Is being 'a catch' a liability in love?

I wrote this post as a guest blog for Simone Grant of www.sex-lies-dating.com and got some interesting comments on her blog http://su.pr/21PncX from her followers. Love to hear what you guys think too, so please comment here! Yes, I’m going to go there.  At the risk of sounding arrogant, I’m going to call myself out and […]

Yoda Mexicana: An old friend from Mexico City tells it like it is.

When I was twenty-three, I attended the New York Film Academy (this was before it had the gazillion branches it has now). I wanted to write and direct movies. I was one of two girls in the class and the other ten were guys, some of whom were from Mexico City. We became close friends. […]

Kip Kip Hurray! Atonement can be fun.

Yom Kippur is supposed to be a day of reflection, right? Well how about if this year, I feel like I’ve reflected enough for a lifetime? This blog is just the tip of the reflection iceberg. Shouldn’t I get a day off from introspection, self-flagellation (okay strong word but I like the imagery), and atonement? […]

The Jewish Cougar loses her cub...on the Jewish New Year.

Talk about timing. Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New Year – a high holy day about reflection and repentance – coincides with a significant break up. Is that a coincidence? No Jew would think so. So timing is what I’m going to talk about here. But let me back up. About three months […]

Eat Pray Love to get those two hours of my life back.

I realize I’m way late in the game. Eat Pray Love has been out for over two weeks and reviewed ad-nauseum. I haven’t read the reviews though. I wanted to see it for myself. I suspected I might dislike it, but based on my own experience “healing and growing” post divorce, I assumed that at […]