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,......

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.......

(Read first date: #11) Well, it’s such a classic tale. Perfect on paper, but just not quite the right chemistry, eh? After date #1 with perfect-on-paper guy, I thought we would be ideal matches for each other. Both loved cycling, hiking, both into international development, both tech backgrounds, smart, focused on impact. Even the conversation......

(Recall: Xavier saga part 3) I was back in Berlin. Ready to jump back on the dating wagon. There were two guys from pre-Italy-trip days worth a follow up: Xavier and Perfect-on-Paper Guy. As we left it, I had tried to break up with Xavier in Puglia. But my texts had caused him to open......

(Recall: Xavier saga part 2) When is enough enough? Do you painstakingly teach common-sense behaviors to a well-intentioned tutee in order to grow a good partner? What does it mean to “deserve ‘better’ “? As we left it, Xavier had shown quite a bit of promise. (He was sort of the “fan favorite”.) Parts of......

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......

(Read first date: #7) This was Tom again, the financial inclusion CEO guy. The one I was super nervous about seeing the first time. The one who totally impressed me for 3.5 hours with his stories of travel and working in developing countries. It’s now been just over a week since the first date. No......

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......