The Friends In Our Heads

Lisa Barlow shows us that you 1) don't need a baton to conduct an orchestra, and 2) how to use your lip liner to protect your peace. We're still in San Francisco to recap episode 4, "Fortune and Misfortune!"

The ladies split up for the first part of the episode, which has Meghan pondering the existential HW question - why do they do that? Anyhow, we press on - the brunettes head to the Antique Vibrator Museum and meet the sweetest docent - Dr. Carol Queen, and the Mormon Foursome head to a vintage shop to play dress-up. The most exciting part was the cameo by a red fur coat previously owned by Lenny Kravitz (allegedly). We also learn more about Angie and Shawn's issues, and Quai gives the Mormon foursome (except for Britani) at gift from the museum that has Whitney reading between the lines, kind of...

But before we dive into this episode, Emily and Meghan talk about some Lauryn Hill lore, stare in disbelief at the latest jean cut from the Gap, share some RHOSLC HW updates, and we finally figure out Lisa Barlow's lip combo, links below! What would you buy from the Antique Vibrator Museum, either for yourself or for someone else? Tell us in the comments below after you give us a 5-star rating and review!

Links!

• Lisa Barlow lip combo: Mac Dervish lip liner, NYX Butter Gloss Madeleine
• Lisa Barlow Brown Satin co-ord set: Top / Bottom
• Quai's gift to Bronwyn aka Lisa Barlow's "baton"
• Heather and Angie’s PJs: Eberjey Gisele Long PJ Set
• Meghan’s Carolyn Bessette musk dupe: Phlur Missing Person
• Emily's new fave perfume: Tom Ford Lost Cherry

• Meredith on "Everything Iconic w/ Danny Pellegrino"

Daisy has popcorn ceilings, Erika has a private island, and we all want Pier 1 Imports to come back. Who hasn’t fallen out of a papasan chair before? Emily and Meghan are recapping the latest episode of RHONY, where the ladies head off to Moskito Island in the British Virgin Islands. According to our thousandaires, Daisy and Erin, Erika is NOT billionairing correctly. Meanwhile, Sai opens up about David being a complete dirtbag, and Jessel is NOT wearing Shein. We also review the first episode of the After Show, where Erika brings the one-two punch. 🥁

Before we travel to the island, Meghan is squealing over her newfound best friendship with Jessel, we do a little forensic accounting for Erin (since she doesn’t seem to have a handle on it), and Potomac is BACK!!!

Links!

• Meghan and Jessel are BFF
• Why is it called Moskito Island?
• President Obama enjoying his time on Moskito Island
• If you want to stay at the Jain family estate, you can! Oasis Estate rental
• Jessel on Ira Madison's podcast Feedback: I'm From Texas Apparently with RHONY's Jessel Taank
• Erin's finances (if you care):  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Ayan refuses to go outside because she’s too pretty to be cold, and honestly, same.

Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip wraps its 20th-anniversary season at Bluestone Manor, and Meghan and Emily are here for every second! We say goodbye to the ladies in an action-packed episode - an 8-hour Sprinter van ride, a welcoming committee at the Red Lion Inn, an actual good prank, Housewives from around the Bravo universe, and Andy’s here!!! Hope everyone knows how to act in front of company (narrator: some don’t, you can guess who).

But before we dive into this epic season finale, we GUSH over the WNBA: we recap the semifinals, preview the WNBA Finals (Golden State Valkyries vs. the Atlanta Dream), celebrate A’ja Wilson’s record fifth MVP, and recommend some WNBA listening and watching. Who are you rooting for in the WNBA Finals? Tell us in the comments below, after you give us a 5-star rating and review!

Links!

• T.Kyle (RHUGT Bluestone Manor finale party DJ!) Epic Megamix of HW quotes
• T.Kyle also spilled some tea on the beef between Dorinda and Erin Lichy (RHONY Reboot loser) on his podcast Legends Only - A Pop Culture Podcast (starts at about 47-minute mark).
• WNBA Finals are set! Valkyries vs Dream
• A’ja Wilson wins her record fifth MVP!
• Highly recommend giving this episode a listen: Unsupervised with Syd & TP: Based in Reality
• 144, the ESPN Films documentary on the 2020 WNBA “wubble” season
• Meghan's viral Valkyries post
• Emily's viral post about Heather Gay

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We're back with our Sisters of the Salt, and this time they're in the Bay Area! We're hella excited!

But first, Meghan and Emily review Kaya's (Bravo We're Black) interview with former Bravo producer Patrick McDonald (episode linked below). Patrick shares his incredible journey producing some of our favorite shows, including RHOA, RHOP, VPR, and Married to Medicine, and gives his unfiltered thoughts on Heather Gay's black eye situation. We are in full agreement.

Then we dive into episode 3 of RHOSLC. We visit briefly with Mary and then watch that tried-and-true Housewives tradition, the packing montage, before heading to SF for St. Patrick's Day. Chaos ensues over pints of Guinness, factions form on a trolley, and even sober, Whitney can't keep her alliances straight.

Do you have a favorite St. Patrick's Day tradition? Tell us in the comments, after you give us a 5-star rating and review!

Links!

• Bravo! We're Black: Former Bravo Producer Patrick McDonald on Heather Gay, Scandoval + Production Secrets & RHOSLC Chat
• Bravo! We're Black's IG reel with Patrick

• Productivity Thread: take that rest Friends!
• Where to stream 9to5: Apple, Amazon, Netflix
• Good Eats - how about them apples?
• Mary's gorgeous lounge set: Top / Bottom

Meghan and Emily start with some Bravo small talk: the Marie Claire "Black at Bravo" roundtable with Lake, Jasmine, Venita, and Mia, why the burden always seems to land on Black cast members instead of producers, and a shout-out to the Black Bravo creators who inspired this podcast.

Then it's into RHONY, where Erin picks up exactly where she left off and Haley (a mongoose, not a garden snake) gives us the cuss-out of the season. Carol doesn't want to talk about the Kennedy curse (except when she does), Daisy and Sai go pocket-watching over rent, Sai opens up about her marriage and her mom, Martha Stewart makes cameo #3, and Carol's off-Broadway gala turns into the Erin and Haley show. Is Erin taking lessons from Hubhouse? Tell us in the comments after you leave a 5-star rating and review!

Links!

• Marie Claire, "Black at Bravo." The roundtable features Lake Rucker (Southern Hospitality), Jasmine Goode (The Valley), Venita Aspen (Southern Charm), and Mia Calabrese (Summer House).

And a round up of some of our favorite Black Bravo content creators:

• Kara Berry - Everyone's Business But Mine
• Kaya and Aaron - Bravo! We're Black
• Kendrick Tucker - I Ken Not
• Selle Brooks - Who Asked Me
• Taria S. Faison - What Else Is Going On?
• Raven James - Bitch is Better
• Imani Marcus - The Mix with Mani

Honorable mentions because they frequently collaborate and feature Black Bravo content creators:

• Noor from The Reality Is
• Tom Hamlett of Dumpster Dive

Meghan and Emily kick off this episode with a WNBA playoff roundup, and there is SO much happening! The Lynx unfortunately got swept, a certain team from the Midwest got bounced, and the Valkyries pulled off THE comeback (and thankfully, Coach Natalie is okay).

Then it's on to Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip and the penultimate episode of the season 😢. Luann throws a Roaring 20s party in Manhattan where SHE LEVITATED! There's also a talent show (thankfully no one had to eat glass) and, finally, a group photo that leads to a showdown between Luann and… well, everyone else. After you leave a 5-star rating and review, tell us in the comments how offended you were by Porsha being two hours late.

Links!

• Lynx swept by the Liberty: Jonquel Jones had 21 points and 13 rebounds as the 8th-seeded Liberty beat the top-seeded Lynx 87-71 in Game 2. The Lynx became the first No. 1 seed in WNBA playoff history to be swept in their opening series. 😢.

• Valkyries comeback win over the Wings. They erased a 16-point second-half deficit to reach the franchise's first-ever semifinals, giving the team its first playoff series win in its second year as a franchise expansion team!
• Natalie Nakase going down on the sideline. The team told ESPN's Kendra Andrews she had been feeling exhausted and lightheaded. It happened during a Wings timeout while she was talking to an official.
• Becky Hammon and A'ja Wilson post game interview : "Parallels" are not the same as "potential"
• Golden State Valkyries IG: watch all the fans celebrating that epic win! We still love Paige!
• Unrivaled: learn a little more about Unrivaled!

It's still a full moon in Aries Saturday, so we've got water charging and crystals in the window.

Before we begin the review/recap of the NextGen NYC Reunion Part 2, we share our personal top 10s from the New York Times' 100 Best TV shows of the 21st century. What are yours? Put them in the comments while you also give us a 5-star rating and review! Thank you!

Then sadly, it is goodbye for now to our Next Gen NYC nepo babies with Reunion Part 2. Charlie and Georgia are still at it, we have many notes and warnings for Ava, and Emira holds firm on her boundaries. We finally get into the Ariana-Hudson-Liam-Charlie of it all and in the process learn that "talking" is not the same as "dating" which is also not the same as "boyfriend-girlfriend." <insert meme of confused lady with math formulas> Liam continues to show why we love a chalant man, and then Charlie shows us exactly who he always has been the second the cameras cut. Ariana, we're prescribing some Thank U, Next. We miss these kids already. 😭

Links!

• Nepo Babies are worldwide! Read their feature in the NYTimes, we're so proud! Bravo’s Surprise Hit Combines Nepo Babies and Good Old Drama
• Georgia's controversial Vulture interview
• The C&B Camille (aka Olivia Pope) wine glasses that Emily was using for her Sarti Spritz
• A Different World (the sequel) on Netflix and the original!

It's a full moon Saturday and we're in the glow! Emily and Meghan kick off with some new music recommendations, and few song-breakdown podcasts we enjoy. Then we dive into Real Housewives of New York City Season 16, Episode 3. We learn more about the Jon Gosselin and Hailey of it all, Carole is still reeling from the Kennedy talk (read all about it on her Substack, behind the paywall), and Jessel says a lot of combination of words that has the internet in a tizzy! But she does get hilariously called out by her mom after the episode aired!

It's round two of our Friday HH session! Meghan has moved on to a cab sauv (Needle & Thread), and Emily is running the brunch triad of an upper, a downer, and hydration: rosé, a Red Bull, and water.

Before we talk about the sisters of the salt, we get a little witchy for this month's Full Moon in Aries (Emily's sign, along with GEB Robin Dixon). We share some fun rituals, including listening to money frequencies, cinnamon blessings, and charging your crystals under the full moon like Queen Beyoncé herself.

Then it's the second episode of RHOSLC, where we meet Quai, who owns a mountainside and her husband is in Florida 80% of the time. Whitney moves into the guest room, Bronwyn introduces us to her beau, and Heather is on her best behavior after her shenanigans at UGT (the gift that keeps on giving)!

Links!

Emily's Favorite Liquor store in the Twin Cities: South Lyndale Liquors

Money Manifestation playlists/frequencies:

888 Hz Manifest Miracles, Infinite Wealth & Abundance

888Hz Infinite Abundance Frequency

And a quick safety note about cinnamon for dogs: Can dogs have Cinnamon?

Welcome to a Friday Happy Hour edition of The Friends in Our Heads! Meghan is sipping the viral Sarti Spritz (with a splash of Fresca for some razzle-dazzle), and Emily is pouring a mystery Spanish rosé that Google keeps confusing with Las Vegas. We did eventually figure it out: Vegas Colección Privada Rosado

We start with some Bravo news before diving into Episode 7 of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip. We get to see what once was (shout out to the Her's fans) with the Miami ladies at Lisa Hochstein's lingerie party. Luann continues to mug for the camera, and we get a live performance of Adriana's "Fiyah!" Then the ladies head up to NYC for a gangster lunch in the Bronx, at the site of Dorinda's infamous "Clip! Clip! Clip! You fool!" scene. Carole brings everyone together with an emotional toast about the housewife sisterhood, and a costume party wraps the episode. Only two more episodes before the season wraps!