[Flipping Out Recap] Episode 3: Urine Trouble

Hey kids, here I am again, turning my recap of Flipping Out in a day late. Doesn't that seem just like something one of those slack ass employees of Jeff Lewis Design would do? Yeah, I totally did it in their honor. Ahem.

We were left on the edge of our seats last week when Christy, daughter of the famed Casa Vega mexican restaurant, called Jeff to ask for a lunch with "just the two of them, no assistants". Suspense! What could be wrong?

Turns out that we were just DUPED by reality show producers who think we won't come back to watch without a cliffhanger.

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[FLIPPING OUT RECAP] Episode 2: Hard To Break Family

It's week two in the new season of Flipping Out, and since week one was a lame new-season-appetizer, we skipped rehashing it. But now, the season's really gettin' cranking. I'm so happy to be reunited with my favorite dysfunctional work family.

The big question this week is, how many times can Jeff's assistant Sarah screw up? Had I realized this was the theme early on, I would have played it as a drinking game, had a shot every time she made a mistake, and you would find me face down, ass up, passed out on my living room floor.

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'Flipping Out' In The Kitchen

House Beautiful is celebrating their "Kitchen of The Year" this week in Rockefeller Center. The kitchen was designed by none other than Jeff Lewis. I don't know about you guys, but I'm so excited for the August return of Jeff's show, "Flipping Out" on Bravo, that I've been color-coding my sock drawer and alphabetizing my spice rack in preparation. Because Jeff is anal, you see. That was a joke about me being Jeff-like.

I suppose it's hard for any kitchen to be impressive when it's full of 238 bored, sweaty tourists asking, "are there free giveaways in here?", but I was underwhelmed upon my entrance.

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A Rainbow of Crazy

Have you ever seen those color co-ordinated bookshelves and thought to yourself, Ugh, that is so stupid, the people who do this to their books are a whole lotta crazy.

Yeah, um, me too.

So how come I found myself arranging my books by color tonight? It was one of those out-of-body experiences; my husband is out of town and I'm at the point of pulling out a glue gun and bedazzling my jeans. Or maybe the cat. 

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Foo-king Pissed

Have you ever had your style ripped off? It happens to me every now and then and it. is. irritating. I'm not claiming to be any type of design genius. Unfortunately, when it comes to my taste in interiors, I'm above average but below exceptional. This means that I don't have enough talent to make a living as a designer, just enough sense to hate ugly shit. It's a frustrating place to be in. I'm just ahead of the curve - I'll envision something specific that I want for my home and painstakingly search for it. Then, two years later, it's everywhere, everyone has it, and I don't even want it anymore. Gar.

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