While the Insurance corporation AIG begs an $85 billion dollar loan from the government, and Wall Street nosedives, and Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy, this happens:
Jennifer Lopez throws her husband Marc Anthony a ginormous surprise 40th birthday bash, and oh my gah: she rented New York’s Bowery Hotel and transformed it into a 1940s Cuban nightclub,
and there were burlesque dancers, y’all,
and showgirls,
and an orchestra,
and even a casino!
But life isn’t all glamour for this power duo and their power duo junior. Because when the party was over, Jennifer and Marc and their twin babies took off on a yacht. A yacht headed to the coast of Italy and Greece.
MammaLoves says
September 17, 2008 at 7:40 amBut it’s a good thing McCain is talking about reducing their taxes. That way they can hold parties to celebrate the half birthdays too. Think of all the jobs those will generate.
Just say Julie says
September 17, 2008 at 7:54 amAnd to think my husband fusses about the cost of dinner out on our birthdays…
Michelle says
September 17, 2008 at 8:01 amItaly and Greece! Why, they’re running away from our economy altogether! Snarky..
blackbird says
September 17, 2008 at 8:03 amSo much for my “original” idea for K’s 50th.
Damn.
Nin says
September 17, 2008 at 8:12 amHey, they’re such copycats 😉
Lauren says
September 17, 2008 at 8:21 amThat’s going to cost a bajillion just for gas to take a yacht across the Atlantic! Better to sail…
Melanie says
September 17, 2008 at 8:31 amhttp://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/16/obama-hollywood/
corrie says
September 17, 2008 at 8:46 amA yacht to the coast of Italy? How does Bossy get this latest-greatest info? You have your finger on the pulse!
It would take more that a yacht to get me to say ok a trip across the ocean!
MamaMo says
September 17, 2008 at 8:58 amThis whole economy thing is like a bad movie – and I can’t wait for the credits to start rolling.
Pia says
September 17, 2008 at 9:00 amshame – my heart goes out to them…
Jenn @ Juggling Life says
September 17, 2008 at 9:01 amIf you’ve got it, flaunt it!
The Domestic Goddess says
September 17, 2008 at 9:04 amMaybe they could bail out Lehman Brothers. Twits.
Liz says
September 17, 2008 at 9:06 amMs. Lopez is on my short list of “those celebrities who annoy the living daylights out of me”. She complained that everyone was too focused on “that guy who swam in the Olympics”, and that she wasn’t getting enough attention during her triathlon training.
Methinks Jenny from the Block is a blockhead. This party proves it.
Amanda says
September 17, 2008 at 9:07 amAnd some people in THIS country can’t afford to eat more than Raman noodles and hot dogs…
The Cheap Chick says
September 17, 2008 at 9:09 amBut are they saving for the twins’ college funds? Or just blowing it all on parties and boats and fancy dancing girls?
Oh, that’s right. They have MORE MONEY THAN GOD. Sigh.
Mary Alice says
September 17, 2008 at 9:14 amWhat a co-ink-E-dink, my husband will be spending his birthday on a exciting foreign trip too!!! He’ll spend his 43rd birthday in Iraq.
junebug says
September 17, 2008 at 9:25 amAh, Mary Alice, couldn’t he have picked a better place? As for J-Lo, I guess she’s made her money now she has to live with it! I saw a show raising money on tv the other day and one of the celebrities turned to all the celebrities answering the phone and said that it was time for them to give some of their money to charity.
Jacquie says
September 17, 2008 at 9:39 amI think you’re on to something here, if everyone an extra mil – hell, even an extra couple of K, would just pass it down to someone short on rent, we’d be well on our way to fixing things right up while the banks lick their wounds and regroup.
g says
September 17, 2008 at 9:42 amWell, I’m sure they had to go for a slightly lower-priced champagne than they would have wanted, so they’re hurting, too.
Jen says
September 17, 2008 at 9:45 amMust be terribly hard to come up with a original and interesting idea for your spouse’s birthday. Oh right, I don’t have those kind of problems. Hubby got a magazine subscription yesterday for his birthday. My mistake, I should have bought the entire publishing company.
Jen
Jeri says
September 17, 2008 at 9:56 amI guess those that can do, and those that can’t read all about it on Bossy! Here’s to those reading on Bossy!
Pamela says
September 17, 2008 at 10:14 amWow. It must be such a burden to be vile stinky rich like that. All those THINGS! TO COORDINATE!!! And PEOPLE!!!! To BOSS AROUND!!! And YACHTS! To FUEL!!!
They probably have somebody to hold the twins’ barf bags whist on their transatlantic journey.
Blue Lady says
September 17, 2008 at 10:21 amBossy, you write about the nose dive the economy is in, and we get the point, but you still make us laugh. I talk about the nose dive, and I’m afraid people are going to have to double up on their Prozac Rx. You’ve got a gift.
Lisa says
September 17, 2008 at 10:52 ama life of fantasy and wowee..That hotel is gorgeous! Too bad ..ILL never get there! Bossy if you ever go, can I be a hanger-on?
Lisa
coastal nest
Susan says
September 17, 2008 at 11:22 amSucks to be them.
Adventure girl wanna be says
September 17, 2008 at 11:31 amHow fun! I wish I had been invited!
Weddings at my place today!
http://adventuregirlwannabee.blogspot.com/
always home and uncool says
September 17, 2008 at 11:44 amIf they really cared about America, that yacht would be headed to Alaska. They need people with more disposable income.
that girl says
September 17, 2008 at 11:48 amFor my 40th I got to pick the cake.
Then we got in a minivan and traveled… home.
nutmeg says
September 17, 2008 at 12:03 pmI’m going to go drink a double gin out of the cat bowl nom.
Kim says
September 17, 2008 at 12:06 pmC’mon Bossy! Give the girl a break, she just finished her first triathlon. That oughta be reason enough to throw a lavish bash and sail away to Europe!
Kris says
September 17, 2008 at 12:12 pmSheesh. I only gave my hubs sex on his birthday.
David says
September 17, 2008 at 12:21 pmThey’re not in charge of the financial industry. Just remember, we (that’s a general “we”) were the ones who made them rich in the first place, and I don’t recall that we placed any conditions on how they spent that money. I don’t agree with this extravagance, but we have nothing to hold them accountable to beyond their own consciences. I could point to anyone who owns a flat-screen TV and go “tsk tsk”, but I have no business doing that.
End of lecture. Back to the silliness.
Big Hair Envy says
September 17, 2008 at 12:42 pmIs that decadent?
Bahahaha!
Cactus Petunia says
September 17, 2008 at 12:49 pmSounds like a case of Nero fiddling while Rome goes up in flames, eh?
Alex Elliot says
September 17, 2008 at 1:08 pmOMG! That’s exactly what I did last weekend!!! I’m totally kidding. Thanks for the laugh.
Sarcasta-Mom says
September 17, 2008 at 1:22 pmUm, I didn’t even get a card for my birthday. Where are my showgirls damn it!
Gaby says
September 17, 2008 at 1:26 pmHey Bossy, just letting you know that irony police are out in full force today–while reading this post, what do I see in your left-hand column? A huge banner ad for Marc Anthony ringtones! Maybe the Anthony-Lopezs are a bit hard up for cash after that party, and they must now resort to pleading for people to buy his music in ringtone form? Hmm…
Shayera says
September 17, 2008 at 1:38 pmDarling! Don’t you realize just how difficult it is to be that self absorbed? I mean, the hours required to put on the fake eyelashes alone. How can they be expected to pay attention to the lesser things in life?
Cece says
September 17, 2008 at 1:52 pmThey earned their money so why can’t they spend it as they please? Just b/c its not the ideal way to spend for us working class folks doesn’t make it wrong, IMO.
qt says
September 17, 2008 at 2:00 pmYeah -sign me up for one of those bailouts, will ya?
Kim arrand says
September 17, 2008 at 2:03 pmI know someone who went to high school with J Lo and she said that even back then she was snotty. So there.
I’m sure they’re not really happy.
PS — just heard about Morgan Stanley loss. Oh the fun never ends.
Angie @ KEEP BELIEVING says
September 17, 2008 at 2:07 pmgood points about their money adn how they choose to spend it is their business and we made them rich (I’m such a capitalist, I really am), only not me. Cuz SHE’S GOT NO TALENT and I don’t buy her stinky music or watch her sucky movies.
KEEP BELIEVING
HeyJoe says
September 17, 2008 at 2:43 pmJho and Skeletor can suck ass.
Kat says
September 17, 2008 at 2:51 pm…and they say we’re in a recession…
debi says
September 17, 2008 at 4:32 pmAnd at the SAME time, there were people ponying up $28,000 per plate to see you-know-who. And I bet NONE of the people attending that wore expensive jewelry or clothes or drove expensive cars or ANYTHING.
Average Jane says
September 17, 2008 at 4:55 pmI’m sorry, but I’m still hung up on the “40th birthday” part of that news item. I’d have thought he was much older than that!
Aimee says
September 17, 2008 at 5:21 pmUm, I hate them.
Leaf, probably... says
September 17, 2008 at 5:32 pmWhoa. I’ll bet that yacht costs a fortune and a half to fill up with petrol. Luckily JLo has many, many fortunes at her disposal…
The Stiletto Mom says
September 17, 2008 at 5:35 pmY’all don’t get mad at me for loaning them my boat. Also? Later today I’ll post the pictures of me doing the burlesque dancing at their party. Good times, wish you all could have been there. 🙂
Bossy's Friend Martha's Sister says
September 17, 2008 at 6:42 pmDang… give me some of that…. Well my 40th surprise was better: Upstate, NY in my jeans with grocery store cake, wine and true friends!