All About Connecting: Five rules for online dating

Be realistic, have a plan and know who you are and what you want By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times Ladies, it’s that time of year again. It’s the season of cocktail parties, mistletoe, and Victoria Secret underwear hot enough to warm up anyone, even on the coldest of nights. It’s also that time of year when after a few drinks, friends and strangers begin begging me to divulge my best-kept...

Your body language may say more than anything

You can say a lot even when you’re not speaking By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times Have you ever wondered what your body language is telling the world? Research tells us that 93% of all our communication is non-verbal, and that most of our non-verbal communication is through our posture, gestures and facial expressions. As I warn my clients, even as they are walking into a restaurant,...

Take care of yourself, it’s surprisingly sexy

When you feel beautiful, you are By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times We’ve all encountered more than our fair share of unsolicited romantic advice from friends, from family, and (most brazenly) from drunken friends of the family! But with contradicting and archaic advice mixed in with the helpful hints, it’s hard to figure out which tips we should discard and which we should hold onto and...

Surviving that first date

5 tips for jumping back into the dating pool Editor’s Note: Today marks the debut of our new relationship columnist, Nancy Plummer. Plummer, who operates a dating consulting business in Chester County, has been published in various local and national publications. By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times First dates are universally terrifying. When someone pictures an upcoming date, they usually...

My terrible secret: The Bachelor

Yes, it’s bad. But there are important life lessons, here, right? By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I have a secret. And, it’s bad.  Really, really bad. I watch “The Bachelor.” I KNOW!  I KNOW!  Stop judging!  It is just SO DARN ENTERTAINING.  But, there are also lessons to be learned, ladies….so, pull up a chair for my assessment of this train-wreck of a show: