My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Maybe I am just sentimental tonight... But I had a great date night tonight with my dad. I took my dad out on a date tonight for Father's Day to the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. I don't even know if he is a jazz fan, but he was crazy jazzed up about spending time with his daughter. I planned out a night for just the two of us and it was magical. People, if there is one thing that I have learned over the years, it's to appreciate your parents while they are still with you. I asked my dad questions (while slightly inebriated) that I have never asked him before: How did you propose to Mom? Was it a huge culture shock for you to move from a small town to the big city of L.A. when you were young? He is 74--almost 75 this year, and the youngest 74/75 year old you'll ever meet. Ask these questions now--while they are still with you.

My dad has been my biggest cheerleader in all my life--he's been to every soccer game (unless he was refereeing at a different field), been to every play that I have been in, and up for each year for teenage girl crazy slumber parties--he ALWAYS the loudest one cheering on the sidelines for every event... I want to marry a man like my dad. A man who can't wait to have a date night with his daughter, a man who can't wait to see what kind of person I become. I guess that is what any father can hope for: a man who loves his daughter (faults and all) and only delights in her and thinks she is the most beautiful person in the world.

If At First You Don't Succeed...

Okay... So after a four year hiatus on blogging about the dating scene, I have decided to pick it back up again... My apologies to my seven followers who haven't heard from me in quite some time--I hope there was no breath being held. So the recap: I took a little "break" from blogging and dating and then WHAM! just like people say--you find love when you least expect it. I found what I thought was love and well, stopped writing... For almost four years. (I can blog about the Non-Committer later.) I can't help it now--the stories, adventures and mishaps of dating today are just too funny, too ridiculous, and too much of a slap in the face not to share with others. Some of these stories you will shake your head and think, "What was she thinking???" and others you will laugh your ass off. I hope to give other singles somewhat of insight into dating/relationships--or at the very least I hope someone can avoid some major pitfalls. I have been happily back on the market for the past several months and between my experiences and those of my friends, I am back with even better material (and pictures)... Stay tuned...