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A single guy rant from DJ/General Contractor Eric Day

*Caution – Single guy rant.*

So I’m working on a theory that there is a direct correlation between being an awesome guy, and being a chicken-shit (sorry for the scientific term) about approaching beautiful women. In part, I think that its not that were are really scared per-se,  its more that we care too much about the outcome, and about being respectful to all involved. more…

He’ll wow you and make your knees weak in My Week With Marilyn

Before I started writing about love and travel, I worked in the big, wide, not-so-great-world of celebrity. Being surrounded by pompous and narcissistic actors made me fairly anti-Hollywood, so the fact that I now have a celebrity crush is quite rare. But I have one, alright. He’s ginger, he’s freckled, he’s British and so damn cute that I just want to throw myself at him and beg him to make me Mrs. Eddie Redmayne. more…

If you love men like The Bachelor‘s Ben Flajnik, head here immediately

Not that I watch The Bachelor or anything (though I do admit to having a crush on Ben Flajnik, so Ben, when your fake marriage/contract with ABC is over, call me!) but when I heard the series was shooting at The Canyons in Park City, Utah, I just had to do a piece. On last week’s episode, the 28-year-old winemaker from Sonoma, California took his merry harem of harlots to stay at the Waldorf Astoria Park City for a little summertime dream dating in a picture perfect setting. Did the contestants (so sad!) enjoy helicopter tours of the Wasatch Mountains or fly fishing or rock climbing? I damn well hope so, but I don’t know. I don’t like to watch train wrecks — or smart, successful, normal men fall for train wrecks, come to think of it.
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Guest columnist Donna “Man Whisperer” Sozio has the scoop on the men of Sundance

Sundancing starts at the gate at LAX.  Waiting to board their flights are gaggles of contenders, somebodies, divas, actors, hustlers, and more men rocking skinny jeans than a Ricky Martin concert in West Hollywood.

But don’t let the skinny jeans fool you.  There are more men than just indie types to be found at the Sundance Film Festival. The streets are packed with hot, successful, and ambitious men from all over the country:  a refreshing respite from the typical dating scene saturated with 89% women all lamenting “where have all the good men gone?” more…

A new website helps you track down that sexy stranger you met in the sky

Don’t you love the thought of meeting a handsome (or beautiful, if you happen to be a man) stranger in the sky? There’s something so romantic about it. Forget the stale air, the crappy food — or lack of food, as it were, these days — and the ramrod straight seats. The thought of two strangers meeting or locking eyes on a flight seems to be something straight out of a romantic film (namely Serendipity). So if you’ve ever wonder what happened to your neighbor in seat 7D or rued the fact that the hot snowboarder you made googly eyes with got placed in the back of plane while you were sat up front, you now have a chance to reclaim the lost love that coulda-shoulda-woulda been with the new website We Met On A Plane. more…

Will you be creating heat this Chinese New Year?

I’m going to start off by wishing you all a happy new year. “Wait,” you say to yourself. “Didn’t we just celebrate new year, like, 24 days ago?” Well yes, we did — but this is Chinese New Year — and it’s pretty badass. Welcome, my friends, to the Year of the Dragon. But will you turn into a fire-breathing monster after an unlucky year in love, or will you be getting lucky? more…

Love locks

This is what young Italian couples are doing to express their amore…

Most people have pretty standard practices of showing they love someone. Guys bring flowers, women cook a special dinner, both sexes give impromptu massages (though that’s not necessarily about adoration and devotion, FYI). But those crazy Italians, of course, have to take it up a notch by putting love on lockdown — literally. more…

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Take it from someone who knows about bad men…Joe Jonas dumped her over the phone in 27 seconds!

Jake Gyllenhaal made her cry when he told her it’s “Not me, it’s you — and your age” (despite going on a so-adorable-it-made-me-want-to-vomit apple picking date), she’s been cheated on before and Joe Jonas dumped her in a humiliatingly short 27-second phone call. Some might infer that Taylor Swift is unlucky in love, but she says she just didn’t notice the red flags that she was picking the wrong guys. I’m with her. Ignore the signs, and you’re going to get burned. more…

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If your heart has been broken, you’re not alone: the evidence of pain has been immortalized

Let’s face it — we’ve all had our hearts broken at one time or another. We’ve all mournfully gazed at the gumball machine ring he gave us on a whim, promising that ‘one day he’d be rich enough to buy you the real thing’, or the teddy bear he won for you during that last-minute trip to the Jersey Shore or the sweatshirt he left at your house that you still, to this day, sleep with because it still faintly has his scent. These items, however sad they might seem alone, are the relics of relationships gone wrong and are beautiful despite the bitter little tales they tell. more…

If you think you have it bad, just read this…

We Americans are lucky to live in a progressive society where, it would seem, all rules are meant to be broken…or at least bent to our will. That said, many of us still abide by traditional wedding customs, such as the ridiculous notion that the bride’s parents should be fully financially responsible for the wedding.  Um, what? It’s 2012, let’s get with the program! Apparently, I’m not the only person pissed off by this completely unfair tradition, as a similar practice is used in India. more…