Do you ever catch yourself for a moment, when you’re at a bar or restaurant, walking down a particular street, or maybe at a loft party or something– some song comes on, and suddenly you feel like you’re in some sort of movie about New York?  Well, maybe you will

We’ve all met this guy, perhaps several time in our lives, and in various forms.  His roots can possibly be traced as far back as Dylan McKay.   You know who I’m talking about– that semi-disheveled, cooler-than-thou, seemingly confident guy who’s maybe a musician, idolizes Cool Hand Luke, seems to always

The other day, via a G-chat conversation, Ashley and I discovered a place in lower Manhattan called Fraunces Tavern, a 3-story brick restaurant with various dining rooms mainly used for what I can only assume to be Colonial-themed occasions, as it’s a historical landmark, of sorts, as it was a

To paraphrase Troy McClure in the Planet of the Apes Musical, in my dating life, I’ve definitely felt like every ape from Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z–  uh, so to speak.  Specifically, there have been times where I’ve let a relationship go on for too long because of my ridiculous fear of

Don’t you hate it when you forget to bring an example of a haircut/style you want to the hair salon, and every fucking magazine seems to somehow feature only the cold, dead eyes of any or all of the numerous Disney Channel gremlins starring in various vampire , high school

I’ve already written about what not to wear on a first date, what your dude’s & girl’s celebrity crushes say about them.  But what about things you should be well advised NOT to say? It can be a bit stressful to go on a first date and worry about the

I’m not a religious or particularly holiday-oriented person.  In fact, I might even be a little hostile to the idea that somehow, because it’s a specific time of the year, you should forgive & forget everything wrong in life, and just “be nice”.  Because, apparently, the other 364 days of

I feel like I’ve been having a very similar conversation with a lot of different friends, be they close girl friends who date around a lot, older guy friends who crave a steady relationship, or friends closer to my age with little to no dating/sexual experience.  A lot of these