Single Mom Seeking…

How one single mom got ‘out of the frying pan’ and opened top restaurant on her own

By singlemomseeking ⋅ June 16, 2008 ⋅ 7 comments

When I call Gillian Clark, she’s at Colorado Kitchen in Washington D.C., just as her staff is getting ready to open. There’s a lot of bustling, and Gillian pauses on the phone to let an early customer know they’re not open yet.
I’ve just finished Gillian’s book, Out of the Frying Pan: A chef’s memoir [...]

Accidentally on Purpose: A must-read about one woman’s one-night stand “and the loving best mistake I ever made”

By singlemomseeking ⋅ June 2, 2008 ⋅ 20 comments

Today, one of the most open, candid, painful memoirs comes out: Accidentally on Purpose: A One-Night Stand, My Unplanned Parenthood, and Loving the Best Mistake I Ever Made.
I stayed up way past my bedtime to read this book, about 39-year-old movie critic Mary Pols, who knew she wanted to have a baby. But never—not [...]

What’s a married dad doing on Single Mom Seeking? Welcome Robert Rummel-Hudson

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 2, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

This blog began in another format in 2006 as a safe space for single moms to open up. It easily could have turned into a male-bashing ring. Thank goodness it didn’t. Sure, we’re known to go off on our exes once in a while — because parenting solo can be tough — but the single [...]

Let this single dad tell you a bedtime story…

By singlemomseeking ⋅ February 13, 2008 ⋅ 12 comments

In 2005, as I was shopping around the proposal for Single Mom Seeking, I read this “Modern Love” column in the New York Times called “Who’s that lady in the bedroom, Daddy?“
I was giddy. At last, a single dad who told the truth about trying to date and parent at the same time! I wanted [...]

I still don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day…

By singlemomseeking ⋅ February 8, 2008 ⋅ 14 comments

but if you’re expecting a pity party over here, you’ve got the wrong address.
My mom is still scheduled to pick Mae up from school on Valentine’s Day, so I just might hit a yoga class and have a glass of wine with a girlfriend (no, not at the same time, silly!). On my way home, [...]

If You Live in the SF Bay Area….

By singlemomseeking ⋅ October 11, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

… consider this your personal invite to this Saturday’s Litquake in San Francisco.
I’m reading on Saturday, October 13, at 6 p.m. in “Real Life: Memoir Authors Tell It Like It Is.”
(Last year, I read during “Mommy Lit,” and this year it’s “Real Life.” Hmmmm, does that mean I’m growing up?)
Where? Double Dutch, 3192 16th Street, [...]

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