We loved with a love that was more than love Edgar Allen Poe A few days before Christmas, I matched with a guy on bumble who “claimed” he was making his 2024 resolution about…

Love makes our soul crawl out from its hiding place Zora Neale Hurston On my way to work in Yucca Valley, I kept passing this place called “The Hippy Chicken.” The place looks…

Food is our common ground. A universal experience. James Beard Are you looking for an eclectic fine dining space that comes with a “universal experience?” The “Marranitos”…

There is no reality except the one contained within us. -Herman Hess I still remember reading “Siddhartha” in 11th grade AP English at Eagle Rock High. The story of a guy who…

If we share this nightmare we can dream spiritus mundi. If you act as you think, the missing link, synchronicity. Synchronicity I, The Police Marcel Duchamp, The Next Contestant…

I like living, breathing better than working. Each second breath is a word which is inscribed nowhere which is neither visual nor cerebral. It’s a kind of constant euphoria.…

Don’t Yuck Someone’s Yum!” Rachel Narins, Chicks With Knives Girl dinner! It’s all the rage lately on social media. I like to do “Girl Dinner Fancy,” and the perfect…

Summer, it turns me upside down Summer, summer, summer It’s like a merry go round Magic, The Cars I posted this pic on my Notoriouslysinglegirl IG. My trusty floaty flamingo…

You weak minded fool. He is using a Jedi Mind Trick!” Jabba the Hutt Dear Notoriouslysingle I knew I should have swiped left. I knew the guy was pretty awkward looking.…

When that one guy you were dating calls you fat. You know the one, the one who wore hats. He once called you beautiful The one who drank too much to hide his feelings. The one who…

All is quiet on New Years Day A world in white is underway I want to be with you New Years Day U2 It’s 2023. It’s time to start doing things differently. Definitely dating…

Say my name say my name If no one is around you Say baby I love you Destiny’s Child Don’t call me beautiful It’s in excusable It’s not my name Do you call those other gals…

You’re body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride. Anthony Bourdain My latest Notoriouslysingle indulgence is La Fermiere yogurt. I swear this yogurt was…

And you may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife/ husband And you may ask yourself well how did I get here? And you may tell yourself “ This is not my…

I want to say a little something that’s long overdue. The disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer…

“My mother use to make the worst meat loaf. It was always grey and tasted like leather.“ -Paul ‘O Haloran September has been a bitch that wears cheap shoes that squeeze the…

The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve but a reality to experience. Frank Herbert, Dune, It’s Friday. My assistant at work asked if I was leaving to work a second job? I…

Everyone believes in something. I believe I’ll have another coffee. Unknown There’s a new coffee shop in Eagle Rock. Unincorporated Coffee has taken over the Sworks Coffee…

We’re all damaged in our own way. Johnny Depp I’m sure you’ve heard enough from the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Herd defamation trial. If you haven’t you must be living under a…

Love is in vain if luck isn’t there Giacomo Puccini What can I say, I have a love for Puccini. Hey, he knew how to pair operas with whatever disaster was going on in the world.…

How can a Hero exit the inferno of life of he doesn’t know he’s the hero?

Happiness is the China shop; Love is the bull H.L. Menecken To ghost or to be ghosted, that is the question. Yes, it’s true I ghosted someone. But, is it truly ghosting when…

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get. Only with what you are expected to give which is everything. Katherine Hepburn Dear Notoriouslysinglegirl, I got…

I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I’d never have Tyler Durden, Fight Club Dear Notoriouslysinglegirl, It’s an interesting phenomenon lately. I recently dated a guy. He…

Why do we love the bad boys? You know the ones. The ones that smell of putrid sweat. The ones that lie. The ones that make us cry. Like why ? I think the only person to answer my…

We’ve been together 58 years. We fight a lot. We resolve a lot. We travel and have fun together. Manfred&Roma My favorite coffee shop in Palm Springs California is Koffi….…

Great people have always been called. This is your calling. The Sorceress Apprentice Do you want to sleep under the stars To wake up to the desert sunrise Yes The ride up the 70…

Isn’t that how falling in love so often works? Some stranger appears out of nowhere and becomes a fixed star in your universe. -Kate Bolick, Spinster: Making aLife of Ones Own…

It is an amazing extraordinary thing when you can meet someone who you can bare your soul to and accept you for what you are. Edward Cullen, Twilight I’m a little late in the…

I’m back in the saddle again. Out where a friend is a friend. Where the longhorn cattle feed. On the lowly gypsum weed. Back in the saddle again. – -Gene Autry It’s been…

I’ve slept with over 500 women -Some Dude on TikTok telling half truths I was recently watching this dude on TikTok say he slept with over 500 women. As I watched him I’m…

Hug the ones you love. I wrote this story for my Rogue Nurse Media email newsletter. I really loved the story as “Hector” was a talented email writer that eventually…

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu It’s true. In May 2021 I tried to reload the Bumble app on my old phone…

Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar – Harry Stiles It’s MARCH!! That means it’s my Birthday Month!!…

We all have a dinosaur deep down inside of us trying to get out. Rawer! -Colin Mochrie It’s February, the month of L-O-V-E❤️ The Cabazon Dinosaurs 🦖 off of the I 10 right…

I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best, the subject I want to know better…. -Frida Khalo How’s your dating life been treating you since COVID19 decided to stop the…

Never accept a sliding scale date, never accept “maybes” always accept a ❤️shaped pizza – Notoriouslysinglegirl “Where did you learn how to cook?” Asked a friend…

Well behaved women rarely make history! -Lauren Thatcher Ulrich Dear Notoriouslysinglegirl… I’m confused! I’ve been watching a whole lotta YouTube lately cuz you know…

Creating success is a tug of war between your mind and your dreams. If your fears win you lose. -Robert G. Allen Dear Notoriouslysinglegirl, I’ve been casually dating A guy…

It’s all the rage… The Men’s Romper has decided to make a killer comeback and is blowing up on social media. Originally known in the 1970’s as the…

Ah Coachella 2015! Well I guess I can say I popped my Coachella Cherry and I’m still alive after two days of amazing music, eye popping art/ fashion and nauseating body…

Serial dating. It sucks! Thanks to Tinder, Bumble and whatever other MatcH Cupid BS sites are out in the Internet world… That’s what we “single” folk are…

After several months, several tinder exchanges, a few text messages, a lunch date gets planned. You meet up in a crowded restaurant, your eyes catch, and it’s that look.…

“……. When I entered the area with all the other naked people around the pool….” This was the ‘climax’ of my story. The…

Well, Kobe #24 Finally decided to retire. That’s sad….. I’ll always remember in 1996 when I was at the Universal City Walk with a boyfriend and my…

Yesterday I was sitting in a vineyard sipping bubbling wines in Temecula. Today, I was helping a distraught woman save her newly “fostered” cat “Garfield”…

Advice from #notoriouslysinglegirl: Dear Notoriouslysinglegirl, I’ve been having a problem lately with PEOPLE: Co-workers, people that I happen to meet, just people in…

A friend recently asked me a strange question: ” Where is your money coming from?” I had to pause for a second. And I didn’t understand why he was asking me…

Sabotage must be Lady Mary’s middle name. Throwing knives at her sister Edith’s back is her specialty. And this week she destroyed her sister’s engagement along with chances…

Reality TV lost a tough gal yesterday. Big Ang Raiolla from Mob Wives. I have to say Big Ang was my “fav “reality tough gal! She was never afraid to be Big Ang. I loved…

After several weeks of texting my latest Tinder dude, I finally made the move and asked him out on a date! He then texted back “Let’s go to the movies!” The Movies are…

Let me start by saying that Joy Behar from ABC’s The View is one lucky gal! Obviously she has never had the opportunity or misfortune to be a patient. If she had, she would know…

I Use To Be Pretty……. El Camino, Spray Paint, Art @SilverLake Reservoir We’ve all felt like this at one point or another…. Thank God for Plastic Surgeons!…

Advice from the Notoriuslysinglegirl: Dear Notoriuslysinglegirl I went on a Tinder date. My date suggested brunch, I had never had a brunch date before and thought it was a bit…

This past weekend I attended two very different events with two very different groups of women. At the first “Brunch” which was a professional meeting of sorts, the women…

Recently my business card was passed on to an older un-hip woman. She commented that I must be a whore because of the picture on the card. My card and blog’s logo is of a…

I guess you can say that this week can be considered “Celeb Divorce Week!” Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rosedale called it splits along with Jada Pinkett and Will Smith, and now…

Library Bar; Hollywood Strawberry Cocktail shaken with mint, by a handsome man! ………and we loved his suspenders!

On average, it takes a college educated person eight to ten years of course study to get their Doctoral Degree. However, if you are Kanye West (YEEZEE) you can drop out of…

Dear Notoriouslysinglegirl….. I’ve been dating this guy for the past few months. We met online. When he first reached out to me and wrote me an email his opening line was…

Art in Los Angeles: The Super Hero Kiss, a painting of batman kissing superman in a gallery on 3rd Street, in West Hollywood! A big MUAW! To everyone!

I must have been on Tinder for less than eight hours when it happened. I was conversing with a seemingly “nice” Israeli dude. I gave him my personal number and after a…

What’s for lunch? Tempura Brussel sprouts with truffle oil. And of course spicey chicken ramen at Jinya in Studio City. Super yummy and beautiful!

I love the color pink but I don’t wear it too often, although I found it fitting for dinner @ PUMP in West Hollywood! A beautiful restaurant nestled on the corner of Santa…

It’s finally happening for the second time in my lifetime!!! Calm down people there is no ring ! Or no dude! April Fools! But what was I doing at a bridal fair? Trust me, I…

What’s for Brunch? Savory Crepes with smoked salmon and spinach @Farm in Palm Springs! A cozy little eatery that’s very romantic… And if you find that special…

A girl dressed all in black with beautiful curly hair walks the streets of New York City armed with only a camera. What she experiences is only what every woman who walks down…

“Pick you up at your place at 7?” That’s right — guys used to pick girls up and then go to dinner together. I’m sure that most of the men reading this don’t even…

Check out my new category “Dating Advice!” Inspired by one of my special MUSE’S: Dear Notoriously Single Girl, Just say you are supposed to meet up with a…

On a recent perfect Sunday afternoon, during one of my fabulous Los Angeles brunches with my gal pal Sarah, I noticed an interesting phenomena happening. Several couples were…

I was recently speaking to a single male. He seemed a bit depressed and not enjoying the single life. Although, from speaking to him it seems like he has a great life: works,…

Oh yes! I’m on Tinder! I’ve joined the mass of Los Angeles Zombies in the search to find a mate. I must say, I kind of like it! Swipe right for yes, and left for NO! Or is…

….. Apparently there are still a few good men out there! To all my Notoriouslysinglegirls in the world: BELIEVE! …. Street Art: Artist” WRDSMTH, Runyon…

I’m on my Xmas Staycation in Los Angeles! Walking through the concrete jungle having dim sum at a discreet eatery followed by cocktails at the famous Bottega Louie!…

This years hottest Xmas trend for 2014 has got to be the “Ugly Xmas Sweater!” It’s seems like everyone and their mother is hosting one of these swanky parties!…

“It’s raining in Burbank, and our stats show that more people log onto ‘OK Cupid when it rains. So log on!” That was a message that I found in my junk email box a few…

“Temecula! That’s where the Pechanga Casino is!” This was the response I got from my father when I told him I was going to Temecula for a conference. My Italian parents are…

I guess it was Sinatra who sang: “Bet your bottom dollar you’ll loose the blues in Chicago.” Well, I lost more than the blues when I landed in ‘Chi Town,’ I lost my…

Recently, I’ve noticed an interesting trend on Facebook. No, it has nothing to do with fashion, or food. And it’s not a disgusting YouTube video; it’s the posting of spiders…

When it happened in Silver Lake and Echo Park, I didn’t think much of it. But now it seems that the “plague” has reached West Hollywood. Skinny jeans, 80’s style…

On a recent plane ride home from Boston, I decided to do something I never do: pay for the in flight television programing. I’m usually too cheap to shell out the seven dollars…

Here is a “True Life” story from my new section of notoriouslysinglegirl titled: ” Tales From The Dark Side Of Being Single.” It’s not always fun…

It’s 2014! Time to clean out those closets! Out with the old and in with the new. It’s always an interesting adventure. I try to follow the advice of those TV fashion experts…

I have a confession to make: I’m a secret stalker! Well I guess it’s not a secret anymore since I’m writing about it, and I make it public on Facebook! But I stalk a friend…

In 2003 I spent a few weeks in Milan visiting family. Of course I have family in Milan and we are all ultra chic! I am blessed to have adventurous cousins who carted me off to…

A Real Man! About a month ago, I ventured into WEHO to have brunch with my bestie of the last 25 years, Dennis. I chose Salt’s Cure, which attracts so many hipsters it makes you…

Another weekend away! Road trip to San Diego, where I’ve had a disastrous love hate relationship with for the past 14 years. Whenever I dared to travel to here in the past, it…

Spring is here! Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and the sun is hanging out for a bit longer each day. It’s also time to do that annual spring-cleaning around your…

The Single life is an amazing one. Do what you want, when you want, and with who you want! It’s kind of like going to Vegas, and what happens there stays there unless you tell…