Well I don’t know about you but my abs have finally recovered from the laugh I had watching the Reza comedy debut, what a ham! Ok all kidding aside last week was some Bravo filler for sure and thankfully we kicked it up a notch at Asa’s Super Terrific Caftan Fashion Show with cameos by Latoya Jackson and perhaps a vague mention of Kim Kardashian canceling at the last minute, but first lets travel down the journey that brought us to this spectacle of color, imagination, and defrosting caftans.
Asa is at her house prepping frantically for her fashion show when her newest employee arrives, her mom! Yes, Asa’s mom may have just retired from a career in nursing, a stressful and demanding, albeit rewarding job to switch over to a stressful and demanding, albeit lightly thankless role at Asa caftans. Asa’s house is a blur of color, gift bags, and diamond water sitting in Brita filters. Ok I made up the last part, but Asa’s mom isn’t buying this, she sees the bottom line here and ask Asa how much all of this costs, turns out it is a lot and Asa Caftan currently has less than $3,000. You have to keep in mind that at least $1,500 of that will be allotted to Asa’s various turbans, but hey sure add another mouth to the payroll. The finance are concerning to Asa’s mom but not to worry her daughter performs some type of turban voodoo to convince her that this is really about her family escaping Iran. Asa tells us that her parents just seek stability after all they been through, which you know what Asa, that seems pretty reasonable for a couple who escaped a war torn country and allow you to date a Jackson, but hey it’s your fashion line.
Reza meets up with Mike at a men’s manicure establishment, only in LA! What is ya dream baby!? To run a manicure salon that caters specifically to men and will appear on Million Dollar Listing and or Shahs of Sunset. Well LA can work with that. You can tell this is not that first time at the nail salon for either of these two and hey who is judging, who doesn’t love a fresh mani. Over their primping Reza cuts to the chase he asks Mike if he enjoyed his rip roaring stand up and judging by the burn reel Bravo had queued up I’m going to say Reza should stick to what he does best, which is haggling with employees at the Army Navy store. This however is the perfect segue to discuss Gigi’s behavior last night, her drinking, flashing, and general disrespect to the library greenroom they were hanging in is cause for Reza to wonder just how much her RA is affecting her. If you are a fan of any Bravo show you know the only thing they love less than pimping their products is questioning the illness of a co-star. Mike also confides that although he and Jessica spent the night together sadly they did not “bone in the uber”, still no chance Mike has a socially acceptable rating on uber.
MJ and Tommy meet with Dr. Michelle, a couples therapist, and considering their casual greeting we can only suspect that this is not their first meeting. They probably had their second date in this woman’s office, you know just for precaution. Perhaps channeling another couple who just couldn’t make it work they are dressed in the full on Britney Justin denim on denim look, long live these ensembles.
MJ and Tommy discuss some of their recent fights with Dr. Michelle and Tommy explains that she turns into Vida when she is upset, which is something MJ seems to acknowledge. MJ informs us that living with Tommy is living with a child. I don’t think either of these assessments is incorrect however I don’t know if all the denim and sessions with Dr. Michelle in the world can fix these two.
Over at Asa’s she is continuing to prep for the fashion show when the unthinkable happens, Asa tells her dad and brother are going to attend the fashion show as guests, not as employees, Cinderella is going to the ball! This is great but don’t you kind of feel like Asa’s brother would rather have a night off from looking at teal and fed ex labels and just sit in that cat house MJ gave his mom a few weeks ago at her retirement party? Asa calls MJ about her RSVP and also tries to gauge if Tommy plans to attend or if he will be working, what does this guy do that he has such a demanding work schedule? Air traffic controller? ER Doctor? Barista at the coffee shop/art gallery/surgeons? The short answer is he won’t be there.