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......

(Recall: Xavier saga part 1) Xavier is a slightly strange one. And I know he’d say the same of me. Maybe that’s why we get each other. Despite some arguing and regular frustrations, a lightly-slacked spring seemingly tugs on us when we’ve been apart too long. This was our first get together since I met......

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......

Uri and I met almost four years ago in a hostel in Lithuania. He was a Berliner, and weeks later I’d be heading briefly to Berlin to take the GRE (before continuing to a refugee camp in Greece for some volunteering, as one does). We had a couple of interesting Berlin dates, and in pondering......

Ten days in, with only four dates under my belt and a blog that still needed some content and design tweaking… I. was. burnt. out. It was 4pm, time for my Saturday women’s circle Zoom call. I recall giving a very rambly status update, at the end of which I muttered, “well, I have no......

In a rush to scarf a quick meal before going out on Tuesday, I found an Italian restaurant willing to rush a pizza order (take-away only). I ordered this along with an Aperol spritz, took my drink, found an unserviced oversized table occupied by one young boy, and sat on the edge of the bench.......

Xavier and I have sort of dated before. In LA, Berlin, and London. Sort of. One of my problems is never being quite clear upfront whether something is a date. I mean, I’m almost entirely sure it’s because I’m shy about being vulnerable (that thing I’m working on). And, because I’m afraid of getting stuck......

Dora was invited by Adam the very next day to dinner with some friends at a fancy “Munich-like” stylish restaurant. She was lukewarm on him, and we both knew we’d be exhausted from a crazy week, but it might be good for serendipity. Given our challenge, these were opportunities to say yes to. (This was......

This unexpected date arose the night before our challenge began, but I wanted to record it. This date encapsulates a lot of the challenge’s purpose for me: learning to discern right decisions and instincts, being braver in revealing how I feel, correctly identifying interest/availability (this is definitely not my strength!), and not rejecting potential interests......