I can’t think of a more timely note than this as I watch Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh battle back against the Austrians in their Olympics beach volleyball quarterfinal match tonight. As those two gals continue to show the world…

“I love when people say they’re not victim blaming, right before they blame the victim.” Roger Canaff, former special victims prosecutor. One Chele‏@OneChele So you go to the apartment of a strange man in foreign country alone??? No. Ma’am. #DatesfromHell‬…

Due to my increased level of anxiety about what the producers of Dates from Hell elected to leave out, I decided to keep a running list of things that I wish they had done differently. I am sure they appreciate…

As I become a heckuva lot more curious about Wednesday’s episode (July 11, 10pmET on Discovery ID) – and what edits I will have to accept even if they will make me cringe – I came across the casting call for the…

Meet Giordona Aviv – the woman who will play me in the Dates from Hell episode on Wednesday, July 11 on Discovery ID. I am always a bit fascinated by the casting director’s selection. Clearly, Giordana and I have a lot of similarities…and by…

Well, it’s official: I’m a blonde. Or at least, I have been made a blonde with sleek, straight hair via the actress who plays me in Investigation Discovery’s new series Dates from Hell. Yes, I cringe at that title. And I just…

I recall it clearly. I was midway through my performance, executing a sissone leap – a routine element of most balance beam routines. I had completed it hundreds of times in my multi-year gymnastics career with little thought to its danger, except this…

A quick note to tell you about an interview I did with August McLaughlin for her blog Savor the Storm. During the interview, she mentioned the book “The Gift of Fear” and I have decided I will buy it and give a…

Oh, where were we? Ahh, oui…the Frenchman who appeared as if from nowhere and crashed my tartine party for un. It’s not as if he was so distasteful that I was affronted by him selecting me. He actually had a very warm…

Oh, where to begin? France. Lush, food-filled France, bursting at the seams with boulangeries, antiquities and more stunning views than my mind’s Polaroid camera could ever capture.  The 10 days I spent navigating my way through Provence helped me to…