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As it gets closer to the end of each week, I know the thought in most everyone’s head is: “What am I going to do this weekend?” Well, CollegeCandy readers, lucky for you, I’ve discovered a site that will help you put an end to that persistent question:  Hotlist.

Hotlist shows you what all your friends are up to, what events are going on nearby, and what are the hottest and most popular places to be.

Simply log in using your Facebook account, and Hotlist gathers data from your Facebook friends and Events list to create a customized look at what’s going on with your friends, around town, or anywhere else in the world.  Events are shown as pinpoints on a map – so you can check out those closest to you first – and also by date, so you can see what’s happening tonight, tomorrow night, or even next weekend! Read More »

If my alma mater offered a degree program for being a wingman, I’d have graduated valedictorian, magna cum laude, and have seven thousand honors cords around my neck commemorating my achievements.

Instead, I have friend-couples (you know, the couples you were friends with before they were couples) sprinkled through my social calendar, all with their own cute little anecdotes and acknowledgments that without me, they probably would’ve given up halfway through.

One of my best friends even said that she wished I had a me, so that I could be dating someone, too.

If you’re pausing because, hold up, the best way to have a me is for her to a be a me, that’s what I thought too. I tried to explain that to her. Read More »