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This might sound clueless because I’m only on episode 4….

Background: we’ve watched backwards since Season 21 which was my intro to TC bc I’m from Wisconsin…

I’ve been hearing about the crazy Marcel drama for about 3 years as we’ve watched each season going back in time, and….

Am I crazy to think that Betty was utterly out of line jn how she initially reacted to Marcel? His smarm is apparent from the first moment you meet him, and we never know about the edit… but when she initially went off on him, had he done or said anything at all to justify it? I couldn’t think of one thing.

I know it gets crazier from here and that Marcel has his role in making people hate him. But wow, it was like Betty just decided to throw civil behavior completely out the window randomly out of nowhere.

Am I forgetting something he did before that? To be clear — I’m talking about the firehouse challenge when they cooked one by one and they were sitting in the recliners next to each other and she up and calls him basically an egotistical POS.

UPDATE: NOT an unpopular opinion. Noted. No more comments to that effect are necessary.

We love to vacation on Washington Island at the tip of the Door peninsula in Wisconsin, and eat a meal at the best restaurant in the island — the Hotel Washington.

Lo and behold when I go to reserve, what does the Website say? Justin and Jennifer from TC Season 23 are guesting for July and August!

My friend whom we meet when we’re there loves the place even more than I do and is more of a foodie but doesn’t watch the show… raved about our meal on a level I have rarely seen him do!

I forgot to take any pictures, including of the menu. Some of the stars included Jen’s focaccia and cornbread with Brie, an oxtail (French-ish) dip, smashed cucumbers with sausage, roasted spiced oysters. Ice cream flight for dessert.

Justin came to our table, it sounds like they are planning to travel and guest a lot for a
while. He seemed happy, as I would be to get paid (well?) to do what I love with someone I love to basically summer in one of the most relaxing vacation locales in the world.

Jen, Justin, and our waitress met us out at the world-famous Nelsen’ Hall Bitters Pub (where we were all going anyway) after service. Absolutely wonderful people; never judge a person by what you see of them on television (not that we saw anything but quality from them on the show, either, but the genuineness and kindness tends to get obscured by the stress the show inflicts on contestants).

They’re cooking at the Hotel for the rest of August, and there are generally accommodations available on the Island as the season wanes!