The reason I am writing you is because after three years my boyfriend just broke up with me and it hit me hard. I was cooking dinner and he came home from work, walked in the kitchen with that I-have-something-to-tell-you-face and said he wasn't sure I was the one. I...

My best friend is 42 and he just broke up with his boyfriend who is the same age. He's now dating a 25 year old guy and it's awful. They have nothing in common and I can't get a clear answer from him about what he sees in this...

Last week I went on a date with this guy I met at Soul Cycle. We met up at a cool wine bar in Hell's Kitchen. It was super cozy. He had great manners, pulling out the bar stool for me as well as ordering for me which I thought...

I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day, probably because I have a serious disdain for clichés, something I fell victim to one particular year. I had just come out of a meeting and saw a delivery man with red roses at the front desk and before I knew it, the...

The other day I sat patiently waiting at a restaurant bar for the publicist who -- after a few email exchanges filled with excessive exclamation points (the first sign of what was come) -- wooed me over to possibly include the eatery in a magazine piece. Running up to me...

The night after Christmas one of my girlfriends invited me over for dinner. She spent the better part of the evening lamenting about how she ate like a pig during the holidays, followed up with an early New Year's resolution that she was going to spin class "like every day"...

Trust me, it's not because I'm Jewish, but all this love-thy-neighbor-as-thy-loves-thyself stuff really irks me, especially during the holiday season. I barely love myself, and in no way, shape or form will I ever love the wannabe-Liberace down the hall who purrs to his cats, the girl who wears nude...

One of the great things about being a freelancer is that you are not obliged to attend any holiday office parties, but when a dear friend begged me to be her plus one at her advertising agency Christmas soiree (I did notice a menorah on the invitation as well), I...

I am 22-year-old chick who just got her first job working in production at a cable network. It's what I went to school for and what I really like doing. The only thing is, I really don't feel like I am making my mark on the shows I am working...

I'm writing to you because my mother is a fan of this column and she said I should ask Michael, so here goes it. I have been dating this really amazing girl for nearly two years. Admittedly, I probably have spoiled her a bit. We go on great trips, eat...

This summer I was on assignment in London to cover the Olympics. I met this amazing, wonderful guy and basically stayed with him up until a week ago. It was the best love experience I have ever had, but I live in New York City and he lives there plus...

While everyone else was busy oohing and ahhing -- and, let's face it, giggling -- over Shaun Sperling's rendition of Madonna's "Vogue" as performed at his Bar Mitzvah circa 1992 and helping it go viral on YouTube, I received an instant...

This past year I dropped 140 pounds. I can't say I did it alone. I had the help of a very strong friend, a sponsor of sorts who I would call at in the middle of the night if I felt like eating a pint of ice cream. She helped...

The other day I had a big surprise, literally. I have been staying at my girlfriend's place and I opened up her bedside drawer and found a bunch of dildos. Not that I mind, but they are a lot bigger than my own penis and one of them was black....

I recently was invited to my dear friends' summer home in the Hamptons for July 4th weekend. I am really excited to go, but I am totally clueless about what to bring as a thank you because they have beautiful things and all the money in the world to buy...

Ever since my wife has read the "50 Shades of Grey"" books she has been acting completely out of character. Our sex life has gone from normal to kinky and while I certainly do appreciate getting laid as often as I did during my college days, the antics seem quite...

I've recently been having some problems with a friend due to her drinking issues.  It started about a year ago when I noticed her getting a bit wasted at dinner parties. She would slur her words and talk about stuff that well, I don't think should be spoken about at...

The reason I love going to dinner parties is because that's where conversations happen. And because said conversations are the essence of my columns, I more or less never get bombed, and I mostly remember what's talked about.

However, the morning after the latest dinner party I didn't recall...

When you arrive on the red carpet in the role of a reporter you never know exactly what's going to go down. It's either totally marvelous or a complete and utter disaster. In the case of Olivier Martinez at the opening of his new restaurant Villa Azur in...

One of the reasons I don't love covering events at fancy places like the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach is because I hate valet parking. It's that simple. Besides waiting for my car, I just feel paying 24 dollars for parking is a bit excessive. Plus, hello, that's the cost of...