Adriana did the woodwork. I think she was the partner of the passive-aggressive southern girl last week.

Maybe I'm missing something. Because it seems like record labels are pretty much like any other investment vehicle, whether a movie studio, a hedge fund or VC firm. There's someone out there that gave Harold Dieterle the money to open Perrilla with the assumption that their investment would be returned with profit.

Regular investors generally rely on the business-starter to have the business expertise to make it work as well as the talent, where record labels provide that expertise to the talent. I'd guess that's why there are people like Drew Nieporent -- he's just a restaurant owner, right? So he goes into business with chefs who bring the talent but not the rest. Then Step 2, then profit.

what I can't fathom is how it took them the entire first day to figure out that they couldn't afford glass tile, then another full half day (7 hours!) to get the ceramic.

I was just discussing this point elsewhere. Someone wondered if she was planning to tile the counters with glass tile. Which, if true, is a whole 'nother level of crazy.

Are people watching the Hell's Kitchen finale? I'm really hoping Bonnie wins.

ETA: I didn't realize it was a two part finale continuing next week.

Yeah, stupid two-part finale.

sj, I want Bonnie to win, too.

kicks two-parter in the shin

Yeah, stupid two-part finale.

I suspect if Josh hadn't gotten his ass fired during service, it WOULD have been a one-episode finale.

As for who, with Julia gone, I'm in the not caring category. And her attitude on the return trip looks awful. If she doesn't realize she really didn't have the know-how for a big-name establishment, and that the culinary school experience Ramsay was offering her was a gift from heaven, I've got some issues as to where her head is at.

Rock seems like he'd be the more comepetent head chef, but he was so hesitant on designing his menu that he made Bonnie look focused and decisive, which is scary.

I don't know. I think if I were Julia, I'd be really upset seeing that Bonnie made F2 (with what we've seen of her). Honestly, I'm not rooting for anyone on HK. I guess I'll root for Bonnie because Rock has shown himself to be kind of an ass, but really Bonnie and her palate are very second choice.

Can't wait for Kitchen Nightmares. I was watching the episode over the weekend with the mom and the two daughters in the Footballers Wives (on second thought, I think it was Hollyoaks) town. So sad. That oldest daughter was a piece of work. It was a lovely thing watching Gordon have her for breakfast.

Wasn't it?

I learned a new term, "WAGS" for Wives and Girlfriends of footballers. (Those were the wives and girlfriends of real footballers not tv footballers.)

Eric Ripert was on No Reservations!

It was all about New York and the second half (which is what I saw) was all about places that chefs eat.