by Sherring D.
There should be a warning before reading profiles. Warning: scrolling through these profiles may induce eye-rolling and headshaking. There should also be a warning to manage expectations when going through photo galleries.
Categories: Back in the Day, Random Thoughts, Try New Things • Tags: App Dating, dating, love, love story, online dating, relationships, single life
by Sherring D.
I’m ready to get back into the dating game. I purposely called it a game because that’s exactly what it feels like. I’ve been on and off dating apps since my twenties. These men claim they want relationships, but their behavior says otherwise. I don’t want to go back to an app, but there’s no other way for me to put myself out there. Even when we were allowed to roam about freely, I had to resort to apps. I was not meeting The One at the grocery store, subway, bookstore, movies, concerts, book signings, plays, comedy shows, Brooklyn Bridge, doctor/dentist office, work, Greyhound, Amtrak, Lyft share, JFK airport or other places.
Categories: Back in the Day, Random Thoughts, Try New Things • Tags: App Dating, dating, love, love story, online dating, Pandemic, relationships, single life
by Sherring D.
At no point while I was cooking, packing the food, searching for an outfit, taking a shower, exfoliating, shaving my legs, drying off, moisturizing, sponging my hair, getting dressed, packing an overnight bag, or calling a Lyft did I think it was a bad idea to head over there.
Categories: Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: Breakup, Couple, dating, Father's Day, love, relationship
by Sherring D.
I just wanted some comfort food. I had just emerged from a more-than-usual emotionally draining therapy session. I was spent, exhausted and hungry as if I had just completed a Shaun T T25 workout. I longed for a hot shower, comfy sweats and socks and my favorite fuzzy blanket to wrap around myself as I got lost in TV, or even better, a nap. The latter was not likely to happen. It’s rare that I nap on purpose. As much […]
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Comfort Food, grilled cheese, love, memories, mother, triangle halves
by Sherring D.
#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 4: Fantasy: a fantasy-based novel with a love connection. Now I will admit that fantasy is not my thing at all. I can watch fantasy/sci-fi movies and TV shows for hours on end, (I’m looking at you Game of Thrones and Lost; not you Lord of the Rings), but reading the genre feels like a chore, or even punishment. I picked up a copy of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle almost as soon as […]
Categories: Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: A Wrinkle In Time, Black Love Books, book challenge, Instagram, love, read
by Sherring D.
I’ve spent the past few New Year’s Eves trying to look cute while bundling up to ring in the new year. Last year, a pink faux fur jacket was part of my ensemble. I wore it underneath a faux fur trimmed and lined (real) leather coat, yet I still froze (and sweat) my ass off while making my way to and from the subway stations. This year I thought I’d be slick and escape to Florida to usher in the […]
Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Bombogenesis, Brooklyn Museum, First Saturday, love, music, Stir crazy, Well-Read Black Girl
by Sherring D.
She was the second woman to ever break my heart. Not in a romantic way. The first was my mother when she left—my preferred terminology of her losing her battle to cancer when I was eight. Nearly twenty years later, my closest friend left. But she didn’t die. She left. Disappeared. I was the one who almost died. Not because she left. She left when I almost died. Our friendship had been unraveling for about two years anyway, but it […]
Categories: Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: friends, friendship, girlfriends, loss, love, relationships
by Sherring D.
Having a crush sucks.
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: confessions, crush, dating, feelings, love, platonic love, relationships, single life
by Sherring D.
I attended the event only knowing that Lakshmi is a judge on the cooking contestant show, Top Chef, so I was totally surprised to learn that she’d been married to Salman Rushdie. I don’t know what I was expecting, but not that. I wasn’t surprised to hear she was a former model or that she had authored cookbooks. She’s stunning, and she’s a judge for cooking show. Even in a simple red and black striped shirt, jeans and messy ponytail last night she looked great.
Categories: Goodreads, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: author event, Barnes and Noble, book signing, Books, eating, loss, love, Love Loss & What We Ate, memoir, reading
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