Why we just had to get away during one of the busiest travel times of the year is anyone’s guess, but somehow taking a road trip over Christmas seemed logical when we booked the hotel room in Orlando a few months ago. Granted, it was a fun getaway for a…

I’ve never really been opposed to public displays of affection (PDA), but I gotta say, there’s definitely a time and a place for it. And, on this particular Friday night, after my boyfriend and I got into our first major blowout — yes, it was all my fault (more on…

OK, I’ll confess: I’m one of those gals who not only tries to get all her holiday shopping done early but also all at once. The thought of visiting department stores more than one time during the insanity of the holiday season is enough to give me hives. But I…

Never did I think my favorite guy on the planet would want to spend a Saturday afternoon at IKEA, but there we were, hauling down I-595, giddily chatting away in the car about dishes, curtains, and tea lights. (No, he had no idea what that last item was.) To be…

My steady (and hopefully permanent man) and I headed to Albuquerque to meet the ‘rents for Turkey Day. On the flight out, I had to instruct him on the epicurean eccentricities of the American Southwest. He was practically drooling by the end of the conversation, imagining all the new porkless…

Here I was, sitting with my beau at the new Todd English resto, Wild Olives (which, technically hadn’t officially opened to the public), when I realized that I had dined in that very booth on a blind date with another guy just a few months back. And in a flash,…

“Your parents want to do what?” I shrieked.”They want to meet you,” my darling boyfriend said, “so they’ve planned a pre-Thanksgiving holiday dinner at Morton’s. C’mon. It’ll be fun!”Soon images started flipping through my mind like a View-Master. Click. Shot No. 1: Sis giving me the once-over. Click. Shot No…

I knew it was bound to happen at any moment and, finally, it did: our relationship had gone from four-star steakhouses to budget beach brunches.But that’s not necessarily as bad as it sounds. My job requires me to dine at some fancy-schmancy place at least once a week and, oftentimes,…

For many of us unmarried gals, it can be particularly difficult eating alone in public. Now it just so happens that the boyfriend had to work late last Thursday after I returned from a road trip and the fridge was so bare that I could actually see the items I…

Now that I’ve committed my heart to a non-foodie, it’s really up to me to throw out the suggestions for where we eat. If it were up to him, we’d be eating pancakes for breakfast every day, grilled chicken for lunch, and a burrito every night for dinner. But recently,…

Knock knock.Who’s there?
Juwanna.Juwanna who?Juwanna see what I ate last night?Don’t be alarmed; I’m not going to show you shots of me upchucking food. It’s just my paltry attempt at humor in honor of a recent date to Laffing Matterz in Fort Lauderdale. Since I had never experienced the dinner theater…

This week’s column is going to piss some people off and cause all kinds of debate, but frankly, I don’t care. This whole dating thing has gotten way out of hand, and I’m going to lead a revolution. Yep, lil ol’ me, the Love Bites gal, is going to detail…