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It’s New Year’s and it’s time to resolve to find love. If you are ringing in the New Year all alone, chances are you’re ready to finally to resolve to find love in 2013. Of course, January is the perfect time to wipe your  slate clean of last year’s love mistakes to ensure that next […]

Should you get your new guy a holiday gift? It’s a tough call and depends on a few factors. The amount of time you’ve been dating plays a significant role in whether or not you should buy a gift. If you’ve only been on a few dates, no matter how well you think things are […]

Buy My Book A collection of dating and relationship advice from one of only 14 Master Executive Certified Matchmakers, Julia McCurley. Julia explores everything from dating do’s and don’ts to the challenges of online dating to the myth of sexual empowerment to keeping your relationship alive by “dating your mate”.  Based on a decade of […]

Being single in the summer can be hard sometimes.  Could it be that you just ended a relationship with someone and this is your first summer flying solo? Maybe you’re not sporting those chiseled abs and biceps or the sixpack you’d fantasized about?. Or perhaps your life isn’t where you’d like it to be, unattained […]

Founder Julia McCurley says her company is rapidly growing beyond expectations based on fact that more than ever, Austin Singles  are tired of virtual introductions and ready for old fashioned romance. AUSTIN, TX – July marks Austin’s premier matchmaking service Something More’s sixth anniversary. Since opening the doors in 2009, Something More has facilitated nearly 2000 […]

Spending Christmas alone when you are single can take the happy out of happy holidays.  Christmas has a way of turning the world into a fantasy where everyone is supposed to be happy and everything is wonderful. Being alone at Christmas can almost seem sacreligous. When facing Christmas alone when you are single, December can […]

Something More just turned 4! Nearly 1500 days and 300 clients later, 21st Century offline matchmaker Something More’s fourth anniversary, Tuesday, July 9, is a testament to Austinites priority: finding love and happiness.  Since opening in 2009, the business has achieved 500 percent growth.* Founder Julia McCurley, a Certified Matchmaker** and former executive recruiter, credits a professional approach to […]

Spring is the perfect time to find love. It is that wonderful time of year when the sun begins to warm, tops reveal more midriff and skirts get a little shorter. Life is renewed and the world is a flurry of energy once again. Spring is a time when every cubic inch of air seems […]

In case you hadn’t heard, spring fever is real! After all it’s the season of ducklings, flowering trees and open-toed sandals. Some people are struck with a mysterious malady: spring fever. There’s now scientific proof that your heart doesn’t just get happy about the little things-it’s also more ready for love–for a variety of reasons. […]