Jennifer VanSickle

Local Valentine's weekend events

For many, Thursday is pay day, and with pay day, the frivolous weekend spending and outings can commence. I'm sure you've heard (or seen if you've stepped into a grocery store lately) that the Valentine weekend is...

Atlanta Superbowl Sunday Alternatives

It seems like it's difficult to meet people in Atlanta if you're not a sports fan. After all, sporting evens really bring people together. If you're not keen on the game, or all of your friends are...

Dating for the holidays: Do I have to visit the family?

OFFS. It’s about time I got a question. I will have you people know, it’s incredibly hard to give advice when no one is asking. Here we go.I’ve been seeing M for about...

Meeting people: Know your odds

I recently wrote asking whether or not Atlanta sucks for dating, despite some great results on polls and studies about the single life. I contacted a CB, a teaching assistant for the Economics program at Georgia State University to examine...

Love at first...?

The rules of attraction aren’t as simple and finite as many people (including scientists) believe them to be. The sexes, mating, and attraction seem to be evolving every day and in more ways than one, as more discoveries...

Do guys in Atlanta suck?

At the beauty shop the other day, I was privy to a conversation between a stylist, Nina, a young black woman, and (I kid you not) Nona, the client, an Eastern European supermodel type. "Do I tell you that...

Served hot: Drink wine, be merry

The weather is getting colder as winter arrives, and don't even get me started on turning the clocks back, which makes it feel like you're kissing daylight hours goodbye. A good glass of wine is one of my...

Halloween weekend and Gay Pride!

It’s a great weekend for Atlanta singles. There’s a lot to do, from your friend’s Halloween party, to Pride weekend, to the Dance for Pigs on Friday night, which is where I’ll...

Who do you dress for?

“It’s between the hot rack and the hot legs,” Lauren offered while getting ready to go out last Friday. “Accentuate one or the other. You do both, and instead of a million bucks, you look...

A face-full of first impressions

Men, take note: there’s a plethora of studies out there focusing on what your face tells women. We already know that women supposedly prefer men who bear similarity to their fathers, smell familiar and simultaneously unfamiliar, and the...

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