<p><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rhbhills.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3378" title="Adam Olszewski/Bravo © Bravo " src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rhbhills-300x243.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="243" /></a>I have a confession to make.  And it's not pretty.</p>

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<p>I am addicted to trash television.  Particularly, <em>The Real Housewives</em> series (yes, all of them) on Bravo. </p>

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<p>I am still puzzled as to how Bravo started airing these shows.  Bravo is an arts channel.  I am an arts person.  (I was formerly a lady of the stage and then a music &amp; drama teacher.) </p>

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<p>Back in the day, when I prided myself on being an accomplished and educated woman, I tuned into <em>Inside the Actor's Studio</em> and foreign films on Bravo.  I watched <em>Masterpiece Theatre</em> on PBS.  Yes, I admit it.  I was a cultural snob. </p>

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<p>A Welsh friend once told me that I was "very cultured for an American".  I took this as a compliment. </p>

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<p>Well, Catherine, I am ashamed to admit that this snoot has taken a cultural nosedive. </p>