We had the fortune to talk with Alexa Carlin, the founder and CEO of Women Empower X about her holiday engagement and unforgettable wedding. She shared her recommendations of local vendors as well as swoon-worthy honeymoon plans. Thank you, Alexa! How did you meet? It all started with one swipe right. I’m originally from South …
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Relationship expert, matchmaker and dating coach Laurie Berzack, MSW advises people to follow these five rules when creating an online dating profile: Be truthful and transparent. Don’t misrepresent yourself. You are wonderful the way you are—share these wonderful things on your profile. This is not the place to be vague or mysterious. You want your profile to …
By: Jacqueline Joy Life as I know it will never be the same again, and the sooner I accept it, the easier it is to heal. The life you had before, the life you thought would be forever, the union, we, is no longer. The life you made plans with, the life you envisioned with …
by Joanna Rutter When the average person thinks of “gay culture,” the first city that comes to mind is probably not Raleigh, North Carolina. But for a metro area known around the world for being the home to one of the most transphobic state governments in the country, there’s a beautiful, strong and vast queer …
Rachel Dawson, A Southern Wake Couple It’s 2009, we’re all rocking bubble hemmed dresses and listening to Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas living our best life and enjoying our 18 year old youth! Hunter and I both head to East Carolina University as freshmen. He comes from a small North Carolina town …
By: Paige Gentry So you’ve met “the one” and now it’s time to prepare for your big day! When planning a wedding and picking a location, you want it to be special. In this present day, intimacy is the way couples vision their ceremony. Here are some local venues for a small and safe celebration. …
Raleigh resident Melissa Dion aka Miss Red Vegan is in the top 2% of earners on the growing website onlyfans.com. It’s best known for charging subscribers for nude content and has been in the news recently saying they would start banning explicit content on the site putting some content creators’ newly found careers in jeopardy. …
Now is your chance to host an epic movie night in your own backyard! Do you want to host a stress free movie night for friends and family? Let Pop Up Cinema Raleigh do all the work for you! Just pick a movie and let them worry about the technology and set up. Requirements from …
To begin this topic I’ll introduce myself a little. My name is Jacqueline and I run a group in Raleigh called Zero Proof, which provides alcohol-free social events. I’ve lived in Raleigh for about eight years, and ever since early March of 2020 I’ve been alcohol-free. It wasn’t until later on that year that I …
Coming Out And Finding Love In Madagascar Lemurs can be thanked for bringing these two Duke scientists together. Lydia Greene is a Lemur Scientist at The Duke Lemur Center and first went to Madagascar to study the species in her 20’s. She was dating a guy, but was a closeted homosexual when she met fellow …
