It’s been a week since my second date with York, the Kiwi physicist. (Recall when I first met him, at board game night.) It must be a sign that I haven’t spent much time thinking about him since then, and much more about Alex. I was pretty busy getting ready to go to the western......

What an evening! Naomi, a recently acquired London-based bestie from Ohio, was excited when I suggested going to the opera together. Naomi and I had met during covid, and foud we have much in common – fancy events, board gaming, even coincidentally some mutual best friends. I had recently acquired a fancy dress in Milan,......

(Read first date: #32) Ugh, I’ve really got to stop referring to him this way! If he ever overheard me… So, I’ve been super excited about Old Guy (Alex) ever since our Monday evening at Nightjar and Bounce. It was brutal being patient and not over-texting afterwards. But sure enough, just 2 days later he......

York the Kiwi is nice. Quiet. Straightforward. Seemed on first meeting to be good friend material at least.  We were in a board game bar in SE London, playing Betrayal at the House on the Hill along with 4 others I had just met at this gaming meetup. One of the players was stuck in......

I used to have a thing for guys with long hair. (Among my college friends, I was notorious!) I even developed a crush for Weird Al once his hair suddenly fell below his shoulders. So in 2019, I briefly met Zak at a London pub quiz night hosted by a friend of a friend. Amidst......

Hmmmm….! ?!?! Yep, that about summarizes how I am feeling about Alex. It’s now just 3 days after our first date. We have another hangout set for Sunday, and for once, I am actually excited about it. First a small rewind. While living in Colombia (the second time, 2021), I was good friends with a......

After many months of switching cities in true Digital Nomad form, I am now in London. These trips had taken the form of covid-safe tourism (Buenos Aires Feb-Apr 2022), short term networking trips (joined a San Francisco incubator in May), and logistical nightmares (collecting scattered belongings from across Europe). All along, I promised myself I......

My time in Buenos Aires in 2022 started a bit rough. I hadn’t found a good flat yet, didn’t have a circle of friends, and was still struggling with Covid trauma. But one day, I took a page from Dora’s Book of Life, and start assuming that everything will just magically be ok. I then......

Dan is a clever Indian guy I met on Tinder years ago. We matched during the two weeks I had been in Kerala for a wedding. He had offered some intriguing perspectives in our initial chats, and we had a lot to chat about because we both went through MBA programs and were independent entrepreneurs.......

When I lived in Medellin in 2016-2017, I met several men I liked. I kept them in my “maybe-dating limbo land.” When it comes to high-stakes / high-commitment stuff, sometimes I can be more comfortable keeping possibilities open, instead of addressing them. Maybe I’m afraid to find out an idea is a failure, whether for......