Geo not blogging until July 15
1 comment July 8th, 2009
I’m out of the office until then. My son is getting married. I’m so excited for him and his bride-to-be. They are the best.
Archive for July 8th, 2009
Rockford Japanese gardens holds on to No. 1 ranking
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Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford holds on to its No. 1 status in ranking by a premiere publication on Japanese gardening.
Sukiya Living this year again ranked the Rockford gardens tops out of more than 300 public Japanese gardens in North America, a top ranking it has held since 2004. The overall quality of its construction and maintenance is what separates Anderson Japanese Gardens from the others, and its stonework, architecture and paths add to the package, the magazine’s publisher, Douglas Roth, said in a news release.
Register Star file photo at Anderson Japanese Gardens
Will Rockford native remain on ‘Housewives’?
3 comments July 8th, 2009
Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City” has been picked up for a third season but might feature a new group of Manhattan socialites, the Hollywood Reporter says. Bravo is “casting for additional housewives” amid reports about a salary dispute between the cable network and the six cast members: Alex McCord, Bethenny Frankel, Jill Zarin, Kelly Killoren Bensimon (a Rockford native) LuAnn de Lesseps and Ramona Singer.
Kelly Killoren Bensimon; photo at insider.com
The Reporter says that the New York Housewives was up double digits in the ratings this past (second) season, when Bensimon joined. But it’s well below the viewers that the New Jersey edition recently drew for its first-season finale.
I watch both shows once in awhile. Tall and tan model Bensimon’s hard-butt attitude and over-the-top cattiness is entertaining as far as upper echelon lives go. But she’s got nothing on cute Teresa Guidice, with her curly, long, dark hair, diamond-heavy jewelry and table-turning temper. Yowser!
Teresa Guidice (insider.com)
Which "Housewives" show do you prefer?
Vote for your favorite Dancing with the TV Divas couple
19 comments July 8th, 2009
AND THE WINNING COUPLE IN THE ONLINE VOTING IS: Laura Gibbs and Joe Sosnowski with 62 percent of the 762,405 votes cast. Congrats, and we’ll see you Saturday night at the Burpee for the real competition, where audience applause determines the winner.
- Kimberly Nelson (WQRF-39 anchor) and Dave Syverson, state senator 251,742 33% of all votes
- Alice Barr, WIFR-23 reporter, and Joe Bruscato, Winnebago County states attorney 40,404 5% of all votes
- Laura Gibbs, 13 News Today anchor, and Joe Sosnowski, Rockford first-ward alderman 470,259 62% of all votes
Total Votes: 762,405
(The following ran in this space before voting ended at 5 p.m. July 16.)
Vote for your favorite couple in Dancing with the TV Divas, Rockford’s Original Charity Dance Contest.
The competition is part of the Bone Soiree — A Continental Evening at Burpee July 18. The event is a fundraiser at and for the Burpee Museum of Natural History. Online voting is just for fun.
See Sen. Dave Syverson/Kimberly Nelson dance.
