It happened. It had to at some point. He didn’t show up. Jake, who I met on OkCupid. We wanted to meet for post-work drinks. Here I was at 7pm…7.05pm, 7.10pm, 7.15pm. I texted him through the App, but he didn’t read my message. I had to smile. I believe in energy and how when......

It was the last week of our 30 day competition. Pressure was on! I was again experimenting with little app-texting and going nearly straight to the date. More fun? After all, my shower-hair-makeup-ready routine was down to 40 minutes, and I’d save time not endlessly texting.  Owen and I had a good initial back and......

I really thought “smart, nice, curious, adventurous” were my most important criteria. How does one explain the criteria for connection? For being drawn to someone’s personality? And wanting to see them again even if they don’t perfectly check the boxes? My reaction to this date still mystifies me. I really like Paul as a person.......

Sometimes I think I’m pretty clever. But from the second Quinn opened his mouth, I couldn’t for the life of me place his accent. Italian? “Nope.” Ah I know, it’s Argentinian! “Nope.” Ok, say something in Spanish. “Hola.” Oh you’re Spanish! The charming, quirky voice was an exact replica of Enigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin!) from......

I’m not going for nice and stable. Not a huge new learning, but a good reminder. When I was 26 I broke up with my long-term boyfriend. Till today, he was the kindest and smartest boyfriend I’ve ever had. He was funny, extremely caring, interested in the world, successful (while still having a life!), wanted......

I was feeling behind on the challenge (only 10 dates after 19 days!), so I thought I’d try to fill my pipeline with less back-and-forth texting. Just as an experiment to see what happens! Rick’s Hinge profile was terse but it did say “human rights technologist,” and high-quality pictures showed a nice, respectful person. Good......

I was really hoping that immersing myself in “dating mode” would shoot off the right energies to attract people across different circumstances. I was right! Yesterday, I had planned to meet Financial Inclusion CEO Guy for a second date, walking in a park just west of Berlin. Rain foiled our plans, so I was all......

This date was challenging. I knew that it would be. I knew Gilead from before. One of my closest friends introduced us when Gilead was visiting Dubai a few months back. We had a great night out and exchanged some (drunk, but passionate) kisses towards the end of the night. He left me confused. On......

Wait, was this a date? For the first fifteen minutes, I wondered if I had made a mistake. Come to think of it, her texts had been very eager. She was sitting very close to me and being chummy. I thought I was meeting to hang with a new friend, but had I misread her......

I was realllly nervous. Really really nervous. This was my first real “blind date” in the 30d30d saga. Yes, I mean from an online dating app. But I had picked him, we had texted, and I had no clue how he or I would be together in person. Nervous! I think my ego really drove......