Reality show follows Wilmette writer’s meticulous hunt for just the right man
By Meg Moore
Some women follow “The Rules” when it comes to dating. Julia Allison wrote “The List.” And it’s a long one: 73 bullet points, in fact.The 31-year-old Wilmette native headed to Georgetown University after graduating from New Trier High School, where she wrote her school newspaper’s first dating column. She continued to chronicle the dating habits of her fellow singletons while writing for Time Out New York. She returned to Chicago in 2010 to write a column for Tribune Media Services and picked up a reality-show gig upon her move to Los Angeles last November.
“Miss Advised” premieres Monday (9 p.m. on Bravo) and follows the dating habits of three professionals who work in the dating and relationship industry. Amy Laurent, based in New York City, is a matchmaker, while San Francisco-based radio talk show host and author Emily Morse chats about sex and eschews monogamy. Allison completes the dating trifecta as a dating columnist and expert.
It was during her Time Out tenure she met her “Miss Advised” castmate.
“When I was a dating columnist, I used Amy,” she said of a story she wrote. “I went to see three matchmakers and tried all of their services.”
Originally published June 18, 2012 in the Chicago Sun-Times
‘I’M TYPE A’: Dating columnist Julia Allison, whose love life is chronicled on Bravo’s “Miss Advised,” made a 73-point checklist of traits she wants in a mate. | Bravo