Photo by Ryan Jesena in his Photo Essay of Burning Man 2007 2007 was a year of incredible growth for LAist. Us, the writers, you, the readers, found and discovered much of Los Angeles and we look forward to even more in 2008 with more hyperlocal coverage, more neighborhood explorations, more local news, more arts and events and more food (got suggestions? e-mail zach(@)laist.com). The most recommended story of the year was Malingering's CrossFit......

Sometimes after work this LAist just wants to go home. He wants to kick off his shoes, have some dinner and turn in early. Sometimes, a friend who works "in the industry" calls near the end of the day and says that the girl who was supposed to go to this party or that premiere has bailed and asks what is this LAist doing tonight? On a night like this, this LAist would've usually said......

We all say it's what we want, a guy who is well-endowed, but ladies, have you ever been with a guy who REALLY IS well-endowed? And I don’t just mean above-average here. Have you been with a guy big enough where it may become a problem? Like a pain problem? If you haven’t been in that situation then be thankful, and if you have experienced it, I know you feel my pain…literally. So Sports......

I must admit I was disappointed that you found a BF. Not that I’m not happy for your new relationship, but I’ll miss reading about all of your dating exploits. I’ve just begun really dating for the first time in my life and I’m having a blast. I suppose I'm sowing my wild oats. Frankly, I never worry about Date Two because there is always someone else to meet, another Date One. So Single......

So you’ve read the title. It’s true, I’m not so single anymore. I’m talking about Sports Guy here, and to be honest I really don’t want to see anyone else. I went into this experiment of online Jdating for fun, for writing, to help myself get over my ex, to make Tony Pierce smile, but most importantly - to find someone worth giving up my (at times) cherished singledom for. And I did find someone,......

I haven’t had too many jobs in my life, but I’ve probably been on like at least ten job interviews, and this weekend was another one. But Single Jew Girl, we thought you were supposed to go out with Bachelor #4 this weekend. So did I, my friends…So did I. It looked like a date but really it was an interview, and I don’t think I got the job, or even past the first round.......

So Sports Guy and I have been seeing each other quite a bit these days, I’ve met his friends, he’s met mine (they all highly approve, or at least that’s what they say), we’ve gone out on the town, over to dive bars, to the movies and stayed in together. He even taught me a little about the Indy 500 and why the guy who won isn’t JUST Ashley Judd’s husband. He brought me to......

So the past couple weeks I’ve been hanging out with Sports Guy, the non Jdate boy I met in the midst of my experiment. Even though we’re pretty opposite, I mean his name is Sports Guy, we can’t seem to get enough of each other. He likes me a lot and doesn’t hesitate to tell me so, and even though things with him are going well, my profile is still on Jdate. I’m trying not......

So after my last debacle of a date, I decided to cool my power Jdating down a little. I was way too tired, confused, and bloated from all of the mid-week drinking to go out on another blind date right away. I'm still getting Jdate emails everyday- most are normal guys just saying hi. But there are other more interesting ones, like the forty-two year old real estate developer in Riverside who emails me......

So Bachelor #3 and I couldn’t get it together to make plans - first he had to change the time, then I had to change the day, so we agreed to go out next week instead. That was fine with me because Bachelor #2, the one who had that whole peeing situation at the end of our last date, has been calling me trying to make plans for this weekend. Despite his issue at the......

Some people have been asking what happened with Bachelors #1 and #2 since our dates earlier this week so heres a quick update. Bachelor #2- After the whole jetting out of my house after he wasn't able to pee situation, I was super disappointed (cause the date was great) and pretty weirded out. As I was nursing my hangover yesterday morning he called and apologized, said that sometimes when he drinks more than he should,......

So there I am last night, in my non air conditioned house, trying to put my makeup on while simultaneously trying to sip my pre-date glass of wine and not have a complete hissy fit because I keep sweating off all of my concealer. Why does it feel like one hundred degrees at nine o’clock at night? After numerous attempts to position myself under my ceiling fan at the best angle to get the most......

Like I explained on Saturday, I am doing a social experiment, I put myself on Jdate and am documenting it for all on LAist. F-ing Tony Pierce can convince me to murder my own mother if he gets enough cocktails in me…. So Bachelor #1 called before the weekend and we made plans to share some Sunday night drinks at a swanky hotel, not Hollywood faux swanky, but classy swanky. After an entire Sunday......

So here I am, a nice 26-year-old Jewess living in and looking for love in Los Angeles. There happens to be a lot of us here, and meeting that nice Jewish boy your mother has always dreamt about is harder than it sounds, yes even in LA. Harder especially for us ladies who have a penchant for tattooed musicians and tortured artists with their own penchant for alcoholic beverages and the like. There are a......