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Welcome to your Solo Lady community, created for single women everywhere. We'll help you realize and enjoy the many options and opportunities of living solo.

Solo Lady is now in its fourth year, and continues growing. So please enjoy, and please participate with us. We'll expand your horizons, enhance your world, and enrich your independent life!

Welcome and warmest wishes,
Lea Lane
The Solo Lady

 

Single LivingSolo Lady is fresh, informative, interesting and interested (like you!). We're the number one, go-to, on-target Website for contemporary single women around the world, 24/7/365.

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"A great resource for singles-only trips.The great thing about Sololady.com is that it gives solos information not advertised, not commercial, and filled by word of mouth." -- Peter Greenberg, Today show

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Please bookmark us as a favorite site, place our icon on your toolbar, and email other single women about us!

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Today is Monday, February 08, 2010 To automatically send $10 to the Red Cross, text "HAITI" at 90999. Please help, as this is a humanitarian disaster for this improverished country.

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See Janet Rodgers’ latest and brightest solo travel ideas in her Travelista! column

            Read: Wild men in Papua New Guinea, wolves in Slovakia, barefeet in Brazil, Cheap China and Bots-wanna!

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Some Popular Items, On Site, Right Now (or archived):

Ten Ways to Meet Your Love; Heart Attacks and Women; At-Home Manicures; Dining Alone; Break-Ups; 11 Worst Health Hazards: see Features/Solo Living --- Skiing in the Canadian Rockies; Cruising, Why it's a Good Deal; Solo Lodging; Deluxe Vietnam; Small Cruise Ships; Provence; ; Deals, Deal, Deals: see Features/Solo Traveler --- new tours and items all the time; see Janet's column under Tours/Trips/Getaways/Solo Traveler --- Family Reunion Cruises; Learn to Listen! Do You See Enough of Your Child? Tips When Your Child Flys Solo: see Features/Solo Mom; National Parks for All Ages: see Info,Links/Solo Mom ------and much, much more in all sections, constantly updated!

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"The site called Solo Lady is a treasure trove of great info for living in the solo zone." -- divorcediva.com

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Constantly Updated Info on Single Life, Solo Moms, Solo Travel!

As a solo lady you're everything but married, and interested in a great, fulfilling life. Here on Solo Lady you'll find extensive sections on single living, single parenting and solo traveling (see the index on the left of our site). We offer wise, warm, personal info about single life, both practical and fun. We'll keep you up-to-date with hundreds of single lifestyle tips and features, and hundreds of links to even more useful resources.

Read SL expert advice, exclusively for our site:

Janet Rodgers' Solo Travel Ideas (in Solo Traveler section), offers fresh ideas, creative tours and exciting girl getaways for solo women who want to, like to, have to travel -- whether on your own, or with others. Janet's a travel pro, and selects experiences where you'll feel welcome, make friends, enjoy, learn, and explore. (Look for the for great deals.)

Barbara Kafka's Recipes for One (or Two) (in Solo Living section) offers delicious, easy, microwave recipes from our James Beard Foundation award-winning food writer and best-selling cookbook author.

Dr. Bella DePaulo's Solo Living Insights (in Solo Living section ) features studies and statistics on solo life and single living. Dr. Bella is a Harvard-trained social psychologist, college professor and satisfied single who writes books and columns about living on your own. You'll recognize the realities and challenges she features!

Dian Larkin's "Ask Solo Momma" (in Solo Mom section) offers helpful, understanding advice on solo parenting for all you single moms. Dian is a writer, tv host and lawyer --and the proud solo mom of two sons and a daughter.

Plus, we add fresh articles about living single every day -- so check back often! For example:

*In our SOLO LIVING sections & archives: 10 Reasons Men Leave; Happy Solos: Myth-Busting; A Dozen Financial Ideas; Party Planner ... and dozens more articles!

*In our SOLO MOM sections & archives: Divorce and Kids; Solo-Mom Romance; Dealing with Bullies; Stress-Free Family Get-Togethers; Zoo Reviews... and dozens more articles!

*In our SOLO TRAVELER sections & archives: Budget Travel Ideas (also see our "Star Deals" link, constantly updated); Travel Wisdom; Colombia, Montana, Amsterdam, Jewels; Berlin; Fodor's Interview with Lea; girl-getaways, tours, trips, great links in Janet Rodgers' travel column ... and dozens more articles!

Plus, enjoy buzz/gossip, laughs, inspiration/wisdom, our own book, tv, and movie reviews ... and much more!

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One of our favorite sites for single women! -- chipmancoins.com

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Our Solo Lady Romance Novel a

And right on our site you can read Cruise to Seduction, our very own, very sexy romance about frustrated food writer Amanda, dashing CEO Jake, and emerald-laden sexpot Caren. The scene moves on tropical seas to ports in Key West, the Yucatan/Cozumel, and the Caymen Islands, and post-cruise, back to a Sex-in the-City kind of Manhattan. This original novel is published only here on Solo Lady. Even if you don't normally read chick lit novels, do try ours. It's a delicious read -- light, lively and fun, with a great cruise and solo travel backdrop. Romance and travel writer Alys Bohn (a solo mom) and our own Solo Lady, Lea Lane, co- wrote it with you in mind, and we hope you enjoy it!

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Our Solo Lady Travel Novella

“Two’s company; three’s a crowd,” right? Not always—not when one is a solo gal, two a solo guy and three a romantic destination they discover together. Explore an exciting new city in their agreeable company. Only here on Solo Lady!

A girl, a boy, a city:  To Meet in Quebec, by Alys Bohn

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Newsy Bits 'n Deals For and About Solo Women, and Solo Life

     
 

AARP Services and Grandtravel announced today a new relationship that will provide AARP members with unique vacations and experiences that enrich the special bond between grandparents and their grandchildren.


Grandtravel tours are worldwide and the groups are small. Activity Directors, who are certified teachers, accompany each group, enhancing the educational component for children by making learning fun and engaging. Grandtravel tours are led by professional tour managers, who are eager to share their extensive experience and an unsurpassed knowledge of the local area. Tour managers also manage the on-tour logistics to ensure grandparents and grandchildren can relax and enjoy their experience. The company takes care of all reservations, transportation, luggage handling, hotels and meals on tour.

To make a reservation or request a brochure, please contact your travel agent or Grandtravel at 1-800-247-7651. Information can also be found at www.grandtrvl.com/aarp.

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Romantic studies show that smarts aren't the only thing that increases after time. While many consider their twenties and thirties as their sexual peaks, a British survey of 2,000 men found that only one in four 20 to 25-year-old men had recently romantically dined under candlelight with their significant other, a tawdry number compared to the men over fifty, of whom nearly half had recently wooed their lover with a candlelit meal.

Even more of a disparity showed when it came to how many guys insisted upon kissing their lovers goodbye – a whopping 85% of men over 50 couldn't leave the house without a smooch or two, far trumping the number of younger men who left their house in a liplock. And those men over fifty overwhelmed the competition when it came to saying those magical three words, "I love you," with 78 percent admitted to saying it every day. Ladies, are you swooning yet?

While older men of all ages were more romantic towards the opposite sex than their younger mates, the study found that affection perfection peaks in men around age 53, a shockingly far cry from those who have always believed that their best years with women were supposed to be in college and shortly thereafter. In fact, the numbers show the opposite trend, that men enjoy themselves and the traditions of romance far more as they approach old age.

While the studies were done in Great Britain, it's not impossible to extend the research findings to males across the pond. Reasons older men offered for the additional affection did not mention Viagra (surprise!) but thoughtfully included a renewed appreciation for life, a lack of stress, an awareness of how importance romance actually is in many male-female relationships. Warner Leisure Hotels, the company that performed the study says, also added that "when a man reaches the age of 53, he will be wiser about what works for his partner and more likely to make an effort." So younger guys, pay attention, put in some effort, say that you love your partner over a candlelit dinner, and your 33 can be the new 53 in terms of romance!

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ZATZ Publishing announced the publication of our latest Special Report, Thriving in a changing economy, understanding the economic upheaval.

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TripSay (www.tripsay.com) is a travel service for sharing and discovering new places, tips, and activities with friends and like-minded enthusiasts.

Recently open to the public, the site cuts through the clutter to offer highly-targeted information that matches a traveler’s unique preferences on destinations, experiences, and activities.  And unlike generic travel sites, TripSay lets travelers share and discover only the information that matters to them – with the help of their friends and others with shared interests.

To get started, you just input your vacation preferences and mark previous travels and visited destinations. TripSay then automatically uses a unique recommendation engine to proactively match destinations, places, sights, content, and activities for people from their friends as well as from those with similar tastes.

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See the only diamond ring designed for single women to buy for themselves,
and wear on their pinkie. It's called The Ah Ring(TM) and stands for A, available and h, happy!
Take a look: 

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Share Blogs and Messages on Solo Living -- and Anything Else!

Get interactive and post short comments, questions and answers, rants and raves about single living on our message board.

Get creative and blog/write and share longer single lifestyle experiences, journals, travels, anecdotes, stories and email pass-alongs on our blog spot.

Read and enjoy, but most of all, we want to hear from you!

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Check this out! Sololady.com . It's a lifestyle website for solo women. Especially like the tips on traveling solo. -- Swann.com

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Who You Are

Single Parenting Over half of adult women are not married in the U.S, and there are more single households than married. And we're a growing demographic all over the world!

The trend of singledom is due in part to our living longer, marrying later, or choosing to live solo. In fact, Solo Lady's motto could be: "I'd much rather be on my own ... than wish I were!" Whether never-married, separated, divorced or widowed, newly solo or always solo, young or old, straight or gay; whether or not you're a mom, dating, or in a relationship, whether you live alone or with others -- single women world-wide, you've found your home.

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Who We Are

We're savvy, supportive single women, and we love solo living! As solo experts, we've won awards, authored columns, articles and books, and spoken at hundreds of conferences and events. We've chaired national panels, and written for/been interviewed/quoted in USA Today, USA Today Weekend, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, The Detroit News, Publisher's Weekly, Psychology Today, Self, Shape, Conde Naste Traveler, Vogue, Gourmet, Health, Budget Travel, AARP magazine and dozens of other newspapers and magazines; and we've been interviewed and quoted on ABC, NBC, CNN, The Travel Channel, fodors.com, cnn.com, aarp.com -- media including TV, radio and the Web.

Most recently: roadtripamerica.com; Up! magazine (WestJet airlines); Dealmaker magazine; Private Air magazine, huffingtonpost.com, and see Lea's recent comments on single supplements in Budget Travel ,and on cnn.com and msnbc.com

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Links to Lea's Recent Articles/Shows

Article on solo travel, at: http://www.roadtripamerica.com/travelplanning/Soloing-Americas-Roads.htm

My trip to Greenland: http://www.roadtripamerica.com/GettingOutThere/Greenland-by-Plane-Boat-and-Dog-Sledge.htm

and half-hour podcasts of my TV show, The Travel Show, with Lea Lane (shown in the New York area) www.ncctv.org

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(And, Please Check Out the Following ---->)

Solo TravelSolo Traveler (Fodor's)-- A Must-Read, Award-Winning Book by Lea!
This popular award-winner for "Best Travel Book of the Year" (from the North American Travel Journalists Association) is bursting with entertaining anecdotes, useful tips, and personal tales about solo travel. Lea Lane (our Solo Lady!) reveals the joys and challenges of traveling independently.

"Insightful!..." Peter Greenberg, travel editor, NBC's Today Show;"...will prod and prepare you, inspire you, and keep you going..." Jean Chatzky, editor-at-large, Money Magazine;"Definitive, helpful, encouraging, funny, touching and deeply personal, this is more than a guidebook -- it's a wonderful read, to savor again and again." Justine Shapiro, host, TV series, Globe Trekker

Solo Traveler topics include:
Dining alone ... Solo-friendly lodgings ... Group and special-interest travel, including girl-getaways and ditching the group ...
Socializing with locals and finding romance along the way ... Traveling with pets ... Smart ways to save and spend
...and so much more!

With warmth and humor, Lea helps you conquer your fears, make intelligent choices, and appreciate solo travel not just as a different way to go, but the ultimate way to go! Solo Traveler: Tales and Tips for Great Trips, 1st Edition (Special-Interest Titles)

 

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Solo Traveler: Tales and Tips for Great Trips, 1st Edition (Special-Interest Titles)

 

 




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