How to sleep alone in a king-size bed

Disclaimer: any time I pick up a divorce memoir, I do so cautiously. I’m prepared to swim in a sea of sadness. This is why I loved Theo Pauline Nestor’s book How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: she made me laugh. Even in her darkest moods, Theo manages to be funny.
“Last night we [...]

Googling for sperm? A chat with the author of “Choosing You”

All her adult life, Alexandra Soiseth wanted a husband, children, dogs and cats, and a loving, home. But at 39, with no husband on the horizon, she decided to take matters into her own hands: she googled for sperm.

In Choosing You: Deciding to Have a Baby on My Own, Alexandra shows that with a little [...]

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 [...]

Sex and the City Trivia: Do you remember the name of Miranda’s nanny?

Hint: She’s the one who found a vibrator in Miranda’s bed… and swapped it for a statue of the Virgin Mary.

At San Francisco’s Sex and the City event with Sasha Cagen, author of Quirkyalone, Mysti Doughty, and Waleska — one of my always-there single mama friends. (Hint: we’re the two shorties!)

Squeezing in a date before the birthday gala

Thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes!
While my little sister and Mae baked the 8th birthday ice skating cake (above) — which turned into a frosting party that yours truly got to clean up — I went on a date with the Biologist. We went downtown to a little swank bar, where [...]