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To go or not to go...
So my 10 year high school reunion is in 3 weeks...
*sigh*
I always thought I'd attend. Never did it cross my mind that I would not be there to meet up with old friends, catch up, and have a grand ole time.
However, most of those people that I would have wanted to run into I have already re-connected with thanks to Facebook and/or MySpace. It's great! I see pics of their wedding, their kids, what they're doing with their lives. Again, it's great. I was commenting to a friend a while back that it's sort of a mini reunion being able to get back in touch with people from the past, especially from high school.
However, I'm torn. And when I'm undecided, I make lists:
Reasons I would not attend my 10 year high school reunion:
1. I'm single. Which means no date. Which means I would be sitting there looking like a loser while everyone mingled with their significant others. (I did ask my go to guy friend to attend and he was game. That is, until he found out that he had a wedding to photograph that same evening. Such is my luck!)
2. I don't really have anything significant going on in my life. Most people are married with kids - I think that's significant. Me? I just work. I'm single and I work. I went to college, I graduated and I've worked ever since. Big whoop!
3. I've asked the people that I would have wanted to see if they are in fact attending (I figured I could sort of suck it up) and they have all said no. Some have out of state weddings to go to, some don't think the 10 year reunion is as telling as the 20 year would be (which, I sort of agree with), some are living out of state, some are just busy with life, and some have actually agreed with my theory in that the people they wanted to get back in touch with they already have - via Facebook or MySpace.
Reasons I would attend my 10 year high school reunion:
1. I can see myself looking back two or three years from now and regretting not attending.
2. The country club where the reunion is being held is literally 10 min away from my house.
3. That same weekend, my cousin, her hubby and my favorite 5 year old munchkin are coming to visit. Ironically, they'll be in town for the same wedding my go to guy friend is photographing. So I'll have that Saturday evening free anyways if everyone is attending the wedding.
*Sigh*
What to do. What to do.
*sigh*
I always thought I'd attend. Never did it cross my mind that I would not be there to meet up with old friends, catch up, and have a grand ole time.
However, most of those people that I would have wanted to run into I have already re-connected with thanks to Facebook and/or MySpace. It's great! I see pics of their wedding, their kids, what they're doing with their lives. Again, it's great. I was commenting to a friend a while back that it's sort of a mini reunion being able to get back in touch with people from the past, especially from high school.
However, I'm torn. And when I'm undecided, I make lists:
Reasons I would not attend my 10 year high school reunion:
1. I'm single. Which means no date. Which means I would be sitting there looking like a loser while everyone mingled with their significant others. (I did ask my go to guy friend to attend and he was game. That is, until he found out that he had a wedding to photograph that same evening. Such is my luck!)
2. I don't really have anything significant going on in my life. Most people are married with kids - I think that's significant. Me? I just work. I'm single and I work. I went to college, I graduated and I've worked ever since. Big whoop!
3. I've asked the people that I would have wanted to see if they are in fact attending (I figured I could sort of suck it up) and they have all said no. Some have out of state weddings to go to, some don't think the 10 year reunion is as telling as the 20 year would be (which, I sort of agree with), some are living out of state, some are just busy with life, and some have actually agreed with my theory in that the people they wanted to get back in touch with they already have - via Facebook or MySpace.
Reasons I would attend my 10 year high school reunion:
1. I can see myself looking back two or three years from now and regretting not attending.
2. The country club where the reunion is being held is literally 10 min away from my house.
3. That same weekend, my cousin, her hubby and my favorite 5 year old munchkin are coming to visit. Ironically, they'll be in town for the same wedding my go to guy friend is photographing. So I'll have that Saturday evening free anyways if everyone is attending the wedding.
*Sigh*
What to do. What to do.
Monday, July 27, 2009
The two kinds of single women...
The two kinds of single women
Story Highlights:
-Newly single woman doesn't get expected reactions from single, married friends
-Coupled girlfriends state with confidence she will be fine
-Single girlfriends push her to act out of desperation to find new guy
-Writer says women shouldn't talk negative about being single
By Lauren Frisky
(The Frisky) -- In January, I left a live-in relationship after three years. The experience was all the sad adjectives you can imagine. But after the sobbing spells and the heavy drinking, the fog lifted -- I was finally single again for the first time since after I graduated college.
Naturally, I expected my single friends to react with equal doses of giddy glee. For the record, I'm not the kind of girl who ditches my ladies when I'm dating someone. But lots of time does free up when you become single.
As for my coupled-up chums, I expected sad stares. They probably thought I was doomed for spinsterhood after leaving my longest relationship at age 27.
"But don't you want to get married and have kids?" I imagined them asking. When I'd respond, "Not right now," they'd ignore me and say, "I know someone who'd be perfect for you!"
But that didn't happen. My taken gals were as supportive as my sturdiest Victoria's Secret bra.
"I don't worry about you," my best friend, who is getting hitched next summer, affirmed.
"You'll be fine, alone or with someone."
I wiped my brow -- my attached amigas didn't consider my newfound singleness a contagious disease! So obviously, I thought the single ones would feel the same.
That's when I learned that there are two kinds of single girl. The first kind is independent, secure and just as content to sit at home with Netflix as she is to go out on a date. The other kind is always moaning about being alone and plotting which guy to go after just like an Army general preparing for battle.
Unfortunately, some of my single friends fell into that second category.
At a bar one night, a guy gave me his digits. I wasn't that interested, but took them anyway. My friend said, "You better call him, because in a few years, no one will be giving you their numbers anymore."
Ouch. What did that mean?
Another single friend told me she'd feel "defeated" if she were me. Ouch again. Did I suck at life because I'd decided I'd rather be alone than with the wrong person?
A few weeks later, another pal, totally unprompted, said, "You should get on Match.com. Just to have more options."
"Umm, thanks, but I haven't been single that long," I replied, taking a mighty swig of beer.
"Well, it's just that the pool gets smaller as you get older," she said. What the hell?
Being in a vulnerable post-breakup state, for a while I let these comments sting. But almost six months later, I've learned to ignore them because they don't apply to me -- they apply to the people saying them. Misery does indeed love company.
Now I'm happy to say I'm spending my time with family and happy friends, traveling and just being me. You know what I'm not doing? Stressing about being alone. I'm not that kind of single girl.
Tips for singles:
1. Don't take things bitter friends say to heart. They're projecting -- putting their insecurities on you.
2. Don't chat with negative friends about your love life (or lack there of).
3. Don't feel forced to date because your friends are.
4. Do go out with supportive friends of all relationship statuses.
5. Do enjoy you. That's the only person you'll definitely be with forever.
TM & � 2009 TMV, Inc. | All Rights Reserved
**For the record, I am the first type. If there's a guy in the picture, great. If there isn't, that's fine too. I don't lament over the fact that there is no one in my life, even though my culture and background states I should be married with about 4 kids by now.
Just last week my mother goes 'you should go on that harmony.com thing' - of course referring to eharmony.com as a commercial just aired. I just gave her a look that said 'really, mom?!you just said that?!'. Needless to say, we had a good laugh, but it definitely made me look in to the fact that at 28 I have no problems sitting at home on a Fri or Sat night and watching movies alone or working from home or what have you. And I'm completely ok with that. I do have friends that, just as the article illustrates, think that after a certain age, there is no one in the pool of eligible bachelors left.
I'd still like to think that my diamond in the rough is out there, somewhere.
Story Highlights:
-Newly single woman doesn't get expected reactions from single, married friends
-Coupled girlfriends state with confidence she will be fine
-Single girlfriends push her to act out of desperation to find new guy
-Writer says women shouldn't talk negative about being single
By Lauren Frisky
(The Frisky) -- In January, I left a live-in relationship after three years. The experience was all the sad adjectives you can imagine. But after the sobbing spells and the heavy drinking, the fog lifted -- I was finally single again for the first time since after I graduated college.
Naturally, I expected my single friends to react with equal doses of giddy glee. For the record, I'm not the kind of girl who ditches my ladies when I'm dating someone. But lots of time does free up when you become single.
As for my coupled-up chums, I expected sad stares. They probably thought I was doomed for spinsterhood after leaving my longest relationship at age 27.
"But don't you want to get married and have kids?" I imagined them asking. When I'd respond, "Not right now," they'd ignore me and say, "I know someone who'd be perfect for you!"
But that didn't happen. My taken gals were as supportive as my sturdiest Victoria's Secret bra.
"I don't worry about you," my best friend, who is getting hitched next summer, affirmed.
"You'll be fine, alone or with someone."
I wiped my brow -- my attached amigas didn't consider my newfound singleness a contagious disease! So obviously, I thought the single ones would feel the same.
That's when I learned that there are two kinds of single girl. The first kind is independent, secure and just as content to sit at home with Netflix as she is to go out on a date. The other kind is always moaning about being alone and plotting which guy to go after just like an Army general preparing for battle.
Unfortunately, some of my single friends fell into that second category.
At a bar one night, a guy gave me his digits. I wasn't that interested, but took them anyway. My friend said, "You better call him, because in a few years, no one will be giving you their numbers anymore."
Ouch. What did that mean?
Another single friend told me she'd feel "defeated" if she were me. Ouch again. Did I suck at life because I'd decided I'd rather be alone than with the wrong person?
A few weeks later, another pal, totally unprompted, said, "You should get on Match.com. Just to have more options."
"Umm, thanks, but I haven't been single that long," I replied, taking a mighty swig of beer.
"Well, it's just that the pool gets smaller as you get older," she said. What the hell?
Being in a vulnerable post-breakup state, for a while I let these comments sting. But almost six months later, I've learned to ignore them because they don't apply to me -- they apply to the people saying them. Misery does indeed love company.
Now I'm happy to say I'm spending my time with family and happy friends, traveling and just being me. You know what I'm not doing? Stressing about being alone. I'm not that kind of single girl.
Tips for singles:
1. Don't take things bitter friends say to heart. They're projecting -- putting their insecurities on you.
2. Don't chat with negative friends about your love life (or lack there of).
3. Don't feel forced to date because your friends are.
4. Do go out with supportive friends of all relationship statuses.
5. Do enjoy you. That's the only person you'll definitely be with forever.
TM & � 2009 TMV, Inc. | All Rights Reserved
**For the record, I am the first type. If there's a guy in the picture, great. If there isn't, that's fine too. I don't lament over the fact that there is no one in my life, even though my culture and background states I should be married with about 4 kids by now.
Just last week my mother goes 'you should go on that harmony.com thing' - of course referring to eharmony.com as a commercial just aired. I just gave her a look that said 'really, mom?!you just said that?!'. Needless to say, we had a good laugh, but it definitely made me look in to the fact that at 28 I have no problems sitting at home on a Fri or Sat night and watching movies alone or working from home or what have you. And I'm completely ok with that. I do have friends that, just as the article illustrates, think that after a certain age, there is no one in the pool of eligible bachelors left.
I'd still like to think that my diamond in the rough is out there, somewhere.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Blame it on the...A-A-A-A-A-A-lcohol
Starbucks experiments with new name, adding alcohol to its menu
By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY
Don't expect grande wines or venti beers anytime soon at your local Starbucks. (SBUX)
But in a move to attract hard-to-find evening business, the struggling coffeehouse chain is about to test the addition of wine and beer to the menu at one of its Seattle stores, which it has even given a new name.
The store, opening next week, is called "15th Ave. Coffee and Tea inspired by Starbucks" — a reflection of the neighborhood in which it's located.
Starbucks plans to create two more similar stores in the Seattle area at locations that aren't currently Starbucks stores. And if the concept works, it could be tested in other cities, says Major Cohen, senior project manager at Starbucks.
For Starbucks, which has suffered a humbling mix of closed stores, employee layoffs and same-store sales declines during the recession, the move is an attempt to extend the brand into the evening, when business is typically at its slowest.
The first store, which will look very different from a typical Starbucks, will serve a half-dozen kinds of beers and wines — most with connections to the Northwest. A bottle of beer or a glass of wine will sell for $4 to $7, Cohen says.
Beer and wine will not be sold to go because of state law, he says.
"We'll be equally as proud of our beer and wine as we are of our coffee," Cohen says. He says he didn't yet know if this concept would be incorporated into all Starbucks stores if it's successful.
"If you stop innovating, you're dead," says Scott Bedbury, CEO of consulting firm Brandstream and former marketing chief at Starbucks. While Bedbury likes the move — which he says is common for European coffeehouses — it also could twist the chain's hard-earned image, he warns. "The reason Starbucks became the number one place to go for a blind date is because women are comfortable there — and the men aren't drunk."
The test move to sell alcohol is clearly an attempt to fight off growing competition from McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts, says Ron Paul, president of Technomic, a restaurant consulting firm. "But if I were sitting in Seattle, I'd go after the evening snack and dessert business, not alcoholic beverages."
Find this article at:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-07-16-starbucks-new-concept_N.htm
By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY
Don't expect grande wines or venti beers anytime soon at your local Starbucks. (SBUX)
But in a move to attract hard-to-find evening business, the struggling coffeehouse chain is about to test the addition of wine and beer to the menu at one of its Seattle stores, which it has even given a new name.
The store, opening next week, is called "15th Ave. Coffee and Tea inspired by Starbucks" — a reflection of the neighborhood in which it's located.
Starbucks plans to create two more similar stores in the Seattle area at locations that aren't currently Starbucks stores. And if the concept works, it could be tested in other cities, says Major Cohen, senior project manager at Starbucks.
For Starbucks, which has suffered a humbling mix of closed stores, employee layoffs and same-store sales declines during the recession, the move is an attempt to extend the brand into the evening, when business is typically at its slowest.
The first store, which will look very different from a typical Starbucks, will serve a half-dozen kinds of beers and wines — most with connections to the Northwest. A bottle of beer or a glass of wine will sell for $4 to $7, Cohen says.
Beer and wine will not be sold to go because of state law, he says.
"We'll be equally as proud of our beer and wine as we are of our coffee," Cohen says. He says he didn't yet know if this concept would be incorporated into all Starbucks stores if it's successful.
"If you stop innovating, you're dead," says Scott Bedbury, CEO of consulting firm Brandstream and former marketing chief at Starbucks. While Bedbury likes the move — which he says is common for European coffeehouses — it also could twist the chain's hard-earned image, he warns. "The reason Starbucks became the number one place to go for a blind date is because women are comfortable there — and the men aren't drunk."
The test move to sell alcohol is clearly an attempt to fight off growing competition from McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts, says Ron Paul, president of Technomic, a restaurant consulting firm. "But if I were sitting in Seattle, I'd go after the evening snack and dessert business, not alcoholic beverages."
Find this article at:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-07-16-starbucks-new-concept_N.htm
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