During a season of the Bachelor, our Monday night watch parties are a set date in the calendar. Several of my dear girlfriends come over in comfy clothes and everyone brings a yummy food or drink. We have way too much fun laughing and adding our own commentary; we miss approximately 30% of the dialogue, but it's just so much more enjoyable to watch with a group. It's so fun/popular to watch this particular show in a group setting, in fact, that the New York Post decided to write an article on the phenomenon of these watch parties. And quite hilariously... I was quoted and pictured in that article (which you can read HERE).
You are probably thinking, "Whyyyy are you in a New York Post article??" (as was I), so I'll tell you. I follow the show's amazing host, Chris Harrison on Twitter. A couple weeks ago, he tweeted "Does anyone have a Bachelor watch party in the LA area? Someone is writing an article for the New York Post and wants to talk to you." Being that I so religiously have these parties and do indeed live in LA, I decided to go ahead and respond. I said, "I've been hosting watch parties since the 2nd season (when I was in high school)! Now I host a party every Monday in LA. :-)" Chris Harrison has well over 40,000 followers on Twitter, so I thought my tweet would be overlooked and absolutely nothing would come of this. Much to my surprise, however, five minutes later a writer from the Post messaged me and asked if he could call me to interview me for the story. Ha! We had a short phone interview, and the next day he emailed some follow up questions. He also asked if I could get some photos with a 300 dpi print quality taken of my next watch party. One of my lovely watch party attendees recruited her amazing photographer friend to come take photos; I submitted them to the writer, and there ya go. I honestly didn't know if my quotes/photos would make the cut and actually be in the article. This past Monday morning, however, I had a wall post from a friend who now lives in New York confirming this. He had just stumbled upon the article while reading the Post and, needless to say, was very surprised to see his old buddy in there. Here's the photo and caption from the online article (the print version actually includes two small photos of the other people mentioned in the caption and our photo is much bigger, including a shot of the Bachelor making out with some girl on the TV):
'THE BACHELOR'PARTIES: ElisabethHasselbeck (top left) hosts viewing parties for her friends, so does host Chris Harrison's (bottom left) mom. Right, Annie Terracina (in yellow) hosts a party in California
Here are some of the other photos that the wonderful photographer, Sarah Ivy Dickerson, captured of us watching our beloved show. Other than her staging us so we'd all fit in the shot, these are completely candid. Seriously. I had NO idea we were all so adamantly animated while watching, but apparently we are... hahaha...
As you can see, we have quite a good time. As fun as it is to watch the ridiculous drama, incredible dream dates and pretty girls/boys try to find love, I love having the good quality girls nights with my darling friends more than anything. I'm already excited for this coming Monday. :-)
Currently listening to: Iron and Wine
Why: With the new album out this week, I just can't stop listening to these soothing folk tunes. The song playing at this moment is "Sunset Soon Forgotten" which is on my "chill wonderfulness" playlist. Iron and Wine is just that... chill wonderfulness. siiigh. So lovely.
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