ivillage.com
January 24, 2012admin No Comments »Please check out my recent segment on the new ”Love & Sex with Amy Laurent” series as ivillage’s Relationship Expert! For more Love & Sex Tips, please visit me at ivillage.com
The Today Show
October 30, 2011admin No Comments »Thank you to the Today Show and Kathy Lee Griffen & Hoda – Was a great show!
The Today Show
The Today Show
Lipgloss Culture, my thoughts on Chivalry
October 9, 2011admin No Comments »One of the most common questions some of the most beautiful women who walk into my office ask me is “Where are all the good guys, Amy?” They can’t seem to meet them on their own, or in bars, or while out with their friends – and for good reason. Most of the guys who randomly approach a woman in a restaurant, club, etc are jerks. They are the loud, obnoxious, conceited men who hit on every single woman they can spot at the bar. They give amazing guys a bad rap, therefore making it even harder for the truly good guys to be able to have a chance to approach. It’s just not a great way to meet people.
Well, as I have told many of these fantastic ladies and am able to show anyone who wants to know “where have all the good guys gone?” I see and meet them ALL THE TIME. You just have to weed through to get to them. I do that for you!
As a recurring commentator for Lipgloss Culture, a modern online mag for women dedicated to providing original content in the areas of relationships, love, health, fitness, money matters, beauty, personal style and motivational thought – editors and I were discussing this topic and decided to look into the topic of chivalry. Is chivalry dead? Methinks not.
Read on, lovely ladies and get ready to find out where the real men are!
xoxo ~ Amy
http://www.lipglossculture.com/2011/matchmaker-and-relationship-expert-amy-laurent-on-chivalry/
Great news, Los Angelians
September 14, 2011admin No Comments »Very excited! MY all time favorite Los Angeles hotel (not to mention, FABULOUS date place, guys) who shut it’s doors years ago is just reborn.. It’s finally here, opening once again!
Fall Events
September 13, 2011admin No Comments »
Thalissa Restaurant, NYC
Please feel free to view our gallery! http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.177777268940878.49828.176990372352901&type=1
Results& some comments
September 5, 2011admin No Comments »With permission to share some feedback forms as of recent, thanks Guys - let’s continue to make some awesome matches!!
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Name of your date: Sheri
Place you met and time/date: Peasant/10 Downing/Comedy Cellar, 8:30pm
Length of your date: 5 hours
How do you say your date went overall? I thought it went well overall, Sheri has a great sense of humor and it was a lot of fun to go to a comedy club with her. We were having such a great time beforehand, we got out of dinner late, and so we missed the early show and so we ended up waiting a couple of hours for the late show; I felt bad that we had to rearrange the plans but she was very sweet about it.
Do you plan to see her again? Yes
How did the conversation go? Great, Sheri has a great sense of humor, I enjoy talking to her
How was her personality with you? A great match, she’s both charming but also very engaging
What could have been improved? I had invited her back to my place too soon; I meant it innocently enough, and she responded gracefully by politely declining. We have since texted and I apologized. She responded back with a funny joke and I think she knows I am sincere. I take full responsibility and I’ll be much more careful in the future.
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Name of your date: Melanie
Place you met and time/date: Met for drinks @ STK, and rolled into dinner there. She is fun to hangout with and has a great personality. Definitely want to get out again, and made this clear to her.
Please let me know what she thinks.
Length of your date:3 hours or so
How do you say your date went overall? great
Do you plan to see her again? yes
How did the conversation go? Very easy, fluid
How was her personality with yours? I think it was a great match
What could have been improved? I don’t really think anything
What would you say clicked well with you and her? What did you like about her? I think what clicked with me is she seems very down to earth, funny, witty. Extremely attractive. Passionate about her job and family. Not pretentious at all.
Further comments: overall great experience and we have already made plans to meet up over the weekend. Thanks Amy!
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Name of your date: Ann
Place you met and time/date: Norma’s
Length of your date: 2.5 hrs
How do you say your date went overall?
Overall it went well. We met at norma’s for brunch. She is a very high energy woman whose accomplished a lot. I thought she was pretty. She’s very career driven and into the whole art world thing which I’m interested in learning more about but I can’t say I know it well.
Do you plan to see her again? I’d like to try to see her again and get a better feel for her.
How did the conversation go? I thought it was lively and animated. Some laughs and she seemed to enjoy it.
How was her personality with you? This is the question in my mind regarding how we would click. We’re such diff people bit she’s very impressive and I really enjoyed her art work.
What could have been improved? Not sure. For a two hour first date, I think it went well and we both were ourselves.
What would you say clicked well with you and her? What did you like about her? I like that she had such a strong passion for her work. I’d like to learn more about her as a person. Thought she was pretty too I’d be interested in a second date to figure more of this out.
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Name of your date: Elizabeth
Place you met and time/date: Aria wine bar & Il Buco, 7:30pm Length of your date: 3.5 hours
How do you say your date went overall? Really well — she picked Aria which turned out to be a great wine bar, then we had dinner downstairs at Il Buco which was really romantic. Conversation was seamless, I really enjoyed the time we spent together. We hit it off.
Do you plan to see her again? yes
How did the conversation go? The conversation was fun and natural.
How was her personality with you? Lovely personality, really a good fit.
What could have been improved? Not too much, it was low key but really one of the best dates I’ve ever been on.
Are we a match together?
June 6, 2011admin No Comments »Gentleman – so many of you are asking, so I’ve compiled this question into 5 simple checklists.
How do I know if personal matchmaking is for me?
How matchmaking works best, for whom, and why.
Matchmaking works best for those who can say that the following applies to them.
1. Your abilities to have a meaningful, healthy relationship are intact. You desire to be in a relationship because you have done the appropriate work on yourself as an individual FIRST. You simply desire a relationship to now add something to your already fulfilled life, with the right person.
Too many times, people make the mistake of seeking a relationship because they want to fill a void or emptiness they feel. No one can fill that for you, and until you discover who you are as a single individual, any relationship you find yourself in will be unsuccessful. So do the work first, and ask yourself your reasoning for desiring a serious relationship at this point in time.
If you have everything in your life that makes you happy in all other areas, and the one thing missing is that perfect partner/serious relationship – well, then I’m your matchmaker.
2. You work incredibly long hours in a demanding career. You travel often for work.
Enough said. Believe me, I get it. Likely, I will end up being your best friend shortly after a brief time of working with you. Making your life easier, is my job. Not only is it my job, but I do it EXTREMELY well;).
3. You find yourself meeting the same people over and over again (either at the gym, people from work, or bad set ups through friends or the same social circles).
That ‘oh sooo important’ rule of not dating anyone at work or the gym can be casually tossed aside during a moment of weakness. Heck, it can’t hurt to bend the rules, just this once… can it? Just this time anyway, it will probably be fine … or not.
Matchmaking is perfect for those who want to expand their limited parameters of the dating pool but don’t have time to do it themselves. Who wouldn’t want someone to double or triple their chances of meeting the right person by exposing them to new and eligible singles outside of their social circle?! After all, it is my full time job to connect great people from all over the city – my job is to find those ‘needles in a haystack’ women daily; I do it effectively moreso than any matchmaker out there so wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to worry about that part? Leave your gym as your sanctuary and choose a drama-free workplace by considering using a matchmaker who knows what she’s doing and is well-connected into the very top of the female dating pool.
4. You go on dates all the time, just not the right ones. You socialize and always attempt to meet new people when you are out. However, most of your time is wasted on dates that turn into duds. And Online dating is hit-or-miss, even downright scary sometimes with who actually ends up showing up!
You, my friend, are the ideal candidate to potentially work with me. I screen everything about a person beforehand, which includes what they look like in person, their true personality, to individual quirks (that you may or may not like about them, btw); there are no surprises! And they are narrowed down and selected perfectly to YOU and YOUR requirements/tastes. Let the most scrutinizing person besides yourself (me) screen and vet for your dates before you choose them. Your time is way too valuable to keep wasting on ‘shot in the dark’ dates that haven’t been panning out.
It’s all about not wasting time. You are pretty much guaranteed to triple your success in dating simply by adding the value of having a TOUGH SCREENER for each and every candidate who is being considered for you.
5. Your friends and family offer to set you up, but you value your friendships and want to continue speaking to your family.
Such good intentions come from those close to you, who always seem to know someone perfect for you! The only problem with that, is they lack my social network as far as numbers go – I’m on cable networks every week, have heavy exposure in media, press coverage, and am enlisted by top women’s magazines for a variety of commentary topics that are continuous throughout the year.
Secondly, I can be subjective. Too often family or friends will be rooting to pair two people together who probably aren’t for each other, yet, wouldn’t it just be sweet as pie if both of you were a couple?! Often times, they mean well but… that’s why I’m the matchmaker, and well, they do.. fill in the blank.
If you are nodding your head to the above four items, and are an intelligent, driven, eligible guy; then you my friend, are the perfect ‘match’ for me and the type of guy who makes my ongoing list of success stories.
VIP SINGLES EVENT!
April 16, 2011admin No Comments »It’s that time of year again, and we are throwing another one of our truly ‘one of a kind’ VIP Singles events on Friday May 6th for 5 of our most eligible bachelors! If you are a single, beautiful, and intelligent female between 28-36 years of age we may just have a spot for you at this particular event; spots fill quickly so please apply in advance.
All inquires should send an email stating interest to: melanieg@amylaurent.com
We look forward to another successful and amazing party!!
Fox News Channel
April 3, 2011admin No Comments »
Here is the clip of my Fox News appearance 04/02/11
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4623300/royal-decision-prince-william-wont-wear-wedding-ring
