Tracking down my UPS man, Part II

When Otis, my former UPS man, called at 8 p.m. to say that his work day was almost over, I smiled into the phone.
“Want to meet for dinner?” he said.
“Sure!”
I imagined some quiet, romantic corner — white wine, tapas, candles lit. Wait, does that kind of corner even exist in Manhattan?
“The ___ Grill,” [...]

Still yearning for my UPS man

If you’ve read my book, then you might remember Chapter 1, in which I had my very first crush as a single mom.
Yes, it was on my UPS man, whom I’d met when we squeezed into the elevator together of my apartment building. That afternoon, it was just him, Mae (on my hip), me, and [...]

“Must Love Kids:” Exclusive Interview with David

Readers, please meet David, one of Kristin’s six male “suitors” on the new reality show Must Love Kids.
I was thrilled when 44-year-old David — who’s the single dad two sons, 6 and 8 – agreed to a telephone interview from his home in southern California. The producers of Must Love Kids had found the very [...]

Is it safe to put your kid’s names and photos on your blog? What I learned at BlogHer, Part 1

I was just drafting a post about being safe when you’re a single parent blogger, and my sweet dad called to give me the heads up about today’s San Francisco Chronicle.
In today’s article about “Mommy Bloggers,” Heather Armstrong — aka Dooce – says she “has seen photos of her daughter manipulated online.”
MommyBlogging: Public Parenting [...]

Inspired by One-Woman Show

One-Woman Show calls it “AFGO (Another F–g Growth Opportunity).”

If you read our blogs, then you know that these lovely opportunities often come to us in the form of relationships.
This spring, One-Woman Show took “that FGO and wrangled it into a mixture of potting soil and deck stain.” In the end, she explains, “I at least [...]

Blog winners, Bridget Moynahan on dating as a single mom, and more!

Congrats!
The winner of the Babeland Bath Fizzies — “In what ways does motherhood make us better lovers?” — is Avigail. This single mama said that after getting divorced and turning 30, “something snapped.”
“I wanted to become a sexy mama—a mother who was not afraid to be a strong woman with healthy sexy values. I [...]

How has your sex life changed since having a kid?

It’s the final week of Babeland’s Sexy Mama event, and this week’s theme is Reinventing Sex: How has your sex life changed since having a kid? (or, kids!)
A year into single motherhood, for the first time in my life, I wanted to custom-order a night of casual (but safe) sex. I’d never thought [...]

Sex in the car? How and when do you fit in a quickie?

I promised the Biologist I wouldn’t write about our sex life here — which is a challenge for a single mom blogger who writes about sex. We’re working on having a sex life, I guess you’d say. We’re not there yet.
I even let him read a draft of this blog, because every time I sat [...]

And the winners are…

Chrissy over at Storked invited me to guest blog today… I’d love to hear what you have to say at Glamour! Take a peek and say “hi.” Thanks!
Recently, I dared you to “flirt with someone when you’re out…Then report back here!” Two of you have won copies of Why Hasn’t He Called?, by Tamsen Fadal [...]

Single Moms: How are you celebrating this Mother’s Day?

My first Mother’s Day on my own, I will forever be grateful to my father for coming to New York City to spend the weekend with us. He took Mae and me out to brunch. Then we walked over to the playground, where Mae, who had just turned one, piled sand onto Grandpa’s black dress [...]