Our first night in Tulum we ate at Alta Mar, which was a revelation, not only because of the food. When a strolling minstrel came by with his guitar, offering to sit at diners’ tables and play for them, for 20 pesos, you said “Sure!” when he approached you. You looked at me and said, [...]
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Mexico Magic
Posted in Appreciation, dating, divorce dialogue, healing, Italian love, Passion, tagged biosphere Tulum, Mayan Riviera, Mexico, Romantic Mexico, Sian Ka'an, Tulum, Tulum dining on April 3, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Amore
Posted in Appreciation, dating, Florence, healing, Italian love, Passion, tagged divorce, Florence Italy, happiness, joy, love, new love, Ojo Caliente, opening the heart, rebuilding, second chances, valentines on February 13, 2012 | 17 Comments »
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and today I have a story about amore. A month ago, suddenly, unexpectedly, there you were, like a shooting star, aimed straight for my heart. But it was a long road that I traveled until the star of you arced into my sky. After the grief, after the loss, after the [...]
Love is like a pair of socks
Posted in Appreciation, dating, divorce dialogue, healing, Italian love, italy incantations, tagged conscious dating, Cougar dating, Italian boys, Italian men, love is like a pair of socks on February 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I ended the “whatever it was” with Italian boy. He expressed a lot of disappointment about why I didn’t want to continue “our thing.” It was good for a time. But it was mainly one thing and above and beyond that, I found I got tired of his conversation, and more importantly, certain behaviors cropped [...]
My new life has arrived
Posted in Appreciation, dating, Florence, healing, tagged eclipse, gratitude, hot Italian lover, Jemez Mountains, naked dancing, New Mexican dessert, pilgrimage, Raphael's madonnas, Sangre de Cristo Mountains on December 21, 2010 | 8 Comments »
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -E.M. Forster Right now, as I write this, a bit after midnight on Dec 20th, the earth has come between the sun and moon, and above this high New Mexican dessert, [...]
Whole lotta hotness
Posted in Appreciation, dating, Florence, Italian love, italy incantations, Passion, tagged Cougar town, Hot Italian guy, Italian lover, latin lover, pilgrimage in Italy, younger men on November 1, 2010 | 18 Comments »
I had been in Santa Fe less than a week when he emailed me. Does the universe really work that way? I make the agonizing decision to leave Boulder, to leave my house and my community, because even though there was a lot I loved there, things were not really coming together for me, and [...]
Being “conscious” on a date
Posted in dating, tagged conscious dating, dating awareness, deal breakers, Divorce Rebuilders, personal work, post-divorce, red flags, relationship awareness, self growth, setting boundaries, women's empowerment on April 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I got so many interesting reactions from my last post, I thought I’d write another post on this topic. The topic for me is about how women learn to set boundaries and how they can learn to spot “deal breakers.” Some of the comments I received, while I really valued them, sort of got into [...]
A “dating deal breaker”
Posted in dating, tagged Bethany Marshall, conscious dating, dating deal breakers, dating red flags, deal breakers, first dates, red flags, sex and dating on April 24, 2010 | 29 Comments »
I ran into a “dating deal breaker” last week. This man sounded like he had a lot more potential than most I’d been meeting. We were set up by friends. I was told he loved European culture, food & wine, had a successful business, was outgoing, spoke other languages and appreciated the liberal arts and [...]
Dating below zero
Posted in dating, tagged Cougar dating, dating in Boulder, dating in Colorado, dating in Denver, dating in the cold, dating in winter, Heffalump, Sorels, weather in Colorado on January 7, 2010 | 7 Comments »
How do you date when it is like a hundred degrees below zero outside? I admit, I’m a wus about the cold. I grew up on the California beach. Now I live in Colorado. And this winter we’re getting some unusually cold weather. I have two dates tonight. What am I supposed to wear when [...]
