As a fan of the Bravo “Real Housewives” series, I was ecstatic when I found out about Bravo film crews were coming to D.C. to shoot the first season of “The Real Housewives of D.C.” After watching the glamorous lives of the women of Orange County and New York and the somewhat dramatic ones of New Jersey and Atlanta, I was curious as to how the women of D.C. would measure up. Unfortunately, along with the Washington Post’s Reliable Source, I was disappointed.
Of course I understood no one with real connections to the White House would be on the show for publicity reasons, but honestly, did they really have to choose the Salahi’s? The season was filled with drama surrounding the couple and their escapades at White House events, with some sprinklings of the other housewives stating the not very well known “rules” and “etiquette” of “Waaaashington”.
Watching the show made me realize how reality TV can transform anything. The D.C. I know and love is so completely different from that of the Housewives’. Hearing one housewife call one fall day with the leaves falling, “classic D.C.”, made me stop and think about what I considered “classic D.C.”:
· Going downtown to the mall on a spring afternoon and walking around the monuments and the annual Cherry Blossom Festival
· Runs along the C&O Canal
· Going to the Verizon Center for Wizards and Georgetown basketball games
· The average of two snow days a year from the usual three inches of snow
· Walks in Rock Creek Park
· Taking the occasional trip down to the National Zoo
· Cupcakes
· Two Amy’s Pizza
The “Real Housewives” never got to these parts of D.C. and never got past the Salahi drama. I don’t know if it will make it to a second season, but the “Real Housewives of D.C.” definitely made me appreciate the D.C. I know and love.
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