…To inform the children that we are down for the count with a nasty cold we caught from our gal pal The Chicken who was visiting from New York City earlier this week. Not even an emergency IV drip of gin & tonics has taken the edge of our sick off, lamb chops, so rather torture our self trying to whip up something pithy and clever, we’re just going to call it a day.

Every now and then, along comes a well-born and usually quite beautiful gal who at a young and dewy age comes to epitomize the uber-chic intersection between New York City’s nitty gritty downtown art world and uptown high society denizens. In the mid- to late-1960s that female flower of downtown freaky meets uptown money was Jane Holzer (nee Brukenfeld).

Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief because according to the Orange County Register , Real Housewife of Orange County Jeana Keough has once again pulled a real estate rabbit out of a foreclosure hat. Last week Your Mama discussed and dissected the impending foreclosure and scheduled auction of Miz Keough’s hulking house behind the gates of the upscale Coto de Caza development in the blistering hot inland area of Orange County, CA

SELLER: Mischa Barton LOCATION: Beverly Hills (Post Office), CA SIZE: 7,607 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms PRICE: $8,395,000 YOUR MAMAS NOTES: It will come as little or no surprise to real estate watchers, gossip glossy readers and celebrity real estate- ophiles that colossally career challenged ack – turus Mischa Barton has quietly put her big ol ‘ Beverly Hills, CA house on the market with an asking price of $8,395,000. It wasn’t too long ago that the pretty former child actor was flying high as an uber -famous 18 year old with a lead role on a now defunct night time drama The OC . She had tons of tweens and paps falling at her feet and her career was poised to blow up big

SELLER: Mel Gibson LOCATION: Malibu, CA PRICE: $14,500,000 SIZE: 5,403 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Thanks to Malibu Mary Your Mama has learned that two-time Oscar winning actor Mel Gibson recently listed his long-time family compound in Malee – boo’s guard-gated Serra Retreat community with an asking price of $14,500,000 . Back in the 1980s and 90s, mouthy Mister Gibson earned mammoth mountains of money for making movies like Braveheart , Ransom , Payback and, of course, the Lethal Weapon franchise