189 Alumni Welcomed to AA? - DA Graduation '07

Deerfield Academy ushered its 189 newest graduates (DA '07) in to the alumni-sphere with a graduation speaker listed as "Bill White" on Sunday (27 May) At first glance, we thought the Academy had finally gotten to the liquid core of a Deerfield Education - “Friends of Bill W” is...uh.....“shhhhh” …..codename… for A.A.

Sometimes events listed on schedules for out of town gatherings (like say, corporate retreats and boarding school parents’ weekends) are listed as "Friends of Bill W." and serve as an adhoc church basement session. It did appear to be a final admonition to the 18 year olds before sending them off to drink out of kegs in the woods and sleep in SUV backseats. Turns out it was a different Bill W. - Bill White (Mayor of Houston ' current, DA Parent '07). Daughter Elena White (DA '07) walked the stage
To maintain the Massachusetts/Texas balance of power over the weekend, TheCHIMP.net re-located to Austin, TX. We sent our Massachusetts stringers, “The Springfield Republican” Newspaper to cover the Deerfield Academy 2007 Commencement/Graduation festivities. Here is their filing from the 'field.

Required Summer Reading:

• Deerfield’s Official Coverage of Commencement ’07
• Greenfield Recorder Coverage a short cab ride down the internet...here.

LT Outplays A Billion Dollars of TV Experience

Congratulations to LT Thompson (Hickory, North Carolinian 'current, Financial Advisor 'current) who outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted 8 television industry professionals from LA to win the Spring 2007, Survivor Fiji Pool. (Sister Blog "Who is Out" covered the intense pool drama all season long)

LT beat out 5 professional reality casting directors, an executive producer, 2 couples, a pair of artsy brothers, and 3 USC film school diplomas (over a billion dollars in TV output) in bullseye'ing Earl Cole (Millionairre '07), with the 1st overall pick of the draft and riding him for 14 weeks to victory.

We would add a picture of LT here, but we cant see through the wall-to-wall babies over at LTandLela.com. We must sub him out with a preppily monikered newborn ("Winslow") pulled at random from the spring crop that is sprouting over at our #1 referrer website.

Be advised that this hereby expends the once-a-year exemption to the TheCHIMP.net's strident "no baby news" policy. Interested in playing the fall edition of the Survivor China pool? Throw your torch in the ring here.

World Exclusive: Inside PARC's Kitchen

While Parc’s exterior turns in to celebutante sound stage nightly, its interior has bashfully retained some mystery, and its Hyde/Winston’s killing gourmet kitchen has yet to reach TMZ’s cameras. TheCHIMP.net has gotten the first ever, worldwide exclusive, kitchen tour right from new media darling, Chef J (Personal Chef Pam Anderson '02, Black Steel '06, 'Parc current)

While the vegetarianism remains intact, we were the beneficiaries of a personally cooked batch of Short Ribs – noshed by Rappa this past Monday (5.14). ("2 sauce drenched thumbs up")

Meanwhile in the front of the house:

Dan Miller (Georgetown ’98, Screen Capital Film Finance ‘current) coveted Rappa’s smoky personal batch of animal bone and meat as she emerged from the kitchen. There was enough to go around as Dan, on a dinner date, clearly had his own bone and meat with him already (left)…...

...another attractive young couple slugged their way in to the Monday night "Dancing with the Stars" after-party way early for dinner, Josh Duhamel (Male Model ‘90s, NBC’s “Las Vegas” ’03 –?) and Fergie (Pant Wetter ’05 - ?) casually walked in together asking for a table for 2 at the host stand.

Hip Hop Did NOT Love...

De La Hoya very much. Floyd Mayweather's after fight party (Hosted by Jay Z) at TAO. (Las Vegas, Sat. 5 May 2007)