Regarding what bridesmaids can and cannot tell the bride…

admin - April 29, 2010

When do you have to suck it up and when can you say “no” to the bride? Here’s a preview of my AOL article on that very issue. I’ve lost count of the number of TV shows about brides-behaving-badly. There’s “Bridezillas” (now in double-digit seasons), “Say Yes to the Dress” (which they usually don’t …), and “Million Dollar Weddings” (or, “Even though it’s all free, …

The things that still make me feel grown up

admin - April 26, 2010

On Saturday morning I flew out to LA for a business slash vacation trip. (I’m still here now…and the myths-busting continues). As I rolled my super chic Diane von Furstenberg duffcase (see it’s like a suitcase but also like a duffle) up to the self check-in counter I felt that twinge I sometimes feel when performing an act my 12-year-old self thought was sooo adult. …

The results of my 5-month shopping cleanse

admin - April 23, 2010

Here’s the first in a series of upcoming articles I’m writing for AOL – the tale of my 5-month shopping cleanse. Preview: My name is Jessie, and it has been 87 days since I last shopped. No clothes, shoes or accessories, no $5 pashminas or $3 sunglasses off the street. Nothing. Since December 25 I have been on a self-induced five-month cold-turkey shopping cleanse intended …

What we really think about emotionally in-touch men

admin - April 22, 2010

Andrew and I were gchatting the other day about something relating to guys and girls’ relating. It may or may not have been on the topic of why I’m single (which we all know is because I let a co-worker win me at the dating auction instead of Creepy Mc-Wow-You-look-like-that-girl-from-Glee.) I was making the oft-made argument that guys say they love it if a girl …

I’m moving out to move up

admin - April 19, 2010

I’m moving out of Manhattan this week. On Thursday night my dad will (attempt to) park the minivan and help me cart four years down the four flights of my Greenwich Village apartment building. Then I’ll make him knock me unconscious before we drive away from my beloved neighborhood en route to the place I’ll be calling home for the Summer – home. Specifically, suburban …

What I’m worth to the men of Murray Hill

admin - April 16, 2010

I survived my first and last dating auction. Would I say it was miserable? No – not at all. Would I say I want to do another one today slash ever? Also, no – also very no… Here’s how it all went down: Van Diemen’s bar – the scene of the big show – is located in Manhattan’s infamous Murray Hill ‘hood. For those familiar …

Humiliation in the name of research: me in a dating auction

admin - April 14, 2010

I’ve been known to take a risk or two in the interpersonal department – i.e. one time I emailed a guy to check out an apartment I had no business subletting at a time I wasn’t even looking to move because his Craiglist ad was so incredibly well-written and charming. Then there was the time I engaged in a year-and-a-half flirting game with the son …

Today in I-can’t-believe-I-didn’t-come-up-with-that-first: iDUMP4U.com

admin - April 12, 2010

The other day Nora emailed to inform me that I missed out on yet another opportunity to make a hundred million dollars. Yes – that says “I dump for you” and its full form is iDUMP4U.com. And yes, this website does exactly what you’re goddamn giddy with hope that it does.Here is the actual explanation from this actual website that people have actually used. ABOUT …

What the hell I wrote 405 posts about.

admin - April 9, 2010

The other day I glanced down at the blog post tracker inside my post settings section and went, “Four hundred posts!? What the hell have I written four hundred posts about??!!” Soooo I decided the only option was to go through them all and figured it out. Here, after two hours and more than a few whatwasIthinking moments (Again, John Legend, really sorry about that…) …

The why we’re single series: because we don’t talk about the fact that we are

admin - April 7, 2010

Two posts officially makes this a series. Here’s where it started. Cliff notes: “We tend to be all the-universe-is-against-me about the New York dating scene, when in reality it’s far more numbers-and-charts than we’re willing to admit (slash can understand). And so in a spirit of growing the hell up I’ll be exploring the reasons we’re single.” Last week? we discussed the fact that the …

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