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  • Stars & Stripes Sophisticate

    Stars & Stripes Sophisticate

    An inspiration guide to elevated red, white & blue style

    PHOTO: Pinterest.
    PHOTO: Pinterest.

    There is no shortage of American flag-emblazoned garb in the States. Despite the painful elimination of USA from the World Cup yesterday, we will always have one thing to celebrate: freedom. Let it ring this holiday weekend with classic Americana—hot dogs, water slides, apple pie, fireworks—and maybe leave the repurposing of flags into dresses to the college gals. Try these ideas on for a more grown-up iteration of the star-spangled banner.

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  • Meet Your Leading Ladies

    Meet Your Leading Ladies

    A conversation between the founders of The Single Diaries

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    PHOTO: MOR WEIZMAN

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    Welcome to Single Girl Brunches With the Best—a series of conversations with friends and leading ladies who are fierce, fearless and inspirational. Some months we will talk over mimosas, others hot chocolate. This month, Jen and I sat down over pizza and vino at Sonoma Wine Garden so you can get to know us, and hopefully we will get to know you soon.

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  • Definition of the Single Girl

    Redefining “single” for a new generation of leading ladies. 

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    PHOTO: CATHERINE ABALOS.

    Every group of girlfriends has the quintessential single friend. That’s me. I thought I’d have a boyfriend by the end of high school but by the middle of college I was still single-little-me. At that point, I went full throttle into single mode. I threw myself into school and extracurricular activities, studied abroad, and fostered new friendships.

    This lifestyle served particularly well after I graduated and found that I was seemingly the last woman standing in L.A. amongst my college friends. Essentially, I had to start over in a city I’d lived in for four years; a place I was comfortable in was suddenly strange and unfamiliar.

    While any strange place has the potential to ice a gal into loneliness, if you can embrace the newness and look inward you can turn any strange place into a home. With years of experience under my belt, I faced the obstacle of reclaiming L.A. head-on.

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  • Welcome to The Single Diaries

    The Single Diaries Officially Launches!

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    Each year as summer comes to a close and fall begins to peek its head around the corner, we face the opportunity to embrace new challenges  in our lives. For us, this fall will mark the beginning of a new chapter in The Single Diaries.

    The Single Diaries was born from the realization that the same commiserations we shared over dating debacles, career doubts, weekend plans, quarter-life crises, and life goals are shared with single (i.e unmarried) girls everywhere. As single girls out in the world on our own for the first time, our friends increasingly become our strongest supports. We look to them first because they understand  firsthand what we go through. We confide in each other to get over our latest heartbreaks, to laugh about the craziness of our lives, and to hear  the right words to get us through whatever it is we face. The hardest part is that for many of us, being on our own often means moving hundreds of miles away from our closest girlfriends.

    With The Single Diaries we aim to create a community that helps make this time in our lives a little easier. The site is meant to serve as a place where we can engage in open and honest conversations about our fears, ambitions, and obsessions. A mix of our personal stories, advice from trusted experts, and your shared stories, we aim not only to entertain but to build a community that helps each of us grow better at the things we face every day.

    We look forward to sharing our stories and hearing yours. Welcome to The Single Diaries.

    Superbly Single,

    C&J

     

    Catherine Abalos and Jen Hacker are the co-founders of  The Single Diaries. Visit our “About” page to learn more about our Leading Ladies.

     

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