anger
Why deal with something when you can NOT deal with it?
monogamy
Help me understand it please.
breakfast
When I was a kid, my friend’s mom would dish up food for her family, hovering awkwardly in the background until everyone had finished eating.
istanbul
If you think romance is dead, you can always fly somewhere it isn't.
travel
When the going got too tough, I realized I wanted to get going.
dating pool
And other drawings
Jessica in
Relationships,
dating pool,
single men,
single women,
where to move,
women complaining about no single men
Apr 11, 2012 at 10:30am | 15 comments
fragrances
I can tell summer is a-coming when I want to obsessively buy things
athletics
If some gym teacher had pulled me aside then and told me “Look, I know you have it in you to kick this ball, maybe not this time, but soon. I just know you are strong and tough, so of course you can do it.”
cartoons
Cartoons!
don draper
What happened to my number one sex symbol?
birth control
Or, the mystery of the suddenly gigantic boobs.
beer
A round-up of all the new "chick" beers made just for your delicate palate.
americans
"I think Americans are fake," someone told me recently while I was out having drinks. I have a version of this conversation at least once a month in the Netherlands.
animals
I draw it out.
mad men
I can’t even remember Don Draper’s bedroom eyes anymore. Only cousin Matthew's.
bragging
Sometimes I still do both.
cookies
Also: What if you could spread a cookie on a baguette?
cake
My favorite chick lit author was "Saved by Cake" and has this sweet (harhar) cookbook to show for it.
dating rich dudes
Take my quiz to find out if you're a Sybil, a Mary or an Edith!
british men
Gotye has made me realize that boy howdy do I love me some snaggletooth!
money
"You're so lucky," people have said as though my life were magically gifted to me. But I’ve given up a lot to do this as well.
being alone
The scorpions are pressed thorax to thorax, their little pincers joined romantically: together even in death.
bullying
Apparently there is no context under which my nose shape and size are regarded positively.
egypt
The first place that offered me a full-time job in journalism came with a salary of around $900 a month and was located in Cairo. And that's how I got my start.