Is there life after the Bachelor/Bachelorette? Apparently so, and while for some it leads to bigger and better things, like Melissa Rycroft who went on to Dancing With the Stars and Good Morning America, for others does it turn into “same as it ever was”…or worse?

Deanna Pappas, who was my favorite Bachelorette at the time, chose Colorado snowboarder Jesse Csincsak during her season, then dumped him. She moved to LA, went on to host a cable show about weddings based in Atlanta , was on TV some more as a commentator during Jason and then Jillian’s season, but hasn’t had much of a high profile the past few months — other than for dating the twin brother of one of Jillian’s rejected contestants.

Did she move back to her native Georgia and return to selling real estate? Hardly. According to E!, she’s still in L.A., and she’s bartending. (She was a bartender in Georgia back in college.) The place: The Tea Room at H.wood.

So, is it a step down from the Bachelorette to bartending? I don’t think so, here’s why. Continue reading →