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Rachel Bertsche, contributing blogger

Rachel Bertsche is a web producer and a journalist in Chicago. Before leaving New York for the Midwest, Rachel was an editor at O, The Oprah Magazine. In addition to O, she’s written for publications including Marie Claire, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Teen Vogue, Outside, Fitness, More, Women's Health, Chicago Magazine, San Francisco Magazine, Ocean Drive and Field and Stream. Her interview with Katey Sagal, aka Peg Bundy, recently reached #1 on CNN.com's list of most-viewed stories of the day (her Q&A with Vince Vaughn also reached the top 10).

Rachel graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she was the student newspaper’s resident sex columnist. When she’s not writing, Rachel’s out searching for a new best friend. You can follow her awkward and hilarious escapades on her blog, MWF Seeking BFF. Her book of the same name will be available from Ballantine in 2012.

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06/14/2010

I am a Married White Female searching for a Best Friend Forever. It’s not that I don’t have best friends, mind you. It’s that I moved to Chicago three years ago to be with my now-husband, and my closest friends live in New York, Boston, DC, San Francisco, and St. Louis. Everywhere but here.

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07/12/2010

I always wonder what it would be like to be best friends with a celebrity. Like Julia Roberts. She’s always talking about her BFF Paige, who seems to be a regular Jane like you or me. Can you imagine if your best friend was Julia Roberts?!?!

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08/09/2010

If you’re looking to meet new people, the most common advice you’re likely to receive is to “join.” Sign up for mixers! Go to a meetup! Enroll in a class! Before I knew any better, I doled out said advice on my very own blog.

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