My friend the brilliant photographess Jenny Anderson usually sticks to the picture’s-worth-a-thousand-words philosophy on her personal/professional blog, so I was surprised to read this pitch-perfect description of the man-of-her-dreams the other day. Oprah slash The Secret (and so by extension my mother…) say you’ve got to get your ideal man down on paper (so, Internet…) to let the universe know what you’re after. I don’t …

Thanks to all who came out to the second installment of The Hook-up Conversations Tuesday night. You packed the house for another great session of awkward, hysterical, shocking, and devastating “conversations” all around that oh-so-familiar topic of hooking up. I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve been invited back to do it all again – so stay-tuned for new performance dates (yes, plural) to come. Until …

Two things first: One: Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at The Hook-up Conversations tomorrow night! 7-9. Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Two: The 20-Nothings National Video Project is underway. Set aside 15 minutes. Make a video. Change the world. And finally: CQ emailed a topic the other day that prompted one of those, “wait haven’t I already written about this?” moments. Turns …

Ask most girls why they’ve recently joined an online dating site, and you’ll hear one of the following: Ugh, my friends maaade me… I don’t know, I just felt like everyone talks about it so much that I had to try it for myself I’m looking to go on a lot of dates – you know – for practice and stuff I figure I can’t …

Let’s try this out from time-to-time… The comment: “Hey Jessi…I had a life-advice question for you. My crush (and good friend and 3 years my jr) is basically Mr. Likeable on steroids–smart, passionate (about life in general), hard working, reliable, goal-oriented (but not too much), values relationships, loves his mom, etc etc. He’s always surrounded by these girls all the time — his friends? or …

A fellow BC grad and friend sent the following story/idea, appropriately, in a Facebook message last week: “So, my boyfriend of one year had yet to put “In a Relationship” on his Facebook profile. I told him that out of respect to me, he needs to let others know he is dating someone (like ex-gfs and such)….which led into this whole half joking conversation about …