My Letter to Fear
Based on interviews with women, these essays about life (and all of its funny, sad and ridiculous aspects) were published in 2014.
This Week on Dating in LA
It has been a busy week here at Dating in LA and Other Urban Myths. If you’ve been busy, too, here is what you’ve missed: The Advantages of Dating After a Certain Age While aging in LA brings challenges to the dating scene, there is also one very big advantage Relaunching the Travel Blog Check
The Perfect Date
It’s Friday night, and I understand that this is often the night that singles go out on something called “a date.” Until recently, I didn’t have a lot of experience with this concept, but I’ve heard talk. I read. Back in the day, I had elaborate scenarios set up for “perfect dates.” While I’m no
Priceless Clothing
I was going through my clothing, and I pulled out what remains my all time favorite sweatshirt. It’s falling apart. Most of the neck is ripped out. It’s stained. There are holes around it. The elastic at the wrists has long failed. And I absolutely refuse to get rid of it.
Review: 30 Days of New
My “30 Days of New” challenge ended last week. How time flies! Most of my discoveries were small things: new restaurants, new products, new tools (Instagram!), and new shows. I did not discover a magical mystery tour. I did not find buried treasure during my first hike on a desolate beach (that one really bummed
Review: 30 Days of New
My “30 Days of New” challenge ended last week. How time flies! Most of my discoveries were small things: new restaurants, new products, new tools (Instagram!), and new shows. I did not discover a magical mystery tour. I did not find buried treasure during my first hike on a desolate beach (that one really bummed
Lee and Morty Kaufman Fan Club
Update 9/4/13: Lee and Morty are going to be on the Today Show today between 10 and 11 EST (per Swiffer’s Twitter Post). Can’t wait! 7/31/2013 Is there already a Lee and Morty Kaufman fan club? Because if not, I need to start one. I love their Swiffer commercials. And as I also climb
Time Capsule
I was flipping through my copy of 642 Things to Write About, and one of the prompts was about a time capsule, and it started me thinking (always dangerous, I know). If you could only put one thing in a time capsule that would describe you (or your life) to someone who opens it in
The Advantages of Dating After a Certain Age
My friends and I love to complain about what it’s like to date after a certain age. We have a whole “slightly older than Bridget Jones” routine down cold. And we’re hilarious and should start writing that stuff down. But despite the humor of it, and the fact that Los Angeles’s social structure tries to
This Week On Dating in LA
Happy Labor Day (weekend)! If the heat has driven you away from the parades and outside BBQs and inside to catch up on your favorite blogs, here is everything you might have missed on Dating in LA and Other Urban Myths this week: The Start of the School Year Every September feels like renewal to
The Start of the School Year
There’s something about the start of a new school year (and the rise of September) that still impacts me even though my last day in a classroom is a distant memory. Is it because I spent the first half of my life in school? Is it because I keep seeing back to school shopping commercials