Ben and the Girls in Sonoma

Ben takes the girls to his hometown of Sonoma. Guess Ben is taking the lead on making sure, which ever bachelorette he takes home, they will fit in the quaint upscale town of Sonoma. Yep, any girl would be so lucky to live there. Trendy, quaint, charming, amid the vineyards, you'd have to be out of your mind not to want to live all the rest of your days there, and it's no wonder Ben doesn't want to leave. He has the best of both worlds.

Blakeley announces loud and clear she wants the rose on the group date and does everything short of sleeping with Ben to get it. Come on Ben, she's not your type. She's a man eater. She's more of the trophy wife for some rich dude to support, not our little Ben. Why he gave her the rose is mystifying. Seems like some other part of his anatomy is thinking for him. And there were no surprises that Ben gave Courtney a rose on their date. Come on, Miss Split personality played goodie two shoes on her date, how was Ben supposed to see through all that nicey nice? She actually came off as the nice girl and not the psycho witch she is in the house.

In the end, amidst all the drama, he had to let go of Jenna, who for the life of her, couldn't speak a coherent sentence the entire episode. Thank goodness she's a blogger, she doesn't have to public speak for a living.

Next week, looks like Chantal comes back for Ben. Wow, who knew? Should be good viewing. Stay tuned kiddies!

The Bachelorette Hometown Dates

Pretty much the final four come from well established families. Ashley will have no problem marrying into money with any of these families. No dysfunction among the whole lot of them. If anything, looks like Ashley is the one whose family might be somewhat borderline, what with her sister covered in tats, not that that's a bad thing, but all the bachelor's families are pretty pristine and well established. Among the four of them, Ben, JP, Constantine and Ames, I liked Constantine's family. Welcome to my Big Fat Greek Family! What you no eat no meat? That's ok I make you lamb. (from my Big Fat Greek Wedding). I liked Ben's family lifestyle, Sonoma, wine country, heaven.

It was totally apparent that to Ames's family that there wasn't that strong of a connection between Ames and Ashley and when Ashley eliminated Ames, the look on his face, sheer confusion. He was stunned into a frozen smile, like he had been hit in the head again. He couldn't believe that she didn't call his name out. He looked pleading to Constantine, like what happening. Poor Ames, he's just odd, but in a good way. He's so smart and forward thinking. I loved the story he told Ashley on their date about magiaordinario, finding the magic in ordinary things. He is so sweet, but a little to stunted in social growth. Sorry to see you go Ames, someone will love that incredible brain, those bright white teeth and that wide smile, just not Ashley.