Thursday’s Thoughts From a Bartender: I Kissed Him and Forgot His Name
By Jillian Weingart He was holding my hand gently as we walked up to my front door. I turned to face him expecting to receive a hug or a simple good bye. Before I knew it, he thrust me up against the door and we were engaged in a make-out session so intense that it […]
Thursday’s Thoughts From a Bartender: Making Out in Public
By Jack Elliot PDA. It doesn’t look so bad when you read it- just three simple letters minding their own business, respectfully keeping their appendages to themselves, and not really doing anything to disturb you. But when these letters are taken off the page and are brought into reality, they can get ugly real fast, […]
Tuesday’s Topic: Global Dating Rituals
By Kari DePhillips Across the globe, people young and old engage in the elaborate social ritual known as “dating.” However, what that means can vary from country to country. As a result, it’s important to arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible – especially if you’re into accents. For example: In Britain, men are […]
Sasha Speaks: Answering Your Most Private Dating Questions – In Love But Sexless?
Sasha Speaks 11.8.10 Dear Sasha, I’ve been dating this guy who could be “the one,” the only thing is he has NO sex drive at all! ZIPPO — It’s been months since the last time we even kissed. What do you think I should do? Sincerely, In love but sexless Dear Sexless, There’s a big […]
Sasha Speaks — Answering Your Most Private Dating Questions
Sasha Speaks 10.18.10 “Dear Sasha I’ve been dating this girl for the past few months. Things are pretty serious, we’ve slept together and say ‘I love you,’ and it’s all great, except that I used to go out with her friend and that makes things a little tense and weird from time to time. How […]
Two Women, Two Cities, One Question — Question #2 Hair! Hair! Long Flowing Hair?
By Jennifer Kelton and By Jessica Downey In walks Jennifer Kelton and Jessica Downey two modern day Lois Lane’s who are unabashedly hitting the pavement in their bustling hometowns of Los Angeles and Chicago. Armed with sharpened pencils and crisp white lined note pads, asking a total of 50 unsuspecting strangers of all ages, genders […]
Thursday’s Thoughts From a Bartender – Overheard: Bad Pickup Lines
By Jack Elliot You know the story. A girl walks into a bar. A guy walks in after her. Guy sits next to girl. Guy says to girl…(insert clever punch line here). As a bartender, I have had countless chances to watch this classic and age old scenario play out a number of times with […]
Friday’s Do or Don’t: Manzilians — Brazilians for Guys?
Why I Got the ‘Manzilian’ Wax Brazilians for guys? Increasingly popular, but not for the faint of heart Newser (Newser) – Jed Lipinksi didn’t realize it at first, but it would prove to be impossible for him to write a story about male waxing without getting waxed himself. After steadfastly declining several offers, Lipinski found […]
Conversations Spawned – To Use or Not to Use
By Jennifer Kelton and By Jessica Downey (Insert the sound of crackling old radio here.) You never know what will be spawned from just one simple question. And that’s exactly what evolved from Two Women, Two Cities, One Question. We have decided to do a follow-up, a highlight reel of sorts, from our freshly sharpened […]
He Doesn’t Care
By Jennifer Kelton That’s why he didn’t call. One week after avoiding two of my favorite local happy hour spots, I’m sitting at one of them, drinking a $4 happy hour draught, surrounded by dark mahogany. It’s the local Irish Pub. I’m on a first-name basis with the bartenders, here. I’m sitting on my bar […]
I did not wake up one morning and say “hey I think I’d like a man use my sweater like a towel, write a candid dating book, become a dating expert, the CEO and founder of a social dating site and have three blogs.”
