Category Archives: The Search

Celebrate Memorial Day with the Best Video Ever

Happy Memorial Day! For your holiday viewing pleasure, I bring you this video. Which is amazing. And I’m really really upset that I’m not BFFs with them so that I could have been a part of it.

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Why Girl Crushes and Creativity Are Intertwined

There’s a really great article in this month’s W Magazine on girl crushes. It does seem that the phenomenon gets a big story every couple of years, like this one that I devoured in 2005, and wrote about myself. And … Continue reading

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The Hard Facts: Fight or Flight for Men

It’s Research Wednesday! Where I share the latest, or most fascinating, in the science of friendship. “According to [100-year-old] doctrine, humans and most animal species show the ‘fight-or-flight’ response to stress. Only since the late 1990s have some scientists begun … Continue reading

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Scenes from an Airplane

Last night I made an airplane friend! A legit, now-I-know-your-name-and-will-address-you-as-such-in-the-neighborhood airplane friend. Granted he is 52, and probably not BFF material, but he’s someone I didn’t know yesterday and I do today. So that’s something. What’s funny is that we … Continue reading

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You’re Rich, Your Friends… Not So Much

I have an airport ritual: I always buy and read one magazine that I’ve never read before. As a journalist, I figure it helps me stay abreast of what’s out there, and as a reader, it opens my eyes to … Continue reading

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The Hard Facts: Friends and Lovers

It’s Research Wednesday! Where I share the latest, or most fascinating, in the science of friendship. “According to the study, two fifths [of women] admitted to needing their friend’s approval [in a romantic relationship,] whilst 12% would even end a … Continue reading

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Books and More Books!

I’m so excited to share this official announcement about my next book, coming to bookstores near you in early 2014! Author of MWF SEEKING BFF, Rachel Bertsche’s JENNIFER, GWYNETH AND ME: The Pursuit of a More Perfect Existence, One Celebrity … Continue reading

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The Phone Solution

A lot is made these days of whether or not technology is helping or hurting our social lives. There’s the side that argues we’re more connected than ever and thus more social, meeting friends we never would or keeping in … Continue reading

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The Hard Facts: Friends With Kids

It’s Research Wednesday! Where I share the latest, or most fascinating, in the science of friendship. “No matter the cause, no matter how well-managed the reaction, the disagreements arising over parenting practices can hit hard and cut deep. Because what’s … Continue reading

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It’s True. I’m 30.

This past Saturday was my birthday. The big 3-0! I was so excited about it that I completely forgot to write a blog post on Friday. I don’t know what happened! I’ve never ever totally spaced like that before. It … Continue reading

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