L.A. Affairs: I dated all kinds of complicated guys. Would L.A. men be any different?
Sitting on a plane from Budapest to Los Angeles — a journey I was familiar with — felt different this time. I was visualizing my new startup job in sunny ...
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L.A. Affairs: My roommate had sun-kissed skin and a movie-star smile. Was he my Romeo?
I grew up in Los Angeles a hopeless romantic with my head permanently tilted toward the sky and a copy of “Romeo and Juliet” worn from rereading. I devoured that ...
After my marriage fell apart, darkness got to me. Then I was catfished
“You don’t revere me anymore.” The words rolled off my tongue at my husband, who had been acting strangely for a few days. “Revere?” he said with such distaste that ...
L.A. Affairs: He looked hot in his tight jeans, boots and cowboy hat. Would he ask me to dance?
I had never before been single in Los Angeles. My partner and I had moved here from New York. I worked a very early shift at Sony Pictures, pumping out ...
L.A. Affairs: For years, I juggled co-parenting, dating and taking care of a family cat I didn’t like
In the chaos of divorce and shared custody with my two little girls, my ex-husband got a cat, and I thought by promoting uniformity between the two homes, I should ...
L.A. Affairs: Oh, how my body wanted my pickleball partner! Then he opened his big mouth
When Noah walked into the indoor pickleball complex in Carson that rainy morning, my body said, “Wow. Look at that guy.” The 30 minutes it took me to get to ...
L.A. Affairs: Nothing scared me more than intimacy — except L.A. freeways. But I had to face them both
The first time I ever drove on the freeway was to tell my girlfriend that I loved her. At this point, I had lived in L.A. for four years. “You ...
L.A. Affairs: I was a suburban lacrosse mom. I was ready to detonate my life and have a Hollywood affair
With the wind whipping my hair in every direction, I blasted out of Los Angeles International Airport. On my way northward and speeding in my white Mustang convertible, I careened ...
L.A. Affairs: After several dates with cringe men, I gave up on dating apps. That’s when I found love
After a few years of navigating widowhood, the women in my grief group encouraged me to get back “out there.” I decided to give Match.com a try. In my mind’s ...
L.A. Affairs: Our home survived the Palisades fire. Our love almost did not
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a quote widely attributed to Tennessee Williams: “We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the ...
