Kim's Mom, Karen, who looks like a slightly smaller version of Kim. And then someone mentions Sheree. Followed by a very long silence. So, apparently the deal is that NeNe and Sheree used to be good friends, but then there was a falling out.
Not sure yet, but I think it had something to do with flowers.
Cut to Sheree bragging about how much classier she is than NeNe. Cut to NeNe getting her panties all in a bunch about how she just knows that Sheree is talking shit on her. Good call, Ne. But, there's a crack in the ice because Sheree has deigned to invite NeNe to her talk of the town party! Of course NeNe sees the invite as a grand opportunity to show Sheree up, or in NeNe's words, "I want all eyes on me! Oooooh! Wow! Bammm! NeNe's in the house!", which pretty much makes any further explanation of the rift between Sheree and NeNe unnecessary.
And back to the birthday queen, Sheree is once again nervous about her party - her guest list is steadily increasing. Probably cause she's not sure anyone's going to actually show up, so she figures she may as well add on as many randoms as she can. Sheree goes on and on about how stressed out she is, and throwing a birthday party is more work than she ever imagined, and hello, she thought that's what she had PR Tiffany for. She corrals Tiff and makes sure she knows that Sheree wants only the "right people" on her guest list. And security at the door. And she doesn't want any riff-raff in the house. Sounds like such a raging bash, doesn't it?
And back to the list...there's a big dramatic foreshadowing moment where Tiffany stresses about four times that she may not have time to show Sheree the final list, but to trust Tiff. Sure Tiff, I trust you...to follow production instructions to the letter and make sure and leave one of the housewife cast members off the list and cause some faux drama at Sheree's door. Perhaps Sheree's arch-nemesis NeNe? Just a hunch. I mean, suggestion.
Sheree then informs us that she's ready to start dating again. Any men out there ready to be emasculated? Well, you're in luck, Sheree's on the prowl! She heads out on a shopping trip for the party without her weave, and a leather newsboy cap in place instead. Not. Cute. At. All. Her minions oooh and ahhh over what a hot body she has. It's obvious that she works out a lot, but I don't find a muscle lady sexy. Suits mean old Sheree though.
Should have worn this to just blind em.
"Your booty looks amazing!" the entourage yells enthusiastically. You've got to really earn your paycheck with this one. But back to Sheree's dating situation...once again, she stresses that she's ready to start dating, but men are just too intimidated by a "successful" woman. I'm sorry, did I miss something? How does marrying well and then getting divorced from the gravy train translate to successful? Or is success defined by a team of very efficient suck ups? Yay success! It's so hard to find a man not intimidated by that.
Ouch! This hurts to watch.
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Comments (17)
Hey ChickBomb... glad to see you back, and glad you are recapping this bunch... I've missed you.
love, J-Mo :)
P.S. ALT+130 = é So you can put in Shereé's name propa-like, a'ight? :)
1 of 17 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on October 13, 2008 12:44 PM
Kim's dress looked like something i could have bought at Forever 21. if i had no taste.
2 of 17 | Posted by whitney | Posted on October 13, 2008 1:18 PM
I'm a long-time fan, first time poster. Great recap! I was wondering if anyone was going to take on this hot mess!
I live in Atlanta and other than athletes, I don't know of many mainstream big-name celebrities living here besides Jermaine Dupree and Janet Jackson. Tyler Perry lives here too, but I'm not sure he really counts much yet, athough he's getting there. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone, and there are probably some that I'm not familiar with b/c I'm not too in tune with the Rap/R&B scene.
Thought I would also mention that Lisa's "unhappy marriage" was to none other than R&B singer Keith Sweat. Don't think he's had a hit in about 15-20 years, but again, R&B isn't really my thing. I think that was a pretty messy divorce, so I guess Lisa and Sheree have something to bond over.
3 of 17 | Posted by buckrogers | Posted on October 13, 2008 1:37 PM
oh man, I was praying that someone would recap this show.
Every time a new city/season comes on I swear I won't watch it and then I become addicted.
Fab recap, I'll look forward to the rest of the season even more now!
4 of 17 | Posted by cherin | Posted on October 13, 2008 4:50 PM
ChickBomb!! Thanks for recapping this show... I think I am in love with Nene already, even though it's only been 1 date. I will keep you posted on our progress.
Also, I think Big Papa could be Arthur Blank- he is ancient, he founded Home Depot and he is a gazillionaire. It could also be Larry King. (lol/gag)
5 of 17 | Posted by here4beer | Posted on October 13, 2008 5:17 PM
Chickbomb I truly love you. New York Jews I can manage, but Atlanta is way out of my league. That being said, I'm going to love reading these.
Hugs,
Yenta
6 of 17 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on October 13, 2008 6:01 PM
I live south of Atlanta. I have never been to one of Sheree's talk of the town parties. The last time I went thru Atlanta proper I was flipped off by a homeless guy. Thanks for showing me the humor in these crazy bitches cause when I first watched I was just irritated by them. Thats why I love reading recaps, they usually give me a "different" insight into the shows lol. Great recap chickbomb!
7 of 17 | Posted by Cherie | Posted on October 13, 2008 7:47 PM
Does Sheree remind anyone else of The Lady Chablis from the movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"?
8 of 17 | Posted by schatzi | Posted on October 14, 2008 9:03 AM
LOLOLOL schatzi! Yes she does now that you mention it! Except "The Lady" had more class!
9 of 17 | Posted by Cherie | Posted on October 14, 2008 9:32 AM
These women are ridiculous. Sheree makes me want to kill myself, I will stick up for her though and say that her hair is not a weave, that's all her. Also Kim hair isn't technically a weave either, its a "piece," basically half a wig. The front is her hair while the wig starts a few inches back.
Anyways, besides Sheree I kind of like these women, in a "you don't make me claw my eyeballs out" kind of way. But, we'll see how I feel by the end of the season.
10 of 17 | Posted by MrsBojangles | Posted on October 14, 2008 9:39 AM
Oh my lord, Kim's dress looked like it was from a Scottish pimps & ho's party. I love how none of these women have an ounce of taste.
11 of 17 | Posted by LAjane | Posted on October 15, 2008 4:53 AM
ChickBomb, I hate you.
You are SO making me want to watch this show! LOL!!!
(Something that I really don't want to do!)
12 of 17 | Posted by you you you | Posted on October 15, 2008 7:49 AM
The word on the net is that Big Poppa is a guy named Lee Najjar who is a big commercial real estate developer. Apparently, he did all of the big outlet shopping malls in the southeast. And he's married too.
13 of 17 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on October 15, 2008 11:21 AM
Chick,
First, thank you for making me smile about this show. I live in Atlanta, and have been nothing but pissed off since watching the first episode! Long story short, these ignant heffas don't represent me or my friends, and certainly not the Atlanta I have come to know and love. But you helped me find the beauty in such ignance! (And, no, I'm not misspelling that!)
Oh, and for the record, none of them actually lives in Atlanta; they all live north of Atlanta in the rich-rich suburbs.
14 of 17 | Posted by MorbidCuriosity | Posted on October 15, 2008 11:21 AM
lollll chickbomb great recap. one more distraction when i should be working...
"I'm not really sure what this means, but I love it so much I've repeated it about eighty times this week." hahahahahaha loooove it.
15 of 17 | Posted by AuJew | Posted on October 15, 2008 1:28 PM
Wow, after starting watching these tacky nouve rich Atlanta hos I miss the Orange County housewives.
16 of 17 | Posted by wincha | Posted on November 9, 2008 7:14 PM
I spent a 1/3 of my childhood in North ATL suburbs. There are plenty of celebs that live around there, but I don't know if they'd be well-known outside of the black community (we'll call 'em black-famous). Let's put it like this, most black celebs have at least one home in the metro ATL area. And I can't visit family there without running into a celeb, especially at this one particular high-end mall.
17 of 17 | Posted by BlahBlah | Posted on December 25, 2008 2:51 AM