As matchmaker Christina Antoniades and reporter Michelle Leiby prepare to retire from Datelab, they look back on the 550 couples they've set up, revealing their favorite pairings and what they've learned about love.

Summer break

Jun 22nd, 2016 2m 54s

We're taking a break for the summer. We'll be back soon with more stories from the Solo-ish life.

How to plan a bachelorette party

Jun 8th, 2016 23m 29s

How do you plan a bachelorette party while keeping your sanity and your savings intact? It's not easy, but it is possible. Lisa Bonos gets tips from Veronica Toney, a Solo-ish editor and frequent wedding guest, and professional bridesmaid Jen G

The invention of dating

May 26th, 2016 19m 7s

If dating feels like hard work, that's because it is. Lisa Bonos chats Moira Weigel talk about love is related to the economy, and other tidbits from her book "Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating."

'I would like to court you in friendship'

May 12th, 2016 26m 23s

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow join Lisa Bonos to chat about the pleasure and pain of female friendship -- from courting new friends to navigating distance among old ones. Plus a conversation with one of Lisa's longtime friends about how they fi

How to break up

Apr 28th, 2016 17m 40s

What was your worst breakup? And what makes a good one? Lisa Bonos chats with two 20-somethings about how their past breakups have influenced those that have come next.

We're better as exes. Divorce done well.

Apr 13th, 2016 22m 42s

Advice columnist Carolyn Hax and cartoonist Nick Galifinakis are ex-spouses who work together every day and manage to enjoy it. Lisa Bonos chats with them and with Wendy Paris, about how to survive a divorce.

The political power of unmarried women

Mar 30th, 2016 31m 15s

"These women decide elections," says Page Gardner, founder of the Voter Participation Center. She and journalist Rebecca Traister talk with Lisa Bonos about how candidates are appealing to -- or repelling -- unmarried women.

Solo in the city

Mar 17th, 2016 30m 41s

Want to try a new bar or restaurant -- or check out a museum exhibit -- but can't find anyone to come along? Go solo. Tips for solo dining, drinking and other outings from Lisa Bonos's Washington Post colleagues.

Testing yourself for marriage

Mar 3rd, 2016 26m 51s

Jill Andres and Brook Silva-Braga dated for years, but were they ready to marry? They put themselves through 40 challenges to find out. Hear about their adventure, plus tips from dating coach Neely Steinberg.

Bar-hopping with a professional wingman

Feb 18th, 2016 26m 44s

Thomas Edwards gives tips to Lisa Bonos and two colleagues -- Veronica Toney and Lavanya Ramanathan -- on how to approach strangers in a bar, show interest and eventually exchange digits.

How to rebound from an awful first date

Feb 4th, 2016 24m 50s

Bad first dates usually don't result in a second try. But this couple -- Ashraf Bouajina and Max Ashwill -- managed to turn things around. Hear all about why Ashraf gave Max a second chance.

Matchmaker, make me a match

Jan 20th, 2016 28m 17s

What does it take for a blind date to lead to love? Shared values or a similar outlook on life need to be there, say Christina Antoniades, who sets couples up for The Washington Post's Date Lab, Paul Carrick Brunson, a professional matchmaker.

Love in the office

Jan 6th, 2016 22m 22s

Lisa Bonos chats with a Washington Post couple who met in the newsroom 20 years ago and are still together. And work advice columnist Karla Miller gives some tips to those considering an office romance.

Putting a ring -- or a dog tag -- on it

Dec 23rd, 2015 32m 15s

Lisa Bonos chats with novelist J. Courtney Sullivan about the single woman who sold Americans on the idea that a diamond is forever; Jon Mervis discusses what it's like to sell engagement rings; and we meet a couple who got engaged without a ri

She's a foodie. He's a fast-food nut.

Dec 10th, 2015 14m 56s

When you have opposite tastes in food, where do you go on dates? Lisa Bonos chats with Adam Chandler and Emily Saladino about their fast-food romance.

How my parents got together

Nov 24th, 2015 29m 3s

Lisa Bonos thought she knew all about how her parents met and got together in the 1970s. Decades later, she gets the full story.

"There was nobody to talk to. Nobody."

Nov 12th, 2015 24m 47s

Can an extrovert handle nine weeks of solitude? Lisa Bonos chats with Philippa Hughes about why she went to Italy to work on a book. Plus, comments from Fenton Johnson and the role of solitude in a writer's life.