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October 19, 2016
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10 Ways To Get Out Of A Lame Date: Part 2

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Okay! Welcome back, kind friends. This is part two of the primer on how to go on fewer lame dates, and to get out of them when you find yourself in one. Part 1 was all about the pre-date and first-date-moments stuff… now we’re deep Continue reading →

September 21, 2016
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10 Ways To Get Out Of A Lame Date: Part 1

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Oh mah gaaaaaahhh This dude is the worst. He looks very little like his profile pics, he just revealed that he’s moving to the Bronx in two weeks (I don’t date long distance) and he’s been talking about Israel for forty minutes. (I GET IT, SAM. Continue reading →

August 10, 2016
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Blood Everywhere! How A Drunk Aussie Bro Kept Me Chaste in Spain

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I went to Spain intending to make out with a Spanish dude. My friend Beau recently got back from Europe. His trip was fueled, as far as I can tell, by mad, passionate sex parties. Basically rather than flying from one ancient medieval city to the Continue reading →

May 18, 2016
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7 Signs It’s Time For A Date With Your Girls

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Oh my God! I’m sick of dating! Nooooo. No that’s not true. I’m sick of dating guys who don’t really excite me beyond some nice arms or kissy lips or something. I did have a really nice date recently! “Sam” and I ate some Greek Continue reading →

May 4, 2016
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Thai Food and Norebang: Intercultural Online Dating

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Phattaranan is not just a music video star and blogger with a following of over 12,000 Thai readers, she’s my student. Her blog and her in-class writing are a mixture of whimsical and down-to-earth. As her website tagline reads, “follow your heart, but take your brain Continue reading →

February 26, 2016
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Mesh Date Night #52: The Best Things to do This Week

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Well, this past week has been a dreary, rainy mess, hasn’t it? Well, strap on your fun-time boots because this upcoming week’s full of fun activities that will push all that dreadful gray weather right away. Meet artists, try some new beer, and get your parkour Continue reading →

February 23, 2016
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Date Recap: Jessica and the Dry Lifer

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I recently started trying to date again. I’m still pretty messed up over my dad dying suddenly, but I’m coping and I’m out there. It’s too bad my first date back was such a bummer. There are important terms to understand going into this story. Continue reading →

December 2, 2015
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Date Recap: The Man Who Wouldn’t Date Me

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I’m a woman who will do odd things for the thrill of it. This isn’t a brag, really. I don’t do exciting things. Friends who watched me bungee jump will tell you that it was like watching a cat choose between a burning building and a Continue reading →

October 14, 2015
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What is Wingman in French?

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Every big city has hostels, and those hostels are teaming with two things:  hot international men and occasional bed bug infestations.  I’ll be focusing on the men here.  I have traveled all over the world and I find hostels to be like a second home. Continue reading →

August 19, 2015
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What are we waiting for?

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Last week, I took my maiden voyage to the Montauk with three friends. I’m from Brooklyn so it’s tantamount to blasphemy that I’ve never stepped foot into onto those gilded shores, but so it goes. A short week prior, my friends, on a whim, decided it would Continue reading →

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