Strollerderby : rich people

WTFof the Day: Baby Food Tasting Bar

Amy Kuras — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:06:00 GMT

Are rich parents thoroughly insane?

That’s the only remotely possible explanation for this: there is now, in Newport Beach. Cailifornia, a “tasting bar and lounge” exclusively for babies. Pomme Bebe sells baby food at its bebe bar and bebe lounge – which allow their drooly customers to try all the store’s offerings.

But this isn’t just any baby food, the kind that people who push – gasp – Graco strollers or whose children wear – quelle horreur –clothes from Target might buy, poor dears. No, “Working under the close supervision of Executive Chef Laurent Brazier, our team of chefs peels, steams, and purées by hand every single nutritiously wholesome, organic baby and toddler meal.”

Seriously, a team of chefs. To do what even I, an incompetent baby-food-maker at best, can do in three minutes with some produce and a $2 potato masher. And how bad does one have to have fucked up one's culinary career to end up as executive chef for a line of overpriced, upscale baby food?

A four-ounce container starts at $3.75, aka six times what the jar of Gerber applesauce I fed my son for lunch cost. Ingredients: apples, filtered water. Ingredients for Pomme Bebe's: apples, filtered water.

Look, I am as much a lover of quality food as the next reasonably sane person and understand wanting your kid to have a discerning palate. But for God’s sake then do the food mill thing – it will likely cost a lot less than $3.75 per serving and you get the satisfaction of knowing you cooked for your little one (or shared your meal from your favorite restaurant, as the case may be).

Perhaps I am just cranky because I wake up every morning to more news that the auto industry, which affects just about every job in my state, is about to implode, but this really ties into two stupid shallow yuppie trends I hate – ridiculous foodieism and baby-as-status-symbol. It’s bad enough to be a douche who would spend $3.75 on chef-prepared baby food, but leave your kids out of it.

Patricia Duff's daughter wants an order of protection against her

Brett Singer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Continuing with our theme of ugly high profile divorce cases, here's a real doozy: Patricia Duff and Revlon billionaire Ron Perelman's daughter is trying to get an order of protection against Duff. Perelman's lawyers are backing the request, with Adria Hillman citing "incredible amount of emotional abuse"; she also says that the girl "stated that she does not want to go back to her mother." Patricia Duff's attorney Yoni Levoritz says that Duff and daughter are having, "typical mother-and-teenager disagreements, noting that children of divorced parents often pit one against the other." Sure, but they don't usually ask for an order of protection, do they?

Interestingly, the New York Post has a photo of Duff entering the courthouse alone, but Perelman is with their daughter. So I guess we know which side she's on.

The couple has been divorced for some time now; Perelman has since married and divorced actress Ellen Barkin. Here's my favorite line from the article: "Perelman and Duff have each been married four times." If this kid winds up even somewhat well-adjusted, it'll be a miracle.

image: NYPost

Breaking News: Tori Spelling and Other Non-Famous Women in Labor

Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:17:00 GMT

A Tori Spelling insider was caught sending a text message reading: "The little bird has flown the coop." Translation: Tori Spelling is in the hospital awaiting her c-section.

Spelling, along with a number of unimportant non-celebrity women went into the hospital early this morning.

This will be her second child with that guy who left his wife and other children for Tori... I look forward to what sTori-es she'll have to tell after this.

Personally, I find news of her pregnancy and her new baby more interesting. But if you must have the Tori in your news, you can find out more here.

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