The 10 Ten Things I Fear Most About My 10 Year High School Reunion

admin - October 31, 2011

I wonder if there are people out there who receive their 10-year HS reunion invite and go, “YES! The night I’ve been waiting for! I am filled with joy and healthy anticipation. I have no fears or anxieties. I am fully confident in all I’ve done in the past 10 years and can’t wait to share it with my nearest and dearest former friends.” I …

Pride vs. Progress: why you should just tell him how much you like him already

admin - October 26, 2011

(This blog post may-or-may-not have been inspired by a “Dear Abby” I read in the Teen Vogue I may-or-may-not subscribe to…) I used to do the whole “keep-your-real-feelings-for-the-guy-a-secret” thing. In the early stages of dating, I’d walking on egg shells about my desire to see him three times a week and talk to him every day in between. If things got a little more serious, …

Relationship advice from yet another dentist

admin - October 24, 2011

Three years ago I went to the dentist in NYC and got completely unsolicited relationship advice that I posted here on this blog. Last week it happened again. Different city. Different dentist. Same barrage of advice on dating, relationships, marriage and children that I by no means requested. This time Dr. West Coast peppered in some general thoughts on both pop culture, history and philosophy. …

How To Move To Los Angeles: there are two kinds of people in this city

admin - October 21, 2011

The series continues with a look at the two very distinct sets of creatures that inhabit this specific corner of the world. Based on my observations there are two kinds of people who live in L.A.: “real people” and “not people.” “Real people” are those who, if you took them out of L.A. and plopped them down in any other city in the US, would …

Advice for Occupy Wall Street: make love + equality

admin - October 19, 2011

I know that this is not cool to say. I know that the Occupy Wall Street (et al) movement is a serious thing rooted in a real issue facing our country and so many others. I really do believe in the movement, the gravity of the issue at hand and the powerful manner in which the protesters have decided to go about their campaign. Honestly …

There are really only 6.5 ways to meet someone (to date)

admin - October 17, 2011

There’s been a lot of where-have-all-the-good-people-to-date-gone? talk around and about me as of late. Frankly I’m not sure where they are now, and I’m not sure I knew where they were before. What I do know is that people will drive themselves up a wall trying to figure out what they should be doing differently to find them. I know this because I was people. …

Word to the Wise: Think twice about where you arrange for the parents to meet the parents…

admin - October 14, 2011

No, not me (yet…), but please enjoy this story from my great friend John who recently went through this whole ordeal in a shall-we-say “magical” manor… Jessie and I were emailing back and forth about my recent trip to Florida and I said: “You know where is NOT a very good place for your parents to meet your significant other’s parents for the first time? …

Some thoughts on a new article about how people are more single than they’ve ever been

admin - October 12, 2011

Every so often someone (but usually The Atlantic) features a massive article about the state of dating, relationships and marriage. A few years ago it was that now famous piece about settling (Marry Him! The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough). Today they’ve shifted the pendulum to the opposite side with a piece from Kate Bolick called All The Single Ladies. This one is …

How To Move To Los Angeles: Regarding Road Rage

admin - October 10, 2011

Now that I’ve lived in L.A. for 1+ years I feel wise enough to switch my “L.A. ____ Month’s In” series to a regular “How To Move To Los Angeles” feature. The main difference will be a title, but if I’ve learned one thing in my 1+ years in this city it’s that you can never underestimate the importance of a title (cough-BitchinApartment23-cough).And so we …

I think the What’s Your Number? haters are missing an important point

admin - October 6, 2011

A lot of people have a real problem with the new Anna Faris movie WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?. Quick movie synopsis so this blog post makes sense: Anna Faris plays a single woman named Ally Darling who is searching for love. Ally Darling reads an article in a magazine which says that women who sleep with an excess of 20 men significantly decrease their changes of …

October 2011