The Men Tell All: But Where's Bentley??

Greetings from Mexico!  For the first time in Bach history, we are being given then one-two punch: Men Tell All on a Sunday followed by the finale Monday night / After the Final Rose.  It's 5 hours of Bachelorette in 2 nights.  Who can handle this?

Note that the Men Tell All is from 9:00 to 11:00 ET/PT instead of the usual 8 PM.  While Bentley is not attending, there will be a William vs. Ben C showdown, Ryan P emotion and of course, Jeff the Mask Guy.  Plus some past Bachelors/Bachelorettes come back to boost ratings as this season has been less than stellar.  Expect to see Jason Mesnick, Ali Fedotowsky, DeAnna Pappas and Michelle Money.

While I haven't seen the show yet, I'm guessing there's not much excitement to see mostly because the most controversial figure, Bentley, was a no-show.  Too bad. I would have loved to see a little Bent bashing and to see how Ashley would have handled it.   Probably the most controversial part of the show will be that Ames is wearing a simple short sleeved polo shirt versus his fellow contenders who arrive in suit jackets and ties.

Alright, back to the beach!

The Bachelorette: Constantine Tzortzis New Girlfriend

Doesn't look like Constantine Tzortzis will be the next Bachelor. According to Life & Style Magazine, "Constantine's been seeing a British girl named Rachel," an insider tells Life & Style. "She's been at Giorgio's, the Tzortzis' family restaurant in Cumming, Ga., a lot, just helping out and hanging around with everyone."Rachel, whom the source describes as tall, blond and very pretty, fits right in with Constantine's family. "It's new, but they're not really trying to hide it," the insider tells Life & Style. "They're definitely into each other." Constantine Tzortzis eliminated himself on last week's episode of The Bachelorette. 

Watch for him on The Bachelorette Men Tell All, airing Sunday, July 31.

Bachelorette Constantine Tzortzis: "I'm Dating Again"

In this NEW interview with People Magazine and Constantine Tzortzis, he explains why he left Ashley Hebert.

Had this been a normal-paced, non-televised dating situation, could you have gotten there with Ashley?
It's interesting because I have since met somebody and I knew there was something special about her in the first five or 10 days of meeting her. I knew that I threw out all the hesitations that I had experienced with Ashley. It is because she is the right person. So I don't think [Ashley and I] not working out had to do with the accelerated process. It just has to do with whether two people are connecting on a real level. Had I connected with Ashley on that level it, would have been a totally different storyline. It just didn’t happen that way.

Your hometown date went so well and your family genuinely seemed to like her. How did your parents handle the breakup?
My parents backed me 100 percent. I had their blessings before I left to go and see if I could find love and to do whatever felt right for me. They stand behind the decision I made. My parents did like her and I thought that date went well. But that is not enough of a reason to marry someone. When I got back, we discussed the decision to leave and told them how I came to it and they felt I did the right thing.
Read the full interview here!

Jim Lee's Character Designs for the DC Reboot.

Adi Granov.

Sound bloke.

The Bachelorette Men Tell All will air at a special time on Sunday, July 31 on ABC.

The Bachelorette Men Tell All airs tonight! Check out a sneak peek here!

Greetings from The Fantasy Suite

in Mexico. I haven´t quite figured out this Spanish keyboard, so please brace yourself for some possible tildas as other foreign characters to appear.  The Husband and I just finished having Mexican food in Mexico. Yum.   I think the only place hotter than NYC might be Riviera Maya.  We have been schvitzing since the second we got off the plane. In case you were concerned, thankfully the hotel has ABC here, so we will be spending a very romantic evening tomorrow night getting room service, taking advantage of the amazing air conditioning and watching The Men Tell All tomorrow night. Do I have an understanding husband or what? 

And if anyone is looking for a wonderful, adults only, 5 star, luxury all inclusive, I highly recommend The Excellence Riviera Cancun in Puerto Morales, Mexico.  Only 20 minutes from the Cancun airport but has absolutely no Cancun cheesiness or madness about it.  It is definitely a high brow crowd here.  It has a beautiful beach, lazy river and swim up bar, tennis courts, spa and 24 hour room service.  It is absolutely outstanding and we definitely hope to return (¿perhaps after a trip to Fiji?)  ¡Me gusta mucho!  I have no idea how to use these symbols and the evening entertainment is starting shortly so we have to go and reserve a good seat. I don´t want to miss the magic show or casino night.

¡Hasta pronto!

Anne-Catherine for Grazia.it

Miss Anne-Catherine Frey for my Girl Next Door feature on Grazia.it.
Something for the weekend.....a girl who needs no introduction to regular blog readers, Anne-Catherine. You can find the interview with her on Grazia.it here and her own personal blog here. Apologies in advance for the number of photos*- I gave up trying to decide which ones to include so kind of just included a truck load of them ;)
A few snippets about Miss Anne-Catherine:
*She is from Luxembourg but lives in Paris where she studies fashion design at ESMOD;
*Has the perfect face for short hair (although secretly and selfishly I want her to grow it so I can photograph her with looong hair;)
*We met at fashion week in Paris in March 2010 in the Tuileries;
*She loves pretty much anything from The Kooples (are you hearing this Messrs Kooples?! Her boyfriend is super good looking as well just in case you wanted to cast them in one of those couples adverts!);
*She has the most awesome cat called Molly (who is a boy!) whose best friend is a chihuahua called Speedy. You can find a photo of Molly disguised as a sushi roll somewhere on my blog;
*She looks good even in 38 degree heat (we shot this on the Monday after men's fashion week in June which I think was one of the hottest days so far this year) while I just look flushed, sweaty and generally a mess;
*She ♥'s PS1 bags, OPI nail polishes; Alexander Wang backpacks; Elly Jackson from La Roux; Coco Sumner; the new Balenciaga flats for winter.

What was Anne-Catherine wearing for our shoot? White t-shirt (T by Alexander Wang); grey blazer (The Kooples); green jeans (Topshop); Alexandre Herchcovitch for Melissa shoes; Hermès Collier de Chien bracelet and Swarovski white bracelet. The little coloured, woven cross bracelets are from Colette-each colour means something different.

Grey backless t-shirt (Maison Martin Margiela) ; floral skirt (American Apparel); winklepickers (Luella for Underground Limited Edition).

Joy Division t-shirt from Noir Kennedy with vintage floral shorts (we did pay for the apple in the fruit shop....although I think the guy working behind the counter thought we were a little odd!)

Dress (Cos) with Vivienne Westwood for Melissa heels.

p.s. you can click on the horizontal images to make them a little bigger.
*Yes, I know, a photo editor would have a tizzy fit on the lack of editing ;)