And there's a party at Laura's! Meet you there!
Seriously, millions of visitors later, mentions in everything from The New York Times to Rolling Stone to Entertainment Weekly, visits to Bryant Park and the finale parties and we're still stunned at how things turned out. Who knew we could milk so much material out of one lowly reality television show? Thank you to Laura, for being so fabulous that she inspired our very first post (and let's face it, the whole blog), thank you to all the designers, some of whom became our friends and some of whom won't even pose for pictures with us, and especially, thanks to all of you, you fabulous, witty, loyal, funny, intelligent readers for keeping us inspired and making us better.
Love you lots! MWAH!
[Photo: Courtesy of Laura Bennett/Projectrungay.blogspot.com]
138 comments:
Thank you, TLo!!!
Any inside scoop on the new programs from Bravo, esp "American Artist" from SJP and Magical Elves?
Happy birthday, boys! You don't look a day over 21. Thank you both for your snark, your devotion, and your fabulousness.
Well, Happy Anniversary! And cheers to Laura for inspiring the blog. Let's all have a drink, shall we?
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I first began reading your blog about mid way through season 3, but didn't start posting until you blogged season 2 and Raymundo (mi sweetie) got auf'd.
OK I died and went to gay heaven. That picture of Laura is absolutely fabulous.
Happy Anniversary, boys! We love you!!!
Thank you so much for everything, guys!
Where, oh where, were Laura's lighting gays?
Oh, and Happy Birthday.
Happy Anniversary and tell Laura I'll be a little late : )
Happy Anniversary, guys! The show would not be the same without you.
Aww, how cute! Laura is fabulous!!
Happy Anniversary and many more to come!!
Aww, that's exciting guys! Here's hoping it lasts quite a while more.
Happy Anniversary to you both, and us! Best PR blog!!
Happy Anniversary, boys. I have only been here since about half way through season 4, but have loved every word.
Keep up the good snark. You make me laugh every day.
SisterZip
Happy Anniversary!
Thanks for always making my day brighter. How time flys when you are with your gays :)
p.s. laura, fabulous as always!
Fabulous darlings! Go have a nice big slice of cake and wash it down with a lovely glass of champagne!
Mmmmwah!
Boo Augustus said...
Where, oh where, were Laura's lighting gays?
Ten demerits; Laura is an architect, her hubby is a high octane interior designer and roughly 50% of the lighting designers in the US live in the metro NYC area...
I'm certain Fisher Marantz Stone or Johnson Schwinghammer would take their calls...
And happy 2nd, TLo.
Thank you, boys, for making the world a smaller place and for inspiring so much fun! You've even inspired me to expand my writing beyond the hum drum of what I get paid to do as a journalist: Just yesterday I got added as a featured blogger on a really fab sports site -- http://floswimming.org/
Mrs. Coach -- that's me!
You deserve every accolade and bit of attention that has come your way because you earned it. Thank you and happy e-birthday!
happy birthday! bon anniversaire!
i remember finding your blog like it was yesterday....you were just a few months old then, not nearly the media powerhouse you are now ;)
happy birthday! and thank you for your fabulousness, your bitchiness and the joy you bring to snarky hearts around the world!
Congrats boys! keep up the fabulous.
Congratulations to you!!
And funny, just this morning the US Department of Labor released this statement:
"We at the Department of Labor would like to send our best wishes to Tom & Lorenzo on this, the second anniversary of their Project Rungay Blog.
According to our studies, PR Rungay has been responsible for a 32% reduction in workplace productivity, in the two years since its inception. But since the economy has collapsed, that doesn't really matter.
We would say that this productivity reduction was offset by an increase in fabulosity, but we do not study such things under this administration. So don't ask us. We won't tell you.
However, come January 20, when these bible-thumping inbreds go back to Texas (or wherever the hell else they came from), we will issue a full report on this topic, which will state clearly how, thanks to the leadership of two bloggers from Philadelphia, Snarky Fabulosity is now our nation's leading export."
Thank you to you for all the giggles!
---GothamTomato
Happy Anniversary! Thanks for all the laughs and fun.
Happy 2nd Blogday, boys!
Happy Anniversary, guys! You two are fabulous!!
Happy Anniversary! Go out and celebrate tonight (or stay in, alone).
I wish I could give you a birthday gift as wonderful as the gift of this blog!
BTW, any moving advice to part? We're moving out of state this week and Mr. Hutchlover has been relocated for two months. So guess who's doing it ALL! Including getting the house ready for the renters.
Keep up the great work. I love your blog…it keeps me laughing!!
Happy Anniversary, guys!!!!
This blog makes me laugh continually. Everyday I read your blog it brings a huge smile to my face:) There is not one post that you guys have posted that doesn’t make me laugh myself to tears. Seriously.:) I have never read a blog so entertaining and fun filled. You guys are truly one of the funniest groups of people I’ve ever seen online.
OMG! I LOVE YOU GUYS! I know that whenever I’m feeling down,I can always get on your blog and you can make me laugh!!!!
Thanks sooo much!!
Happy birthday, darling boys. Y'know, I started watching PR during Season 3, and don't know that I'd still be as deeply enthralled if it was just about the show -- but this here blog has become an inseparable part of the "Runway" experience, and I'll be loyal to you, if nothing else!!
Thank you for all your hard work making this the funniest, most fabulous PR place for all of us.
Happy Anniversary, guys! You;re the best and I really mean it.
Love your blog! Happy Anniversary!!
Happy Birthday, boys! It has been SO much fun to be a part of the PRG 'family.' I can't tell you how much time you have helped me waste . . . er . . . spend productively . . . at work and home!
In addition to PRG, I have to thank you for:
"White Christmas";
Sharing your brushes with fame;
Your move to new digs (Trifle dish, anyone?);
Dye jobs gone too red;
Shear Genius; and
Dame - Diva Death Matches.
MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY!
Happy Anniversary!
I've been reading this since the beginning?? It's already been TWO YEARS?!?!
WHOA!!!
Congrats you two! Keep up the amazing work! :D
Happy Anniversary!!!
You two are the best way to start the day....coffee & RunGay.
Love you a TON!!
Thank you, TLo (and Laura)! As has been said by others, you have brightened many a dreary day. You also got me through the low points of season 4 and helped get my husband hooked on PR ("What did TLo say about that?"). I'll have a drink in your honor tonight.
I have been a Rungay fan from the first. You two are responsible for my loyalty to PR - Bravo and the Weinsteins should be sending you more than cupcakes - moolah perhaps!
Thank you for your fabulosity and wit and keep up the great work! (If you don't I will wither away from boredom)
What a fabulous picture of Laura!
Great things happen to fabulous people and yes to good people too.
Happy Anniversary!! I love your blogs!
Happy anniversary TLo! Congrats and here is to many more :) You two are wonderful and I absolutely adore this blog and the TLo blog as well.
Thank you for making life just a little more fabulous!
~Mel
Thank you both so much. Like this season, two years ago I was unable to watch the shows when they aired and I found you and Blogging Project Runway. You helped me get through that summer and you are the first thing I check every day.
Congratulations and here's to many more years of fabulousness. I will be here.
I can't believe it's two years either! Two years of loving your spot-on commentary and laughing hysterically at your saidwithlove bitchery.
Great thanks to you both, Lorenzo & Tom! I have so enjoyed getting to know you two and love this community of fellow posters. The blog is always a day brightener.
And that shot of Laura with the cupcake is to die for. It's my new second favorite Laura picture. This is my most favorite because it reminds me of one of the best photos ever.
Thanks for all the chuckles boys. You're the best.
Best wishes, you fabulous two-year olds, you! Terrible twos, indeed. But terrible in a good way, as PR is wont to say, or not....
You really have brightened the days of so many people, including mine, that our gratitude is pretty poor pay for all the work you've put into this marvelous, witty blog.
And thanks also for the worthy red-headed stepchild (not any longer), the TLo blog, that was the offspring of Project RunGay.
Finally, thanks for the pleasure of having met you last December at EM2...! Fabulosity to the max, you charmers, you - so much fun directly attributable to this two-years young blog.
All the best,
NDC
Congratulations on your blog anniversaire. Of course my first thought on seeing the Laura photograph was, "What perfume is she holding? Is it perfume?" Can't tell. Also, sharp eyes note how beautifully the hydrangeas echo the colors in the oil painting.
P.S. The shoes? Killah.
MMMMMWWWWAAAAHHHHH to you two, you are truly fabulous!!
Happy Birthday!! It's 8am here; is that too early or too tacky to have a Birthday cocktail in your honor???
Happy Anniversary, and thank you all for bringing your particularly fabulous brand of bitchery to us.
Happy Birthday, darlings! I couldn't get through my week without you!
I love you blog so much. My brother passed away last year and he was a huge fan of your blog and the show. I'm here today representing the two of us. Happy Anniversary, guys!
Congratulations! :)
Happy Anniversary, kittens!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Congratulations on this great blog and all your fabulosity.
P.S. That picture of Laura is PRICELESS!!
Happy Anniversary!!! I hope you (we) have many more!
Happy Anniversary, guys! I read your blog frequently even though I don't comment much.
Happy Anniversary! Thanks for the wonderful 2 years!
Happy second anniversary. I’m so glad I found your blog - - you always manage to brighten my day! :-)
*sniff* LOVE YOU TOO!!!!!!
Happy Birthday darlings - hope you get SPOILED today!!!!
Thank YOU both for making the dreary work day FABULOUS!
kisses!
(Laura looks.....delicious! Gorgeous shoes! And that glint in her eye says....."come hither darlings and I'll show you a real birthday celebration! This cupcake should come in handy!")
Congratulations guys! Project Runway is at least 150% better because of you.
no...thank YOU!! You have made that silly show so much fun. And while I tend to read your blog from the sidelines ... I always feel as if you're talking just to me. Many thanks for the delightful addition to my day!!
Love you guys, Happy Anniversary! Thank you for the lovely picture of Laura!
Happy Birthday, Blog!
TLo, you have revived the dormant,(admittedly small) fabulosity section of my brain. PR would no longer be any fun without you.
Love ya lots!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! I really want to thank you guys for all the hard work and dedication you put into bringing us so much fun and fabulosity.
And MWAH! to you, Boys. You make that lowly reality show, the internet, and my mornings a lot more fun--not to mention funny!
xoxoxox
Bill! Where the hell ya been? Everyone's been asking about you!
Yes, bomber, you're right -
BILL, where the hell have you been?
Thank YOU TLo! You start my day off with a smile... congrats and smooches!
Marty the Wizard
Happy birthday/anniversary? and congratulations.
Can you all find out from Laura where those fabulous shoes come from. I would absolutely sell one of the kids for a pair of those.
Love that picture! Thanks for all of the fun tiomes over this past two years. I can't remember when I first tripped over the blog but it was near the end of your review of S3.
Loved your wit and excitement about the show and the fine group of regular posters you maintain. I have even been inspired to start a blog of my own (to dismal effect so far, I'm afraid).
Keep up the great work and thanks again for saving so many a dreary day at the office.
Happy Anniversary TLo!!! Thank you for making every morning a giggle-fest.
BTW, I now have my boss reading your blog; it became ritual, last season, for us to spend the first hour of Thursday mornings discussing the prior nights ep and reading your ... aloud. He thinks you're wonderful and witty!
Much love,
Carie
That photo reminds me of 2 fave quotes from Marlene Dietrich,
"I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men."
and
"Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them."
Love you back.
Massive smooches.
Happy anniversary darlings
Myra Flection
Thank YOU, for all the fun and wit.
I look forward to checking in here everyday. Even though I have never met any of you (the curse of the Left Coast !) I have a great fondness for and sense of virtual friendship with many here.
Laura Bennett,Gothamtomato, Bill, sewing siren, the divine miss m and many, many more are a real joy and have caused tears of laughter on too many occaisions to count.
But mostly, what a treat to have you two, Tom and Lorenzo, guiding this witty, snarky party and allowing us to live vicariously thru your amazing experiences.
I raise my glass in salute to all...here is to the party to come!
Happy birthday, sweeties! It's been a fun two years, and I hope there will be many more.
That's a fabulous shot of Laura, but I really hope those hydrangea are fresh from the florist, because otherwise I really will hate her since mine die after five minutes in a vase. (Whew - my high school English teacher would have given me a red skull-and-crossbones for that sentence!)
Happy Anniversary, boys! thanks for all of the great entertainment. i know it's only been 2 years, but you have become ingrained in my morning routine...i can hardly remember when this blog wasn't the first thing i go to when i turn my computer on....
have a wonderful celebration!!!
Happy Birthday!
Thanks where lavish thanks are due!
For all the hard work and wit, for creating a little community - and keeping it a community with pretty high standards for civility, taste and entertainment value.
For sharing your gaggle of minions - mostly thoughtful yet sparkling readers/posters.
For hilarious snarkiness and, did I mention all that hard work? The screencaps, the celeb photos, the research & oh yes, the wit.
You guys would be a force for good in the world for just this blog - but NO! You gave the world Musical Mondays as well!
Lavish thanks!
Another Suburban Mom said...
Can you all find out from Laura where those fabulous shoes come from. I would absolutely sell one of the kids for a pair of those.
They're Manolos, darling.
Thank you so much for all the kind words!
XO
TLO
Happy anniversary, boys!
Thanks for always brightening my day.
OH how I LOVE that picture of Laura. and how I love your blog. Smartest, sassiet 2-year-old ever.
(My own blog turned 1 last week and marked the occasion with a mini-interview with another fabulous lady: nigella lawson)
And, lilithcat and anyone else who'd like to know how to condition cut hydrangeas so they last in a vase for a week, e-mail me at caseyellis@aol.com.
I'll share the secrets of a man who grows hydrangeas and ships cut blooms all over the country.
Better late than never ---
Happy 2nd Aniversary, TLo!!! And a Happy 2nd Blogsday to you both!
Although I started off as an occasional lurker & poster, I quickly got hooked on all the fun & fabulousness up in here. And how lucky was I to meet you both and be blown away with how amazing you both are in person.
Thanks for an amazingly witty, insightful, raucous, clever & fabulous run, TLo. Here's to many more years of naughtiness & fun! Cheers!
XXX & OOO
Cathy
Happy Anniversary!!! I discovered your FAB blog halfway into last season, and since then, have been a most avid fan!!! Gorgeous pic of the most GLAM Laura!!
Thank you, TLo, you are the bestest!!!
----StkrShock
Wow, look at Laura!
Happy Anniversary! Your blog is the highlight of the internet. Thank you for the fabulous forum to express ourselves, and your forever witty take on things!
Love ya, mean it!!!
OMG! Happy Birthday to one of the best damn blogs I have ever read. I haven't laughed this hard in quite a while. Besides the fact you are spot on.
Happy Birthday indeed!
Happy Birthday !!! I love Laura's shoes.
Happy Birthday TLo!!!!! it's amazing you're only 2 years old! it seems we've known you forever! :-)
thanks for all the bitchiness and congrats on all the success, it's fantastic!
it was great to revisit that first blog.... she looked (and still does) divine!
enjoy your special day!!!
little karnak said:Happy Birthday!! It's 8am here; is that too early or too tacky to have a Birthday cocktail in your honor???
10:14 AM
It's Always cocktail time somewhere! Drink up kittens!
Happy birthday to you, Fabulous TLo! Thank you for all the fabulous snark and bitchery, and for the manymany laughs. Mwah!
bitchybitchybitchy said...
little karnak said:Happy Birthday!! It's 8am here; is that too early or too tacky to have a Birthday cocktail in your honor???
10:14 AM
It's Always cocktail time somewhere! Drink up kittens!
Or if you mix it with tomato juice as in Bloody Mary or orange juice as in Mimosa.
Happy 2 years boys. Thanks for giving me more laughs than any other blog on the net!
Smooch!
Hooray! Happy birthday boys! I've just started posting (because my computer finally started letting me), but I've been reading since halfway through season 3. Thanks for the fabulosity!
Happy Birthday, Tlo! I'm so glad I found this site!!!
I absolutely LOVE that dress Laura is wearing! I'd love a little beaded number from Laura, maybe from the next QVC collection.
Congratulations, TLo, for two years of funny! Here's to many more years of your witty insight.
Wes
Thank You TLo for all of the fun and snark that we have received these last two years.
Here's to many more! *clink*
Happy Anniversary Tom & Lorenzo
We love you boys. Thanks for making all our lives a little more fabulous!
xxxx
Happy Anniversary to my favorite bloggers!! Where do I send the bubbly?
Happy Anniversary TLo!
You had me at "They sew. We rip" and then reading your Kayne-post "In the Moob" cemented my adoration!
"Jetsetter! Paparazzi! Fabulous!"
Yes, you (two) are!
It's a cupcake! That has got to be the most sophisticated cupcake in New York.
Happy Blogiversary, boys!
Congratulations on two years of fabulousness! May the Terrible Twos be full of snark, wit, and tons of fun.
Happy happy birthday to you guys! (Well, to your blog.)
You make life just a bit more fun for lots of us!
Eh, Laura is ok. Wondering when she'll show us something other than drab lace and a bun so tight it mocks a facelift.
However. Bravo, boys. (no pun intended!)
Happy Anniversary! I love reading your blog.
Happy Anniversary, guys! Love your blog and what you do for the PR community.
I LOVE your blog. You guys are amazing writers!
Happy Anniversary and hopefully many many many many more to come. :)
Washington Cube said...
It's a cupcake! That has got to be the most sophisticated cupcake in New York.
It is. Love Laura! Love you boys! Happy Anniversary!!!
Happy anniversary! Long live your blog!
I've been reading your blog since day one, ok, day three and have never stopped reading you guys. Thank you so much for everything!
I have no idea how I stumbled across your blog, but I'm glad I did. Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary to your blog, keep writing. I read every post even though I don't always comment. I love your photos too.
Casey -
I just emailed you, and I apologize if you receive two messages. My email program seems to have burped!
Lilithcat
Happy Anniversary! I've been reading this blog almost since the beginning and I think it's unbelievable how much you have accomplished since then.. the mentions, the people you've met. All from a blog! A great blog, but still. Amazing. :) I'm just waiting for the day PR invites you two to be guest judges.
lilithcat--your e-mail has definite problems--none received so far.
Brooklyn Bomber said...
Bill! Where the hell ya been? Everyone's been asking about you!
another laura said...
Yes, bomber, you're right -
BILL, where the hell have you been?
I missed you guys, too. But there is definitely something to be said for a two week road trip with no Internet or email.
We drove down to the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina and visited Ed's old haunts in Asheville, Cashiers & Brevard. Then cruised over to Atlanta for 3 days on a buying trip for the store at The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market. Then we were off to Savannah & Tybee Island in GA and then Charleston & Hilton Head in SC. Whole trip was in Ed's cute little MINI Cooper S convertible so we had a blast traveling.
We watched the premiere of PR S5 in bed in the hotel in Charleston, and I was aching for the blog the next morning. I might have to bring a laptop next time...
So glad to get back for this special day. One more time - Happy 2nd Birthday Project Rungay Blog!!
Happy Anniversary, guys! I love your blogs!
congratulations!!! you guys are amazing. what would we do without your spot on commentary and critiques?
!Buen aniversario, muchachos! Thank you for amplifying my enjoyment of PR with your wicked bitchery and gratuitous beef-cake screenshots. My summer days are so much brighter now. Keep up the good work!
Many Many Happy Returns of the Day, Boys!! Your blog has made many a dreary day a much happier one for me. Thanks so much for allowing us ALL to partake in your fabulosity. And thanks to all the folks here who add to the fun!! Cheers, I'm mixing up a cosmo in your honor right now!
Wow this blog is two years, yet I haven't aged a day.
2 years? Jesus I can't believe I've been addicted to this blog for two years!!!
HOORAY!
2 more! 2 more!
(at least)
Happy Birthday to you!! I can't imagine PR without you anymore. Best wishes!
When my son was two, there were a lot of temper tantrums in public places, difficulties with toilet training and many time outs.
I do hope you boys don't go through THAT.
(Congratulations!)
Dearest TLo,
Happy 2nd Anniversary!
Pls continue to blog, whether it's SG or PR, whatever. I really think I'd watch "Dog The Bounty Hunter" if you covered it.
Well...
Your incredible wit and deep thought provoking souls add a great deal to my life & I'm incredibly grateful for your efforts.
Here's to 20 more hilarious years!
Happy Anniversary! As always, LB looking oh so elegant... (gets nostalgic)
unlike the current bunch.
Still, thank you so much for this site, gents. :)
Happy Anniversary
Last year when i googled Project runway S4, i found your posting bitched Rickey's Prom garment.
That was just shocked because there were so many offensive words I’ve never seen and heard before.
(Actually I’m Japanese lived in Tokyo. for sure English is not my mother tongue.)
but now I totally get your saying without any offense, and get to know you guys are the most sweetheart in the world.
Thanks for your tremendous efforts and i will be your Royal fan forever.
- from Japan-
Wow! 2 years already? Love* you guys loads!
*purely in a non-sexual, non-stalking kind of way of course!
Kzspot
BILL!!!!
Welcome back! I'm glad you had a great vacation, and don't give in to the temptation to bring the laptop along next time. We really need to unplug sometimes.
Of course, as I type this, Mr. ProfP and I are sitting side-by-side on the sofa with our laptops.
ProfP
Casey -
I sent it again from home (as opposed to work) and I think it went through!
Bill said, there is definitely something to be said for a two week road trip with no Internet or email.
That sounds like a fabulous trip! I can relate. I well recall, back in the days before email, internet and cell phones (okay, I'm old, so sue me!), having saved up so much vacation time that my late husband and I took a three-week sailing vacation.
My boss said to me, as I was headed out the door, "So, how can I reach you?"
Said I, "You can't"
And had a wonderfully quiet and undisturbed vacation.
(My god, I just realized that that was 20 years ago!)
Happy Anniversary, guys! Sorry I'm late for the party. I love you guys!!!
HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY! (Happy anniversary, birthday, whatever, for y'all. Happy Day for all of your loyal fans.) I can't believe it has only been two years, as it seems like you have been doing this since the beginning of the show, especially since you blogged the DVD's for previous years. Thank you so much for all the fun, laughs, and snark. Mwahhh! I heart you guys! Love ya, mean it!
Happy Birthday and Congrats! i've been with you since the beginning and i love you so much. your right...you discover so much material on a weekly basis. dont change a thing. all the best...jasmin
Happy birthday boys!
I've been reading your blog just after its inception and I love it!
You guys are the reason I watch Shear Genius!!
You are the best!!
Jamie Doom said...
Wow this blog is two years, yet I haven't aged a day.
Hahahahaha!
I think I might have aged mine own two years and your two as well, Jamie!
Sorry, I'm so late to this. I was recovering from San Diego Pride; we had a booth so it was a long couple of days.
Anyway, Congratulations, TLO!! You make the world more fabulous and it could certainly use it. I just recently found you guys and I'm so glad I did. You make Project Runway so much better. I agree with whoever said that Harvey Weinstein should be paying you. I was also thrilled when I discovered the TLO blog. It's all wonderful but I especially love Musical Mondays. I started reading all of the ones I missed and it was like reading a good book. I was excited to see what would happen next but new I would be sad when I got to the end.
Welcome back, Bill! I'm glad you had such a wonderful vacation! We missed you around here.
You've done an incredible job in bringing people together, TLo. As I've said before, you've fostered a nice community here. Definitely something to be proud of --beyond all the snark!
Happy, happy birthday, dahlings! I cannot add anything to all of the wit and snark here, so I will simply say "Congratulations," albeit in a deeply envious and husky, sexy voice.
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