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Two years ago today R told me to be his girlfriend. It happened some time between 11pm and 1am on the night of my L.A. housewarming party. R claims that I was introducing him to everyone as, “the guy I’m dating,” and he wasn’t having that. He said something like, “Enough of this. We’re either together or we’re not.” I said something like, “I know…but …
When I hear that someone is in a long distance relationship, I assume that distance is from, say, LA to New York or Chicago to DC or Austin, Texas to Sydney, Australia (I actually “knew someone who”). I do not assume that distance is from, say, Silver Lake to Santa Monica or the Upper East Side to Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn or Clarendon, Virginia to downtown …
Last Sunday afternoon I went to pop a DVD into the DVD player so I could start my first guitar lesson (they come on DVD’s now!!!), and I realized that I don’t know how to use my own DVD player. I have lived with R for exactly six months this weekend, and it only dawned upon me this Sunday that I don’t know how to …
Check out the final segment from my HuffPost Live appearance last night. Great conversation with the show hosts and guests. See below for links to those folks so you can check out their work on the topic. CLICK TO WATCH. Mark Babbitt – CEO & Founder, YouTern – Here’s Mark’s article on how his generation could use the help of some Millennials. Jean Twenge – …
Last night I went to see Dave Matthews Band at The Hollywood Bowl because Dave Matthews is an outstanding musician with an incredible catalog of songs, despite what all you eye-rolling hipsters think. I guarantee you all listened to him ten years ago just like I did. I was curious about what the experience would be like almost 12 years after my last DMB concert-going …
If you know me, then you know that I am incredibly indulgent. I treat myself to a dirty martini every single time something good happens with my writing career and a cheap dress every time I feel like I’ve been eating healthy enough to enjoy the process of trying on a new, cheap dress. I love a party, and so I like to simulate that …
I don’t invoke a Newsies intro image for any old day. Two big things have happened/are happening that I think you will enjoy. 1. JUST THE TIP PODCAST, featuring the voices of R and me! Erin La Rosa and Marcos Luevanos of “JUST THE TIP” Our friends Erin La Rosa and Marcos Luevanos has a new, fun podcast called Just The Tip in which they …
As of this past weekend, I have lived in Los Angeles for two years; two whole years ago I wrote this love letter to New York City from my one-way Virgin America flight to LAX. I both cannot believe it’s been that long, and cannot believe how quickly the time has flown. I also still cannot believe I actually went through with it. A week …
Long before the nerve-wracking, “I love you,” and – in my opinion – even more nerve-wracking, “can I fart freely now?”comes the mother of all awkward conversations – the “are we?/should we be?/I’d like to be exclusive.” Deciding to go from “seeing each other” to boyfriend/girlfriend is no small deal, except that it is, but we’ll get to that in a second. Regardless, you want …
Things are going to change significantly for me in the personal finance category as I transition into the life of a freelancer. As I mentioned, I have enough savings to get me by on my current spending levels for many months, but I’d like to avoid tapping into those savings as much as possible. I have nightly dreams of some free article I write for …