- Ellen McCarthy
- Reporter
Ellen McCarthy grew up in Allegany, NY and began her career at The Post in 2001, covering local technology companies for the Business Section. For several years she wrote The Download, a weekly column about the D.C. tech scene. In 2006 she moved to the Weekend section to cover arts and entertainment. Since 2009 she has anchored the Style section’s OnLove page, writing extensively about weddings, love andrelationships.
Living Single: What happens when you never find The One?
Ellen McCarthy and Wendy Braitman discuss being single, the unmarried life and relationships.
On Love: ‘I’m his greatest admirer’
The groom was 98, the bride 90. They’d been together for 15 years, but were engaged only three weeks.
Book review: ‘No Cheating, No Dying’
Elizabeth Weil undertook a year of counseling and classes to see if she could make her good marriage even better.
- The single life: Some people never find the love of their lives. And live to tell about it.
- Got Plans? On Love columnist Ellen McCarthy joined the Going Out Gurus to discuss dating ideas, relationships, Valentine's Day and the Washington D.C. scene.
- A vegan queen’s cupcakes take the crown
- Online dating: Is it worth it? See what a study says, and share your stories.
- Online dating has its pros and cons, meta-analysis says
- On Love: ‘I just remember being really, really happy’
- On Love: ‘When I met him, I just felt it was right’
- On Love: ‘I see in you the fire of life’
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