But I’ll Take a Pinot Grigio

Summer House is almost born and Stassi, et al head to the Hamptons (all of them). Meanwhile, Ariana & Co board a Lala-less Sonoma Express. Scheana is the odd-girl out and the unmuzzled witches are giving cliquey, slumber-party energy.  As the Pinot Pod winds down our time In the City, we’re heading west to claim our oranges as we take on the Real Housewives of Orange County’s 20th season. As a...

The real Golden Girls of Orange County are back, baby, and it feels like not one minute has passed especially one minute of therapy. Join us as we go on the 20th-season adventure and as we look back on the reasons we can't have nice things.  Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to jeff@pi...

A midweek mini-crossover episode where we talk about things outside our Bravo bubble. This week we chatted about the Apple series, Cape Fear, and Sundi geeks out about its Southern Gothic-ness. Jeff gets to talk about all the new releases (from old favorites Madonna, Beyonce and Olivia Rodrigo) and Sundi shares a few faves. We run down the movies we can't wait to see and celebrate some of our fave...

In this episode of Vintage Vanderpump (S5E7), we get the (now)infamous diagnoses from Stassi, in which Jax is found to be a (duh!) sociapath and she gets off easy as an "alcoholic." There are two cliques heading to separate birthday celebrations, but Lala stands one of them up. As the Pinot Pod winds down our time In the City, we’re heading west to claim our oranges as we take on the Real Housewiv...

The second-to-last episode of this Summer House wanna-be takes us to Connecticut, where Lindsay's "single mom card" is called into question and Kyle has a classic meltdown. *sigh* We'll see you next week. As the Pinot Pod winds down our time In the City, we’re heading west to claim our oranges as we take on the Real Housewives of Orange County’s 20th season. As a treat for y’all and us, Emilie and...

Sundi and Nolin cover McBee Dynasty season 1, episodes 6–10. Here's where it all starts to fall apart for these American "cowboys." The VC deal falls through, one of the boys gets engaged while the others make it Instagram official.  Steve Sr. continues to be trash and Galyna has a real revelation.  Sundi is a pop culture professor who will watch anything and Nolin is always down to dish. Find us...

Better late than never. Jax and Stassi are finally settling the bet about who is the biggest sociopath, a sober Scheana has to defend her self against the "unmuzzled witches," and the "married boyfriend" rumors come to an explosive head for Lala. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to jeff@pin...

This episode is a mega crossover deep-dive through the Bravo universe, tracing how Vanderpump Rules and Summer House intersect—centered on Stassi as the pivot and the early appearances of the Wirkus twins.  We even have two folkks watvhing these shows for the very first time! The hosts recap season-one scenes, call out memorable moments (Kyle’s hot-tub meltdown, Katie’s mean-girl energy, Carl’s ea...

Season 5 Pride is dampened by a national tragedy and not all the dummies rise to the occasion. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to jeff@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.  

Hosts, Emilie and Sundi, are just chatting about all things etiquette, friendships and who the hell wears white to a wedding (Sundi, apparently). New city. Same bad instincts. The Pinot Pod is in Manhattan. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram, Tik Tok and on YouTube. Hot takes, complaints, and confessions go to jeff@pinotpod.com . And PL...

We get to know the McBee family and... whew... it's messy. Come along with us in this "dy-nasty" adventure as we  marvel at the depths of their dysfunction and their wildly irresponsible spending habits.   Sundi is a pop culture professor who will watch anything and Nolin is always down to dish. Find us at @takeapinotpod on Instagram, Tik Tok and  YouTube, and questions, complaints, and hot takes...

Schwartz and Katie go see their wedding venue and Schwartz is a bitch about it. Rumors are flying about who James has or has not hooked up and Lala's "married" boyfriend is the hot topic for everyone.  Join us as the Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summ...

This freshmen season of In the City feels underwhelming, and without the built in Summer House lead-in its disappointing.  Amanda and Kyle's moving drama tries but Kenny's missing dad stuff and Yvonne and Nick’s courthouse wedding isn't all that entertaining.  New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering every Wednesday, so  check your feed. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable lif...

Lala has a Range Rover and an (allegedly) married boyfriend and the SUR ladies are up to their old tricks when Scheana doesn't fall in line.  Join us in the big city as Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.  Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod o...

We recap and react to the 2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards, covering standout moments, guest performances, and the show's funniest and most controversial bits. We chat about what we're loving right now, including Widow's Bay and McBee Dynasty. The Pinot Pod to the city. We're watching these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. ...

Y'all thought it couldn't get grosser than "summer bodies" and "skank whores," well VPR said, "hold my beer." These women are not doing any of us any favors as Katie leans into her hypocrisy, Lala is victim to a lot of nasty accusations and Stassi is "single and lives alone." The Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers a...

There's more fallout from the Kentucky muffin chow-down and James and Lala continue to compete for the worst person of the season - spoiler: they're both winning.  The Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.  Watch, listen, and find visual aids an...

This covers what we hope will be the last installment of the reunion that never ends and In The City episode 5. Emilie and Sundi still hate Kennny, still love Lindsay and desperately miss Carl on our screens.  New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering this mess every Tuesdday so check your feed. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and...

We're here... season 5 is, so far, a wild ride. We went from slut-shaming to fat-shaming, Stassi is back and Katie is still intent on marrying may who hates her. To be fair, she hates him too. The Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.  Watch, li...

We're down Emilie this week, but we still had the chance to catch you up, make some recommendations , tell you what to avoid (Euphoria, looking at you) and discuss Disclosure Day, Taylor Swift and Jeff's favorite Gen-Z bands.    Here's all the items we mentioned: Sundi's Rec: Love Island Jeff's Rec: Not for Radio, The Marias, Frute and the Cardigans doing Black Sabbath Sundi's miss me: Euphoria (e...

Part three of the Season 4 reunion and the “Secrets Revealed” episode. this was a rough one, folks. The dummies were dummy-ing a little meaner than usual, but we got through it and now on to season 5. The Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.  W...

We thought it was last installment of the Summer House reunion, but alas, there's more "aftermath" to be had. And the men on In the City are just rage-baiting us at this point.   The Pinot Pod has left the Hamptons and is heading straight to Manhattan. New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering every Wednesday — check your feed. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices a...

It's a Top Chef finale, y'all!  We have gotten to the top of the literal mountain and three chefs remain.  It's up to each of them to cook the meal of their lives with help from special guest sous chefs and impress a serious table of judges and guests one last time.  Simply put, sure.   An impossible feat?  For sure.   One will be standing for the confetti dropping, bottle popping, tear grabbing c...

A chaotic end to one of the best seasons of reality television, the season 4 reunion was nothing if not thorough. We couldn't get it all into one episode, here are parts 1 and 2, and we'll tack part 3 on to the "Secrets Revealed" and predictions episode next week. Join us for the season 23 finale of Top Chef and the last part of the Summer House reunion next week.  The Pinot Pod is officially in t...

Sundi, Emilie AND Jeff all get together again for our weekly talk of what we're recapping, other recommendations for your viewing and also a few things we say to avoid.  While poring over the Summer House drama, the current Summer House drama and the shouting matches of Vanderpump past we are also giving you insight into what else we're watching and it's hilarious as always.     Recs: Widow's Bay,...