ICE CUBES: Audrina Patridge, Anna Kournikova and The Sitch

Photo | Scott Weiner The Situation and his sister, Melissa As most of my family and my wife's family spent their formative years in Atlantic City, there's nothing I like more than occasionally popping into a casino for a show, some dinner, a party and the tables. Nothing sordid about the gambling. Nothing Leaving Las Vegas about the proceedings. Just a few gentlemanly tosses of the dice and several (dozen) spins on the roulette wheel. Vrrooom. Throw on my best Tom Ford Boardwalk Empire-inspired stripes - no spats, please - and we're set. This weekend, it was a bounce back and forth to The Pool at Harrahs and The Borgata for a few outings. Photo | Scott Weiner Harrahs' The Pool After Dark series 'twas all about the reality celebs. It's hard to imagine people showing up at a club just to be in the presence of a reality television personality - save for one crucial element. Those who come to watch their faves standing on a tiny red carpet in front of a plastic logo-ed up backdrop, must somehow believe that they're one step removed from that similar possibility. As in "Hang on, wasn't that Ronnie guy just a neighborhood mook before MTV found him? Now he's doing Xenadrine commercials." This is my best guess. Why else would you go see a no-face like Audrina Patridge at Harrahs? I've only watched The Hills once and saw her mess up on Dancing with The Stars so I can't really comment, but she seemed/seems devoid of a personality or a signature look (other than a blank Stepford-ian stare) that I couldn't imagine anyone going in to a crowded bar to do shots of Cuervo in her name. FHM named her 2010's 16th sexiest woman? Really? Anyway, maybe Patridge's charms will be better revealed in her own VH1 reality series, Audrina, but I doubt it, Then there was Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino of Jersey Shore fame. OK, so he's got a book under his weight belt and his own showing on Dancing with The Stars, but not much more. So why do I like The Sitch? Maybe because he's a paisan and I understand the struggle that so many of us Italian males have to go through. Sinatra had to get through Joey Bishop. Frankie Valli had his "Grease." Maybe it's because I have a four pack to his six pack. The Situation is okay by me. Anyway, we spied The Situation with his sister, Melissa at the Pool at Harrahs - a rarity as the raven haired sis isn't often invited to the house in Seaside Heights. This brings me to the Borgata and my run-in with tennis bombshell Anna Kournikova. Whodathunk the long time paramour of Enrique Iglesias (that's who I was at the Borgata to see) would not only be at his gig but at the soundboard where I was standing? I could hardly hear Iglesias singing "Tonight I'm Fucking You" over her screams. C'man lady. Anyway, she wore a lot of black eyeshadow, a dark colored bra under a white top and the two of them were spied after his performance supping at Old Homestead for dinner and playing blackjack in the casino while I was rolling dice. Damn. hillary Posted 2011-02-15 12:50:16

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ICE CUBES: Audrina Patridge, Anna Kournikova and The Sitch

POSTED: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 5:00 PM

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Photo | Scott Weiner

The Situation and his sister, Melissa

As most of my family and my wife's family spent their formative years in Atlantic City, there's nothing I like more than occasionally popping into a casino for a show, some dinner, a party and the tables. Nothing sordid about the gambling. Nothing Leaving Las Vegas about the proceedings. Just a few gentlemanly tosses of the dice and several (dozen) spins on the roulette wheel. Vrrooom. Throw on my best Tom Ford Boardwalk Empire-inspired stripes no spats, please and we're set. This weekend, it was a bounce back and forth to The Pool at Harrahs and The Borgata for a few outings.

Photo | Scott Weiner

Harrahs' The Pool After Dark series twas all about the reality celebs. It's hard to imagine people showing up at a club just to be in the presence of a reality television personality save for one crucial element. Those who come to watch their faves standing on a tiny red carpet in front of a plastic logo-ed up backdrop, must somehow believe that they're one step removed from that similar possibility. As in "Hang on, wasn't that Ronnie guy just a neighborhood mook before MTV found him? Now he's doing Xenadrine commercials." This is my best guess. Why else would you go see a no-face like Audrina Patridge at Harrahs? I've only watched The Hills once and saw her mess up on Dancing with The Stars so I can't really comment, but she seemed/seems devoid of a personality or a signature look (other than a blank Stepford-ian stare) that I couldn't imagine anyone going in to a crowded bar to do shots of Cuervo in her name. FHM named her 2010's 16th sexiest woman? Really? Anyway, maybe Patridge's charms will be better revealed in her own VH1 reality series, Audrina, but I doubt it,

Then there was Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino of Jersey Shore fame. OK, so he's got a book under his weight belt and his own showing on Dancing with The Stars, but not much more. So why do I like The Sitch? Maybe because he's a paisan and I understand the struggle that so many of us Italian males have to go through. Sinatra had to get through Joey Bishop. Frankie Valli had his "Grease." Maybe it's because I have a four pack to his six pack. The Situation is okay by me. Anyway, we spied The Situation with his sister, Melissa at the Pool at Harrahs a rarity as the raven haired sis isn't often invited to the house in Seaside Heights. This brings me to the Borgata and my run-in with tennis bombshell Anna Kournikova. Whodathunk the long time paramour of Enrique Iglesias (that's who I was at the Borgata to see) would not only be at his gig but at the soundboard where I was standing? I could hardly hear Iglesias singing "Tonight I'm Fucking You" over her screams. C'man lady. Anyway, she wore a lot of black eyeshadow, a dark colored bra under a white top and the two of them were spied after his performance supping at Old Homestead for dinner and playing blackjack in the casino while I was rolling dice. Damn.

hillary

Posted 2011-02-15 12:50:16

I was at the show also   i thought it s---cked  it was such bad sounding  the people were really nasty  and the surprise of all i almost fainted when i saw ENRIQUE IGLESIAS LOOKING ANOREXIC THISN SKINNY!! my god  he looks sick!  and older looking really bad  wasnt happy i left with my boyfriend to go gambling.

craig

Posted 2011-02-15 16:23:36

I didnt even recognize anna kournikova wow she changed  and not for the better   audrina patridge is gorgeous!

gabriella

Posted 2011-02-15 22:46:19

I rally was such a bad show  and s--cked i couldnt hear and it was just a like a rambling zoo maybe if you were next to the stage  but who wants to be that close anyway    we went gambling and won!  we were there for  valentines day weekend my boyfriend and I.   enrique iglesias does look bad.

Lindsay

Posted 2011-02-17 18:50:37

I like Enrique, good person and good performer. Haters just want to nag at him, because he is successful:P. Congrats on Enrique for the 14 latin billboard nominations.

dina

Posted 2011-02-19 11:51:47

I dont think people are hating on him so much i think theyre talking about the show and maybe his performance at this particular place  i mean face it hes 35 years old not 25 years old things change and i think hes a little out of his league and looks a little ridiculous at times  i really like his spanish music i dont understand alot of it but most i do  and i think its better then what hes doing now  Latin Billboards nominations  dont think he will win all maybe 2 or 3  because of the collaboration he does with  juan luis guerra  he will win that like he did at LNP awards  otherwise he never won anything else unless a Latin award  and then sometimes he doesnt win those awards either  its very sad hes not recognized as a good singer, performer, artist in the USA  i know people that dont even know who he is  they say you mean JULIO IGLESIAS?  sad very sad

dina

Posted 2011-02-20 01:22:57

Its to bad learn how to speak the language   and act like human beings and not thugs i still say deport all of them   all they do is bring drugs to the USA!

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