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I’ve always considered myself one of LA’s biggest boosters. I moved here seventeen years ago and, aside from the occasional dalliance with another city, never looked back. I passed the “once you stay five years you never go back” threshold with flying colors and do my best to spread the LA Love [...]
I get many letters like this from readers (both male and female):
“I met this guy, and he took me to dinner, and it was really romantic, but he did/didn’t try to kiss me, then he called/didn’t call back, then he asked/didn’t ask me out again, and what does it all mean is he interested what [...]
One question arises whenever I pronounce the distinctly un-pithy title of my book for women - ‘The Tao of Dating: The Smart Woman’s Guide to Embracing Your Inner Goddess and Finding the Fulfillment You Deserve‘:
“What qualifies you to write this book?”
Well, nothing really. See, I actually don’t want you to just listen to me and [...]
This reader brings up a great question:
Hi! Alex,
I have been enjoying your autoresponder updates. Thank you! I am grateful that my friend told me about you!
My question is:
When a man uses vulgar language (mainly the “f” word) around me (and we are just getting to know one another), how do I let him know that [...]
Last night, I was at a business networking mixer here in Los Angeles. As the event winded down, I was talking to these two lovely young ladies — let’s call them Ashley and Sarah — who seemed really preoccupied about a message Ashley was composing on her Blackberry.
They kept on going back and forth, [...]
This has got to be one of the most insightful articles on female sexuality I’ve ever read. It discusses some new scientific findings about female arousal with profound implications — and some very controversial interpretations.
I’ve been on the receiving end of enough stories from men and women to notice some consistent patterns of self-sabotage in the mating dance. The good news is that once you know about them, these behaviors are entirely avoidable. Call them the Dating Decalogue, the Ten Commandments of Modern Mating or just common sense — here they are:
Faced with all these choices, spirituality can be a daunting concept. What does it really mean to be spiritual? A hundred people will respond a hundred different ways, so I won’t pretend to have the universal answer. What I can tell you is what spirituality means to me. It comes down to four simple principles:
We all want to present ourselves in the best possible light, and there always comes that moment when filling out a dating profile where you sorta, kinda, wanna fudge the truth a little bit. “Well, I mean to work out three times a week, and I intend to some time soon, so I’ll say I [...]
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dineLA Restaurant Week is an annual event established to introduce diners to the vast array of restaurants in neighborhoods throughout LA County. Participating restaurants will opt into one of three dining categories and present a selection [...]
