My best friend from high school got engaged a few weeks ago. This was no easy feat.
Last year she was still in an on-and-off again relationship lasting since college. She felt stuck and confused. I remember sitting down with her over espressos on the Lower East Side and bluntly telling her [...]
In first grade, I thought our writing lessons were a race. I remember rushing to copy down my paragraph onto paper from the blackboard so as to be faster than my friend seated at the next desk.
The result? Bad handwriting to this very day. Thank goodness for the typed word.
Later in life I found myself [...]
I recently discovered that Wayne Dyer, that sweet, talking head of bald-headed inspiration, isn’t long for this world.
He’s been diagnosed with leukemia; news which rides on the heels of the fact that Dyer’s wife left him not too long ago. Reporter Dan Harris asked Dyer the question on all our minds: How can Dyer preach that positivity [...]
I was not a happy camper.
I’d trekked through the snow to Equinox last week for a spin class, only to discover a huge line. I waited impatiently to sign the “wait” list, all the while aware of the Jewish American Princess from Queens rising up in my belly. Next thing I knew, I was giving [...]
Wherever You Go, There You Are
I told myself a few years ago that I was done with New York City. I was ready for a change—a new life, preferably in any urban area with a guy-to-girl ratio working in my favor.
Before buying my tickets to Alaska, a very smart lady stepped in and told [...]
Step one: Love yourself.
Step two: Refer to step one.
I used to hate it when I heard people expound on that old adage, You can’t love someone until you learn to love yourself. What exactly does that mean? How do you consciously love yourself? Sure, I can sit in front of the mirror and blow kisses. [...]
It’s Social Media Week in New York City, which means there are lots of events centered around Twitter and Facebook’s world takeover.
My Web-obsession began during college, when I searched restlessly on a ginormous PC for romance in the AOL Jewish single chat rooms. I was tired of the guys on campus. Some things never change.
I [...]
