(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......

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......

So, Ian. Ian, Ian, Ian. Ian, who I met in New York last January through mutual friends. Ian, who was a Caltech physics major like me, now working for hedge funds. Ian, who most recently moved to my sweet home Chicago. Ian, who was set up with me on a blind date back in January,......

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.......

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......