Rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. By that i mean you. Its thirsty thursday. Its september 5th. We are delighted that youre here with us. Its a big, big day here at rockefeller plaza. Its okay. In case you were wondering. Its a semi kind of day. If you pick up People Magazine today, it says gorgeous at any age. People in their 20s, 30s, 40s and beyond. But, anyway, as i was just paging through. Its the beyond that was frightening. As i was paging through, who would it be okay. Ive got to show it. Oh, wow kathie lee gifford, shes 60, exclamation point, and gorgeous. Thats hot. Great photographer. Mary and laura did my makeup and air brushed me out the wazoo. Bambino is getting so much air time. He makes me happy so the pictures always come out really natural. You know what i want to thank more than anybody in the world for this . Dr. Patricia wexler. Greatest dermatologist in the world and one of the nicest, dearest people. Thats a great photo. Congratulations, missy. Congratulations to all the others that were beyond as well. Joy behar was 70. Shes at 70. And heidi klum at 40 and Vanessa Williams at 50. I was honored to be among them. That looks great. I feel sorry for the other ladies they put on the side. I shouldnt do that. So, you guys, first of all, i heard a rumor that you tried the fish recipe from yesterday. Oh, my gosh. This was the one with two ingredients. Two. Tailor made for hoda. Fish and ponzu sauce. Take the fish. Dunk ponzu sauce on it. Put it in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 and it tastes like butter. Im telling you, theres a dish called miso cod that is to die for that costs a fortune. It tastes just like that. Its hoda, i was impressed. Wasnt it so good . Do you have any other recipes . No, i dont. But we want you all to send in yours. If you have a recipe that has only three ingredients, three ingredients. You can add spices. Those dont count as ingredients. But three ingredients. Yours had no spices. No salt, no pepper. Dont do that either. Stop it. Just start wearing some sleeves, kathie lee. Wouldnt that transform everybodys lives if they could just have two ingredients and dinner . Yes. So send them to us. We want to see what they are. Go to our website or wherever you guys go when you send us things, klgandhoda. The u. S. Open. I bet youll be 50 next year and in that magazine. Am i 50 next year . You are right. I am 50 next year. All right. Thats depressing. So last night yes. One of my favorite things to do in new york is to go to the u. S. Open. If youve never been, its one of those things you go. Its tennis and blah, blah, blah. Take the number seven train from manhattan. It costs 2. 50. You swipe your thing. You get to the u. S. Open in flushing. The doors open and youre at the tennis center. But you have to pay to go to the u. S. Open. You can get tickets just to get in to walk around. Its a great experience. A lot of great shopping around there. The only couple of things you can do inexpensively in new york is get around. You can get from the city out to queens. But you cant eat or anything or buy anything. Dont think about eating. We saw rafael nadal, who was so cute. I love his passion. I mean, i love to watch federer because hes like a machine. But nadal is just spanish look at this picture closely because thats him. You see him back there . No. Bent over. Oh, now i see him. Thats him. I knew id can you believe how cute . You were down were they putting you on the big screen, hoda . We were down there at the bottom, thanks to this friend of mine named ken who is such a great, great, great guy. We had these great seats but it was a spectacular night. The matches werent great because they were blowouts, but it was still a lot of fun. Nadal smeared the guy that just beat federer. Whats weird about nadal. Before he serves every time he has a ritual. He does the exact same thing every single time. Its a little gross. Yeah. What does he do . He pulls out a wedgie out of his behind every time. Then he goes like this, this, ear, nose, ear, nose and then he every single time. Its the pull right after picking the wedgie, right on his nose . The wedgie first and everyone watches it. I suggest you do the wedgie last. All right. Weve got to talk about our phones. Yes. Yesterday iphone and now this. Kathie got an iphone yesterday and you took pictures. I am having such fun. Nothing is crazier than this thing. This is a samsung. Its a watch phone. Check it out. Here it is. Heres a watch. You have it, too. Yes. You can turn it on. It can be a regular watch. Im going to call this number. Watch what im going to do. So here it is. You are mouthing it. Dont do that. Okay. Look whats happening right now. I wonder if my phone is going to ring. Oh. Is it ringing . It is. Its ringing. Just hold on. Hold the phone. Oh. Theres a number. Is that my number . Hoda no, thats a california number. Who are you calling in california . No, thats not it. No, it dialed mine. Anyway. Here it is. So now, talk to me on this phone. Now youll be able to say hello to all your friends. Hello . Say hello. Hi, hodie. You have not been set up yet is what they are saying. Goodbye. Anyway, so what else it does you can slide your thing. Look at me knowing how to turn things off. Notifications. Its very cool. And lets say i wanted to take a picture of you. Look what i can do. Look. There. Okay. This thing, i dont know if you can get a shot of it. I know its a little weird. It acts as a i want some 8 by 10s of that. See, now its happening. People are calling my number. You have a lot of fans. Hello . That was from bridgeport. Who is calling . Did it really show my number . Oh, my god. Its doing it again. Hello . Who is this . Is this me . You know, you dont meet interesting people that way. That is funny. Look who oh, my gosh. Oh, hoda. Oh, my gosh. Hoda, you have a lot of fans and a couple of prisoners. Oh, no. And a lot of numbers. Do i have to change my number . Yes, you do. Oh, god. Oh, its happening. I have voice mails. 22. 23. Oh, no. Oh, my gosh. I think its funny. What just happened, honestly. I told you not to show the number. And what did you do . One, two its ringing again from jersey. Maybe its governor christie. I cant. My phone is now oh. Anyway, so get a samsung phone, okay . All right. We have to do ihoda. We have to do okay and we have to be bold. Go. I felt like we missed summer. So i decided i wanted it to be warm a little longer. I love nelly. I cannot believe my phone. Its still ringing. Enjoy a little nelly. Lets go. Its still ringing. Indiana. Who cares. Now she doesnt care. Hello . Take it all like youre holding a phone girl, i think my butts getting big its getting hot in here so take off all your clothes hoda woman, all right. Is it okay or not okay . First of all, i just listened to cheyenne jacksons new cd. Hes got to come on and sing a song for you. He wrote all of them. Its called shes pretty. She lies. Anyway, its fantastic. It is . Yes. My phone wont stop ringing. Is it okay or not okay to give extravagant gifts to your kids . Whats the answer . Its your money. You have the right to spend it any way you choose, even if it seems extravagant and wasteful to others. Look at us. Were kind of the same. Just a little judgmental, but whatever. You earned your money. Spend it the way you want. But even that has limits. Oh, so judgmental. Thank you. Okay. You know what time it is . What is it time for . It is time for its time for be bold today sponsored by progresso heart healthy. Bold flavors for the bold hearted. Hello . Together were ready to spice up your life. Now is your chance to be bold and try something youve always wanted to do. But have been afraid to like were going to help two lucky people bring on the bold and achieve something right off your bucket list. Send us a one minute video about what youd like to do and why you should be chosen and why we should choose you. Go to klgandhoda. Com. We have an awesome show for you. Matthew barnett will tell you about how to get your dreams to come true. Miami, florida. Hello . Louis and jill with the ambush. Dont go away. Well be back. Announcer be bold today is brought to you by progresso heart healthy soups with ten Surprise League bold flavors, progresso takes your heart healthy diet from bland to bold. Progresso bold flavors for the bold hearted. Were back. Most of them were saying, hodie, youre so hot. Can i tell you how badly ive messed up my phone. Just look. Shes got hundreds. Hundreds and hundreds. All righty. Time for our plaza ambush makeover. At the crack of dawn, two lovely ladies were picked from our crowd outside to get a total head to toe redo. Working their makeover magic, louis licari. La, la, la, la, la and today contributor and contributing editor for people style watch, jill martin. How was it today . Good. Plenty of signs. We had a very special sign. They held it up and we got it. Elise is turning 60 this month from san jose, california. Her older sister elaine hello wants her baby sister to have a brand new look to celebrate this new decade in her life. Lets listen to her story. I love it. So you already cut your hair. Youre ready for your 60th but you want this for your sister who is already crying. Tell me why. Shes just been a helpful person all her life to our neighbors and many of our nieces and nephews. And i just think shed look good in short hair like mine. And i love that you made an appointment at louis licari tomorrow, just in case we didnt pick you. So you are ready for all of this . Yes, im so excited. Im ready for her. I want to look younger like my sister. Dont worry. Well tell you. How cute are they . So here elaine, just please keep your blindfold on for a second. Heres elise before. All right, elise. Lets see the new you. Shes going to be gorgeous. Oh, my gosh oh, yeah. All right. Are you ready . Are you ready, elaine . Take off your blindfold . Oh, wow. You look great. Are you ready . Turn right here. Oh, my gosh. Tell us about the hair. The first thing i did was i tempered my red here. I wanted her to be lighter. Its pretty, though. Its a barely there strawberry. Vanessa gave her this great haircut which just is a modern updated bob which is so chic. And the bangs, which as we all know, are better than botox which is why you look younger. Elaine, what do you think . You look great. You look really good. And that outfit. Shes in a little leather. Its available at edress me. This is a detachable peplum. You can take it and wear it over jeans. Also if you have a bigger back side it covers up. This is a great option. A big round of applause. Terrific. Join your sister, sweetie. Sandra harris is from oakwood, virginia. Shes dying to get a brand new look to help combat how old shes feeling now that shes experiencing menopause. Boy, just wait, honey. Lets listen to her story. Well, we couldnt miss her in the crowd. Menopause momma needs a makeover. I guess you really want this . Yes, maam. I really, really want this. Tell me why. You told me a little bit outside. I just feel like im aged and i look old and im tired. So i feel like i need a new me. Well, its 7 00 and we are going to make you look fabulous. All right by 10 12. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you now someone is calling me on my watch. Of course they are. Shes here with her kids chris and hope. Lets take one last look at sandra before. There she is. Lets bring out the new sandra harris. Oh, nice. All right. Chris and open, take it off. Oh, my god you look hot. Quite the change. Turn around, sandra. Give yourself a good look. Put your glasses on. Oh awesome. You look beautiful. Thank you. Its great. We didnt do anything. They did it all. They did it all. So we i dont think, sandra, i dont think you look old. I think your hair just looked a little bit, like you it dragged her down. So again, this is a great haircut by vanessa. Very similar but different because of the different hair texture from the first one. I love the color. Thats really pretty. I softened that color, added the highlights and, again, keep the makeup minimal to stay young. And that dress, come on. Great lbd for fall. From london times. And a statement necklace. You can wear this with jeans also. Are you loving . I love it. Of course you do. Take your mom to lunch after this show. Congratulations. Good job, guys. Do you all know what this sunday is . It is National Grandparents day. Well pay tribute to grandparents everywhere and parents close to us share their fondest memories right after this. You all look good. Y hard wor. So why do you feel so tired afterward . Instead of refueled and focused, youre foggy and sluggish. Its that 2 30 feeling again. So how do you get your clear, alert feeling back . Have a coffee. Then another . Do this instead. Take one 5hour energy. In minutes foggy and sluggish is gone. Hello clear and alert. 5hour energy. Take it after lunch. Be clear and alert for hours. With hotwires low prices, we can afford to take more trips this year. Hit the beach in florida. And a reunion in seattle. When hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them. So we got our fourstar hotels for half price men hotwire, hotwire. Com. [ female announcer ] youve got finding time for what matters, down to a science. Youre the reason we reformulated one a day womens. A complete multivitamin that now has extra b vitamins, which help convert food to energy. Energy support for the things that matter. Thats one a day womens. Energy support for the things that matter. Could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Yep, Everybody Knows that. Well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake . Uhoh. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you. Well, you know. Stay tuned. Hoda is going to also let everybody know what her address is. Can i tell you Something Real quick . My thing is overloaded and so far, thank you for all the texts. All 1,012. This sunday is an important day across america. National grandparents day celebrate something very special people. Many of us have fond memories of them or have learned some of lifes lessons from them, these days, 1 in 10 children actually live with their grandparents. In honor of grandparents everywhere, some of the people behind the scenes here shared their thoughts about their grandparents. Im crying already. That we think youll relate to. Lets take a look. My grandmother used to make us believe that money actually could grow on trees. She had a big oak tree in her backyard and shed plant quarters in it and dimes and nickels. When wed climb the tree wed think, this tree actually has money. Its growing money. And we would think it was a magical tree. A special memory i have with my grandmom is her love of cooking. Shed make mac and cheese, sweet potato pie, peach cobbler. It was all good. And even if i wasnt hungry, shed make me eat anyway. These are my grandparents hazel and joe reese. I miss my grandmother every single day, and my grandfather is the best person i know. I love him so much. What i love the most about my grandma is that shes always smiling. Has the best sense of humor. In a couple of different languages. She really has taught me a lot throughout my years. One of the most funniest memory i have of my grandmas is at my preschool graduation, one of them poured fruit punch over my head by accident. It was a huge scene, mortifying but ill always remember because we just laughed it off. My grandma has overcome incredible obstacles. Her strength has provided the foundation for who i am today. What i love most about my grandparents is its like having three more jewish mothers but they never say no. They are always down for anything. Probably the thing that makes my grandpa the most special is his spirit. He is turning 85 this year. He has more energy than i do. He has been through so much and still goes at each day headon trying to make the most of it. Wow. My god, that was beautiful. I am so glad my kids still have my mom as the last grandparent left. I think. A little extra curb appeal. After your local news. And Matthew Barnett coming up. We are back. I am here with the most popular woman in america. More of today on this thirsty thursday. We keep facetiming people. You want to sell your home or impress the rest of the block. The first thing people notice about your house is curb appeal. We took some of the pictures you showed us showing the outside of your home. Barbara corcoran took those homes and gave them a face lift. It doesnt take a lot, right . It doesnt take a lot. It just takes an eye for what you should change and what you should leave alone. You started with denises house. This is a landscaping issue. Tell us about the before shot and what you think. The main problem is the landscaping. Those little annoying bushes with the mounds of dirt with the mulch on top have to go. First thing we did is took out those two bushes and the mounds. Eliminated the hanging plants. Everybody hates them . Unless they are in pristine condition and they are beautiful. Im sorry, still terrible unless they are on the back deck. Dont agree with her but what am i going to do . We also widened the path leading to the front door. Continued the grass right under the tree that we put inside or to the left now which is now a big tall birch tree. Next we painted the garage door to match the light beige siding on the second floor. Otherwise that house looks dirty because of the white door. It doesnt contrast well. Paint the main door teal, pressure wash the driveway. Why teal . Teal will bring it forward. Red would look hokie. Another flower on the other side. What did we run out of money . And a little brick in that you are talking to kathie lee. Come on, barbara. Spend a little money. Its neat and clean. Youd want to go into that house. People dont like the front of your house theyll not have a look inside. In so heres cheryls before. A little victorian. Adorable. It is shabby and has absolutely no contrast. It is too white. We painted the front door red. Thats victorian. It says welcome home. We freshened up the white paint. We pressure washed it. 160 to do it yourself at 900 professionally. We painted the wooden stairs and wooden base dark gray so they match. The stair railings white. We added dark gray shutters to the two bottom windows and two upper right. What about window boxes . We moved that little urn that hokey and popped some flowers in and thats where it belongs. Some window boxes. Im sorry. What is this segment turning into . And that whole house top to finish, 910 to 2940, if you have the next guy do it. A house that will sell. Lets go to elizabeths house. The problem is it has a great advantage of having mature trees and being set back. The down side to that is it reads as dark. If you get inside that house it feels dark. Fool the eye. Steam clean the roof because its half of the surface. And buyers think if a roof is dirty that you have a leaky roof which is not the case. Steam clean that. Resurface and smooth that driveway. It looks like its in the back country. What a difference that makes. Edge it. Resurface. Its very, very expensive. Its not expensive. That whole resurfacing if you have it done is less than 1500. Not a big deal. But what an important difference. And, of course, putting those gray bricks, a little extra on the edge but it says im an impressive house. And we moved the couple of bushes away from the windows to add light. And thats a pretty house. The whole job done for 2600 to 8,020. B