Homestay in Massachusetts
Somedays I feel a bit like Megan and I are Mary and Joseph, wandering the desert/countryside looking for shelter under which to spend the night.* Though Megs and I have a set schedule, it’s all based on my taking a young lad out. So we’re never quite sure where we’ll land come bedtime until I […]
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Communication
Two months and change is a long time in the car together, even if you are two fabulous, considerate and polite gals. Heck, two hours in the car with most anyone is usually quite enough. All this is to say that naturally, Megan and I aren’t always peaches and cream together. We’re human. We’re flawed. […]
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Interrupting New Hampshire
Once swept away in a twister, Dorothy was no longer in Kansas anymore* and once crossing into New Hampshire, it was clear that I was no longer in the Midwest anymore. How? Manners. (Hold that thought.) Dana, my NH date, was the first admitted single dad I dated on this adventure. For understandable reasons, single […]
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Amidst the Leaf-Peepers, At Least One Person Was Going on A First Date in Vermont
I’ve heard a lot of hootenanny about autumn in New England. Being from California, I thought it was all just a lot of hot air.* So I was dance-in-the-fallen-leaves excited to to learn that those people who gush about autumn in places like Vermont are not exaggerating. If anything, they’re not doing the color flurry […]
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Legitimate Dating
Legitimacy is a concern in the dating world. Are you the person you claim to be in your online profile? Will your pictures do you justice? In that vein, being the girl going on fifty first dates comes with its own legitimate quandary. There’s a statement I’m confronted with quite a bit these days. Well, […]
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Detour
Before I could get to looking forward to another date, our road trip took a detour to the ER. Maybe it was the ice cream and sprinkles. Perhaps it was the accordion. More likely, it was life doing what life does best: moonlighting as banal until you’ve let your guard down and then jumping out and […]
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Ohio
Let me just say this: Ohio’s date tried to woo me by performing his very own rap with the line Always, like a maxi pad while playing accompaniment on his accordion. And that’s seriously all I’m going to say because Lord, goodness and Joss Whedon know you need to watch the movie and witness the […]
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From Black & White to Technicolor: First Date Attire Powered by ModCloth
As any focused athlete knows, the right apparel is key to performance. So when I decided to enter the dating Olympics – aka, fifty first dates, one in every state – I knew it was time to upgrade my jersey, er, wardrobe. Out with my usual first-date uniform (black shirt with accent necklace, jeans, shoes […]
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Thanks. Give. (Ing.)
America is full of heroes. Yes, there are the all-around-superhero type: NYFD and the people rebuilding New Orleans and all that jazz. But there are lesser-known, heart-of-the superheroes: do-gooders and life-changers who do good and change lives in very quiet, behind the scene ways; who make up a not oft-noted sense of who and what […]
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Mich-I-Gan
Megan and I differ on a lot of things. Amount of energy in the morning (me: peppy beyond all reason, wanting to sing “Accentuate the Positive” while I put on running shoes; her: sudoku on her Droid while snuggled under the covers). Sleeping positions when another person or stuffed animal is in the bed (me: […]
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