Monday, January 14, 2008

Real Housewives of New York

This is going to be interesting.

The ladies:

LEX McCORD

Born: Washington, D.C. Lives: Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

Married: Yes; husband works in boutique hotel management.

Kids: Two sons, ages 2 and 4.

Job: Works in visual merchandising for a major retailer.

BETHENNY FRANKEL***

***yes that annoying bitch from the Martha Stewart Apprentice (!)

Born: New York. Lives: Upper East Side.

Married: No. "I was engaged a few times," says Frankel, "and I was kind of like the runaway bride."

Kids: None, but her boyfriend of 10 months has three, ages 4, 7 and 9.

Job: Frankel's health food company, bethennybakes, creates wheat-, egg- and dairy-free baked goods as well as tailored, healthy menus for clients.

LUANN DE LESSEPS

Born: Connecticut. Lives: Upper East Side.

Married: Yes, to Count Alexandre de Lesseps, a French aristocrat she met in the Swiss Alps.

Kids: 11-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter.

Job: Hosts "The Countess Report," her own cable show based in the Hamptons.

RAMONA SINGER

Born: Rhinebeck, N.Y. "Beautiful," she says of her hometown. "Boring, but beautiful." Lives: Upper East Side.

Married: Yes, and co-creating a jewelry line with her husband.

Kids: 12-year-old daughter.

Job: Buys and resells excess fashion inventory to discount boutiques and chains. Also developing her own skin-care products.

JILL ZARIN

Born: Woodmere, L.I. Lives: Upper East Side.

Married: Yes, to second husband.

Kids: 15-year-old daughter; husband has three kids of his own, ages 25, 28 and 31.

Job: Owns Zarin Fabrics & Home Furnishings on the lower East Side.

"Real Housewives of New York City" premieres March 4 at 11 p.m. on Bravo, then moves to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays.


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