Monthly Archives: March 2010
Make Two Friends and Call Me In the Morning
If you’ve been reading this blog since the beginning, you might be under the impression that I’m on the search for a new BFF solely because I need someone to join me for a manicure, or because I want a … Continue reading
Filed under The Hard Facts
Queer Eye for the Straight Girl
This past Sunday, I was driving to meet a potential new BFF (I have a good feeling about this one!) and was listening to Ryan Seacrest interview Lady Gaga on his Casey Casem-esque radio countdown. I’m a little late to … Continue reading
Filed under Everything I Know I Learned on TV, The Gender Gap, The Search
Friend Finding 101
The last time I made a conscious effort to win over potential BFFs I was an awkward, eager 18-year-old—one of about 2,000 college freshman looking for the same thing—so I was feeling a little rusty when I started this search. … Continue reading
Filed under The Search
Rule It Out
I like rules. Not the “Be home by midnight” kind or the “You’re not allowed to go the homecoming party” kind. (What, just because I was 14 and the party, which was in Manhattan, would be dripping with alcohol and … Continue reading
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Friendship Envy…Frenvy?
A coworker asked me last week if my closest friends—the ones in New York, Boston, San Fran and beyond—are upset about my search. Her closest friends all live near each other, mostly in rural Illinois, and she said if she … Continue reading
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She Liked Me, She Really Liked Me!
Last Friday, I blogged about a blog about… me. I’d gotten drinks with a potential friend a few nights earlier and the next day she friended me on Facebook (“to friend” is a verb now, right? Did I use that … Continue reading
Filed under The Search
Famous Friendships: The BSC!
If you’ve gotten to know me through my last 12 posts, you’ve probably come to learn that I’m a huge nerd (in the most lovable way, of course). If you’ve known me forever and read these posts because you are … Continue reading
Just One of the Guys
I spent the weekend with friends. The old kind, friends I’ve known since college with whom I can sit around in my sweats debating whether Barack has cheated on Michelle (God, I hope not) and why I can’t get on … Continue reading
Filed under The Gender Gap
Being Social in a Social Media World
The other night I got drinks with a woman who reached out after reading my essay on CNN.com. She moved to Chicago from California about five years ago and lives with her fiancé, but said she could relate to my … Continue reading
Filed under The Search
Up In the Air
I’ve taken four flights in the past two weeks, and each one rated differently on the shoot-me-now-I-hate-the-airlines scale. One, my flight home from LA, went pretty much according to plan. Two were delayed a mere hour, though the turbulence on … Continue reading
Filed under The Hard Facts
