Marla Martenson
Autor(a) de Excuse Me, Your Soul Mate Is Waiting
Obras por Marla Martenson
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- female
- Locais de residência
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Agente
- Bettie Youngs
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Marla was born in Tacoma, Washington, the “City of Destiny.” Born with a natural flair for acting, she also had a deep interest in reading and writing poetry and short stories. At the age of sixteen she was living in Iran with her family and learning to speak French and Persian. Marla’s family moved back to Washington State during the revolution in Iran, where she finished her last year in high school and one year in college. After that she moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career where she did television commercials and print modeling. In the early nineties, she moved to Chicago where she found that she could use her dating experience to help others. She has been working in Los Angeles as a matchmaker since 2001 and has successfully introduced many couples who have gotten married! Marla’s work inspires people and gives them hope that they can find their soul mate. Marla married her own in Mexico City in 2003. A world traveler and culture nut, Marla describes herself as having a French flair, a Persian heart, Italian fire, and Mexican taste buds!
Membros
Críticas
Good Date, Bad Datel
The Matchmaker's Guide to Where the Boys Are - and How to Get Them
by Marla Martenson
I enjoyed reviewing this 151 page guide that focuses on helping single women to first be clear on what they want and then to be clear on how to communicate that. I haven't dated for a long time, but II really liked how the author who is a successful matchmaker was able to show me through many wonderful examples what works and what doesn't. I just love her style.
This precious guide was easy to follow and the suggestions and worksheets made it very simple. The stories were great, my favorite was the section on communication when the author got one person;s take on the date and then would ask the other person and many times it was like they hadn't even gone out on the same date. In my line of work I do find that relationships are usually the primary focus of most of my clients so it was a miracle to find such a willing and able teacher in the art of dating. I would recommend it to single women everywhere. Thanks Marla, for showing us how it's done with such compassion and humor.
Love & Light,
Riki Frahmann… (mais)
The Matchmaker's Guide to Where the Boys Are - and How to Get Them
by Marla Martenson
I enjoyed reviewing this 151 page guide that focuses on helping single women to first be clear on what they want and then to be clear on how to communicate that. I haven't dated for a long time, but II really liked how the author who is a successful matchmaker was able to show me through many wonderful examples what works and what doesn't. I just love her style.
This precious guide was easy to follow and the suggestions and worksheets made it very simple. The stories were great, my favorite was the section on communication when the author got one person;s take on the date and then would ask the other person and many times it was like they hadn't even gone out on the same date. In my line of work I do find that relationships are usually the primary focus of most of my clients so it was a miracle to find such a willing and able teacher in the art of dating. I would recommend it to single women everywhere. Thanks Marla, for showing us how it's done with such compassion and humor.
Love & Light,
Riki Frahmann… (mais)
Funny, whimsical story of a real life Beverly Hills female-cupid preserving the harmony of her own life, those of her clients while also juggling her new writing career.
Breathe... Ah, the crazy dating scene of Beverly Hills and the Hollywood life of Marla Martenson. Marla, the author of this book has quite a unique job. Like an artist, she perfects her art of playing matchmaker. Even if she had this same job in another state, there just would be no comparison. What a stressful job. Marla surely pays the price of living in this area of California, sometimes with her health, other times with the frustrations of not being able to find a decent home, in a decent neighborhood at an affordable price.
Marla had me laughing many times throughout this book. Many times I could totally relate to Marla and her relationship with her latin husband. Whether during her excitement when house hunting or other times as her and her husband have little spats and disagreements. I knew exactly where she was coming from. Being latin myself, and my husband not, we have similar silly situations that happen between us. I love how Marla and her husband refer to themselves as Lucy and Ricky, which enlightens their relationship and sets an even funnier picture of the couple for the reader. Marla is truly blessed to have her husband, who is her guiding light and helps her fight her insecurities, that come along with her matchmaking job.
I found this book an enjoyable read. In fact, the day I started the first chapter I lost my footing on my elliptical while laughing. Marla describes some of her clients, their requests, circumstances and conversations throughout the book. It is kind of sad that some of these male clients may never find real love because of their high expectations of women. Other times, while reading this book, it makes you wonder if wealth is a curse for some of these men. But it is not a completely unsuccessful endeavor as Marla does have some success in matching couples together.Some do end up finding true love and even marriage.
Although this book is a peek at Marla's real life, it just cannot be taken too seriously. Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker is one of those books one reads because it is fun, funny and even funnier. It is a well written pick-me-up book that will help you leave your cares behind, while you join Marla on her matchmaking journey and life adventure, because life is what it is.… (mais)
Breathe... Ah, the crazy dating scene of Beverly Hills and the Hollywood life of Marla Martenson. Marla, the author of this book has quite a unique job. Like an artist, she perfects her art of playing matchmaker. Even if she had this same job in another state, there just would be no comparison. What a stressful job. Marla surely pays the price of living in this area of California, sometimes with her health, other times with the frustrations of not being able to find a decent home, in a decent neighborhood at an affordable price.
Marla had me laughing many times throughout this book. Many times I could totally relate to Marla and her relationship with her latin husband. Whether during her excitement when house hunting or other times as her and her husband have little spats and disagreements. I knew exactly where she was coming from. Being latin myself, and my husband not, we have similar silly situations that happen between us. I love how Marla and her husband refer to themselves as Lucy and Ricky, which enlightens their relationship and sets an even funnier picture of the couple for the reader. Marla is truly blessed to have her husband, who is her guiding light and helps her fight her insecurities, that come along with her matchmaking job.
I found this book an enjoyable read. In fact, the day I started the first chapter I lost my footing on my elliptical while laughing. Marla describes some of her clients, their requests, circumstances and conversations throughout the book. It is kind of sad that some of these male clients may never find real love because of their high expectations of women. Other times, while reading this book, it makes you wonder if wealth is a curse for some of these men. But it is not a completely unsuccessful endeavor as Marla does have some success in matching couples together.Some do end up finding true love and even marriage.
Although this book is a peek at Marla's real life, it just cannot be taken too seriously. Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker is one of those books one reads because it is fun, funny and even funnier. It is a well written pick-me-up book that will help you leave your cares behind, while you join Marla on her matchmaking journey and life adventure, because life is what it is.… (mais)
I enjoyed reading ‘Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker’ by Marla Martenson. It was light, breezy, and witty and funny. It was exactly what I needed after the dark and gloomy book before it.
She nailed Los Angeles for the people living there with oddball characters, the demand for being physically fit and underweight. I was relieved when she discussed that because I moved from the Midwest where people don’t work out hours at a time every day and all the women are not size zero. She also got into the celebrity spotting game where there are limos everywhere.
Sprinkled throughout the book are e-mails from happy clients who fell in love and got married and disgruntled ones who threatened to quit unless they had their ideal date. Some of her clients are common sense deficient when it comes to dating, some are gold diggers, and a few want the impossibly perfect date.
Marla also tells of how she met her husband, Adolfo. He is her Ricky to his Lucy. She visits with her mother, who turns out to be very down to earth and funny too.
At the end of each chapter are the author’s affirmations, some of which cracked me up. So if your last book left you gloomy, be sure to read this one.
I recommend this book to all people who need a little humor in their lives.… (mais)
She nailed Los Angeles for the people living there with oddball characters, the demand for being physically fit and underweight. I was relieved when she discussed that because I moved from the Midwest where people don’t work out hours at a time every day and all the women are not size zero. She also got into the celebrity spotting game where there are limos everywhere.
Sprinkled throughout the book are e-mails from happy clients who fell in love and got married and disgruntled ones who threatened to quit unless they had their ideal date. Some of her clients are common sense deficient when it comes to dating, some are gold diggers, and a few want the impossibly perfect date.
Marla also tells of how she met her husband, Adolfo. He is her Ricky to his Lucy. She visits with her mother, who turns out to be very down to earth and funny too.
At the end of each chapter are the author’s affirmations, some of which cracked me up. So if your last book left you gloomy, be sure to read this one.
I recommend this book to all people who need a little humor in their lives.… (mais)
Prémios
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 6
- Membros
- 37
- Popularidade
- #390,572
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 6
- ISBN
- 8
In her memoir Hearts On the Line Marla is candid and sincere and takes the reader through those private details of her life which not only include her life as a real life Beverly Hills matchmaker but also her relationship with the love of her life, her husband Adolfo. I love how Marla is so down to earth and even though our lives are so different and we live on opposite ends of the country, I found so many similarities between her life and mine, which is not only ironic, but left me feeling even more connected to her.
In these chapters of her life Marla shares her struggles of working for her self-centered boss who is going to extreme measures to bring in money to the high-end dating service during the current recession . Gary goes about walking all over his staff and discreetly turning the dating service Marla has helped bring too much success into an escort service. As Marla strives to do the best she can at her job, considering the circumstances with her boss and her demanding clients. She scrambles for support from her husband who although honestly only wants the best for both of them, does not see the severity of how stressful a situation Marla is in. One common trait I noticed with Marla’s husband which is common with some men, including my own husband is how practical they can be. Adolfo worries about their financial future should Marla decide to leave her job and makes it a point to remind her often. However for Marla a true Gemini, those daily affirmations she uses to calm and soothe herself from her stressful job are no match for her bosses latest antics.
Marla is a gifted writer who can take everyday situations and those even ridiculously insane and weave humor through them to share with her readers. Although a little more serious and grounded than her previous novel Hearts On the Line still left me cracking-up. Yet at the same time also feeling sorry for her situations and at times her situation. I also felt badly for some of her clients, who deep down seem so lonely and may never truly find real love due to their unrealistic expectations. Hearts On the Line is truly about one womans search and discovery of her own individuality and how going with her intuition and those perceptions lead her to make the best choices for her and her husband, whether her husband wants to admit to it or not. When one choses to do the right thing and has faith in God he opens many other doors near the ones we may choose to close.… (mais)