Dating in LA and Other Urban Myths

On April 15, 2011 I wrote a blog called “End of the Road.” It described a journey involving leaving my job for one year and changing my life. Four years. It ended up being four years. And counting. Shockingly, or not so much, this journey has looked nothing like I thought it would. I did travel. I did write. I […]

The day after my birthday, Andy and I were enjoying the sights and sounds of San Diego. At least, I was trying to, but a persistent aching started to get in the way. Popping advil wasn’t doing as much good as I hoped, and by the time we returned to Los Angeles, I had a fairly good idea of what […]

Thank you to everyone who sent warm and fuzzy thoughts my way for my birthday! This one was oddly difficult. The number isn’t particularly noteworthy, so I was somewhat surprised that in the weeks approaching it, I was feeling oddly reluctant to even talk about it – which made planning for it a challenge for Andy, I’m sure. I think […]

When I quit my job to focus on … well, anything other than that job, I was hyper-aware that my savings would go quickly and that I had to be careful not to be frivolous. Naturally, I didn’t think I’d be away from steady work for this long, but it seemed like a good thing to keep in mind even […]

Guest post by Pauline Daley-Parril Valentine’s Day hashtags are proliferating on Twitter. That means one thing: #valentinesdayiscoming. For single women, the 14th of February is tough enough when it’s #nodate and #aloneagain. But for married women, Valentine’s Day is a #minefield #forgetaboutit #norosesforyousister #fml. For women in general, Valentine’s Day is like trying on a new bikini: single girls hope to find […]

On Saturday I was fortunate enough to attend Match.com’s 5th annual “Singles in America” event via livestream. The information about what singles want is always interesting to me (and singles account for 1/3 of the U.S. population), but this year shed a new light not only on what they want, but how technology is playing a part in that process. […]

For the last couple of years, Match.com has hosted a livestream event to reveal the findings of the annual “Singles in America” study. I have to say that I’ve always found their information very intriguing, and I’ll definitely be relaying back to you guys anything that particularly strikes me this year. But if you want to join in the discussion, […]