Oct

21

Amazing Race Episode 4 Recap

Posted by Beth VanHoose

October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Kelly & Christy were still fighting with Nick & Starr at the start of this episode.  Come on Christy, maybe Starr knocked your sports bra off the ledge and maybe she didn’t — but, it’s a freakin’ bra!  Grow up and let it go already.

Ok, on to this week’s recap:
Ken & Tina, having arrived [...]

Oct

19

Amazing Race 13 Episode 4 Preview

Posted by Beth VanHoose

October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In episode 4, the remaining eight teams of the Amazing Race finally get to leave South America.  They head to New Zealand — host Phil Keoghan’s homeland.  This episode, titled “I Wonder if They Like Blondes in New Zealand”, pits the eight teams against each other as they fly out of South America to [...]

Oct

19

Amazing Race Elimination Station Episode 3

Posted by Beth VanHoose

October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy cbs.com
Mark & Bill, the self-proclaimed comic book geeks, were the third team eliminated on The Amazing Race 13.  Anita & Arthur and Anthony & Stephanie, already ensconsed at Elimination Station, were anxiously awaiting the new team’s arrival.  Since they didn’t know who it would be, they were doing a lot of speculating before [...]

Oct

17

Amazing Race 13 Episode 3 Recap

Posted by Beth VanHoose

October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I wrote this earlier in the week and thought I had posted it.  Sorry!

The episode started off with an argument between Christy and Starr, with Christy accusing Starr of pushing her sports bra off a ledge.  Maybe Starr did, but I think Christy’s reaction was just a little over the top.

Since separated couple [...]

Oct

12

Anthony and Stephanie at Elimination Station - Episode 2

Posted by Beth VanHoose

October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 

 
Eliminated in the second leg of the race, dating couple Anthony and Stephanie arrive at Elimination Station in Acapulco, joining beekeepers Anita and Arthur.
 
As Anita and Arthur wait for the arrival of the team, Anita claims that she has butterflies in her stomach, and laments that they have no idea which team will be [...]

Oct

12

The Amazing Race in Brazil

Posted by Beth VanHoose

October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

After leaving Los Angeles for the start of the race, the teams of The Amazing Race 13 headed for Brazil.  The first two legs have been spent in this South American country.
 
In the first leg, teams flew to Salvador, which is the third largest city in Brazil. Formerly known as Sao Salvador, it is [...]

Oct

8

The Amazing Race Episode 2 Recap

Posted by Beth VanHoose

October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Siblings Nick and Starr were the first team to arrive at the Pit Stop, so they were the first team to depart the next morning.  Their clue instructed them to fly to Fortaleza, Brazil.  Once landed, they were to take a taxi to Plaza do Cumbuco for their next clue.
 
At the airport, Nick & [...]

Oct

5

Travelocity Pit Stop Giveaway

Posted by Beth VanHoose

October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Ah, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to go on some of the trips that are awarded to the winners of different legs of the race?  Well, here’s your chance.  Travelocity and CBS are running the Travelocity Pit Stop Sweepstakes to give viewers of The Amazing Race a chance to win fabulous trips [...]

Oct

4

The Amazing Race - Elimination Station Episode 1

Posted by Beth VanHoose

October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Ever wonder what happens the teams who are eliminated from The Amazing Race do between the time they are eliminated and the group appearance at the finish line?  Why, they go to Elimination Station of course.  Sounds like a Schoolhouse Rock segment, doesn’t it?

Elimination Station in another nation
Relaxing in comfort, oh what a sensation
Waiting [...]