5 Things I Don’t Get About Halloween
Here is what I don’t get about Halloween: Halloween Greeting Cards: Seriously? What is the point? If you’re going to mail a child a greeting card…
Hurricane Sandy = One Hot Date
With Hurricane Sandy threatening to wallop the majority of the Eastern Seaboard, most sensible folks are out loading up on bottled water and extra batteries for…
Of Love and Pizza
This why people get fat. I’m in the car, on my way to The Wedding Date’s house from the Oak Lane Library in northeast Philly where…
Reasons (Not) to Get Married
I watch enough reality TV to know that there are some very stupid reasons to get married. That hasn’t stopped me, however, from compiling the following…
My New Roomies
I’ve been avoiding this post for a while. It’s too personal. It’s not fun. And there’s really no way to even inject a bit of humor…
A Revelation in Ikea
I’m ogling bedspreads at Ikea when it finally hits me: I’m staying. Staying here. In the US. In Philadelphia. Not moving back to London. It’s like…
Things I Never Thought I Would Do
Upon finding myself implicated in yet another “Single Bridezilla” debate (this time written by an Australian journalist who contacted me for an interview last week) I…
The Kat-apult
I have an idea. A really good idea. Better than a jet pack or a robotic pug. (I don’t actually have any use for a robotic…
Help Wanted
First and foremost: a great big THANK YOU to everyone who rallied to my defense during Wednesday’s Soccer Mom PJs debacle. Secondly, if you haven’t read…
Soccer Mom PJs
A while back, we had a slight incident at The Wedding Date’s house. His children were over, a door that should have been locked wasn’t and……
Finally: A Date to the Hooper’s Island Martini Bar Soiree
It’s finally happening. After two years, 31 men and over one hundred dates, I’ve finally landed myself a proper boyfriend to join me at the annual…
The Other Woman: “I” vs. “A”
The Wedding Date has a lot of friends. A lot of female friends, and between the ex-girlfriends, the co-workers, the former classmates and the students, I…
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