Could this be you? When was the last time you were greeted at a restaurant with the question, “just one?” Or were cautioned by friends against traveling alone? How many times have you passed on a wine festival or a concert because your partner doesn’t like the music you like – or prefers gin – and you’re tired of dragging a pouty plus-one, so it’s easier to skip the whole ordeal? Here’s the thing: more than half of all meals in the U.S. are eaten solo. And traveling alone enc

Mixolo founder Carolyn Walton Lynch hit upon the idea of curating events for solos after she realized she was passing on wonderful experiences because she just didn’t want to go alone. “There are two things going on,” says Lynch, a business consultant and CPA who co-founded an IT services firm. “First, people shy away from stepping into a milieu when they are solo. And second, they are often greeted with a patronizing look, or words like, ‘Just one?’” Society, she adds “has