Archive for 2009

Our generation; our rules

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Who said we have to still play by old conventions? Not this couple, that’s for sure.

Chasing after Superman: Risk and Reward

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I won’t lie to you. A (very) large contributing factor to me choosing a life in journalism was watching my first Superman movie. Here is Lois Lane, a successful female journalist eventually falling for Superman, by far the best super hero America, and I’d put money that even the world, has ever seen. Writing has  Read More

Smoke(y) Signals

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Body language has been used for hundreds of years to attract the perfect partner. Being able to tame the language, however, has become something I’ve been only beginning to master during the last, oh, three months of my 22-year existence. So, let me pass on my very trivial, most likely in-need-of-tweeking advice. And if you  Read More

Duck ponds + teeny white guy tank tops = Epic dating fail

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Before one of my close friends met her long-term boyfriend, her friends were going through this phase which was basically, ‘let’s set her up with anyone we know.’ This, my friends, is how the following story was born. My friend met a guy at a bar when she went out with a few friends from  Read More

Turn your lady into sports nut, or at least get her to pretend to care

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Most of the guys I know love sports. They also love ladies. However, when you combine the both of best worlds it can at times leave one feeling neglected. And no, gentlemen, I’m not talking about your beloved Mets feeling neglected by any possible winning streak known to man lately. If your lady has played  Read More

The Unrelationship Relationship

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Imagine this: A relationship that has everything – the dates, the long talks, the kisses, the food sharing, the late nights and the early mornings, all without a glitch. Well, one glitch. The fact that it isn’t a relationship. After a completely and utterly informal survey amongst my closest friends, I’ve discovered that these are  Read More

“Girl rules” and other myths of the female sex exposed

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I’ll tell you something right now. No girl has a strict set of rules that she applies to every single man that she takes up for a date. We may have set behavior to preserve our image or our dignity, but other than that, the “rules” are out the window. No girl goes home and  Read More

You can put lipstick on a pedicure, but it’s still a pedicure.

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As I was treating myself to a manicure and pedicure the other day, a guy in his late 20’s, clearly straight from a basketball game, came walking into the spa.  Without the blink of an eye he said he was there for a “sports pedicure.”  At first, I thought this was some male version of  Read More