Kari Beckerman

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Kari Beckerman Kari Beckerman has covered all four corners of the United States since graduating from the University of Florida with a Broadcast Journalism degree. Her career as a television reporter took her to Los Angeles and Southern Oregon before landing a job at an advertising agency in New York City... and she's never looked back! Kari started writing about her dating misadventures in LA to keep her friends back East updated, but has found there is nothing like the dating scene in NYC - with the stories to prove it.

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Modern Romance

New York is an ever-changing city which means, as inhabitants, we must evolve with it or risk being left behind in the dirt dust. This applies to how we discover our next job, the steps we take to acquire a fantastic apartment, and even the way we look for love. It’s not like it was […]

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Kari’s Rules For Dating in NYC – Rule Number One-and-Only

Woman looks for a formula to find love

Lately I’ve been hearing more of this from my single friends: “why is he saying this but doing that?” and “how soon is too soon for X, Y, or Z?” and beating themselves up over things that were said, or not said. Now, I like to think of my self as a Champion Dater of […]

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Location, Location, Location: Acceptable Times to be a Side-ist

Side-ist: [sahyd-ist] Noun. A person possessing, or thought to be possessing, a superior location in one of the five boroughs of New York City. Can pertain to borough, neighborhood, subway line, uptown/downtown and east/west: “She moved to Greenpoint and suddenly refused to meet us in Hell’s Kitchen for Happy Hour after work. I hate that […]

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My Life Is a Sitcom

I suppose there’s a reason why so many rom-coms are set in New York City: Those theatrical connections are based on real-life city street experiences. Awkward run-ins with exes are around every corner. Those meet cutes and Oscar-worthy moments have a great way of finding me, and a string of what I’ve experienced would make […]

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Fall Cleaning

Over the summer, I accumulated a lot of junk: an unhealthy addiction to purchasing hardcover books, cheap pairs of shoes I never wore, and a lot of empty wine bottles that should probably be recycled. Summer is rough, you guys. Add all of that junk onto the junk I already own, and I’m not totally […]

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NYC Date Night: Pegu Club

Pegu Club

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