March - I went speed dating!!
Yassmeen, Meghan, and I decided to go to a speed dating event - 50 dates in 2 hours (that's 2 minutes per date with a short break at the half way point). We met up an hour before the event at a posh restaurant in TriBeCa to mentally prepare ourselves and grab some drinks and fancy pizza; we definitely would need energy for the night.
The venue was huge - a big bar with little lounge areas around it. Name tags and score cards were distributed as everyone headed straight to the bar for our free drinks. After a short mix and mingle, we took our seats and started the event. Each girl was posted at a seat with a number on it as the guys rotated around the room every two minutes. A bell would signal the end of the mini-date and we would have about 5 seconds to write down the guy's name, something about them, and circle yes, no, or maybe. At the half way point, Meghan, Yassmeen, and I got together to compare notes and giggled about some of the creepy guys we'd met. We fixed our makeup and went right back to our dating extravaganza. After another 25 dates, we were exhausted but still giggling. We quickly compared our score cards and then decided to call it a night.
The crowd was a bit mixed - there were some old guys (one was definitely in his 50's and one compared me to his 15 year old daughter), a lot of Indian guys (I'm guessing it's a way for them to break into the American dating scene), one really forward guy (he wrote his number on my score card in an effort to "cut to the chase" - ew), a few creepy guys (one that made a racial slur, another who rambled on for a minute about his ex girlfriend), but there were also a few really cute, sweet guys who I thought had some potential.
At the end of the event, after we've all gotten a chance to digest the experience, we each signed into the speed dating Web site to enter the guys we thought were possible matches. If any of the guys that I had chosen as a potential match also put me down as a potential match, we are sent each others e-mails. It was a really fun experience and although I would go speed dating again, I think I might do a less intense evening (under 30 dates would be a lot more manageable!!).
Hopefully, some good dates will come out of this :)
Monday, March 15, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
A glimpse into the future
February - I saw I psychic!!
It took me over a month to make an appointment with this guy. My close friend Andrea had highly recommended him so I was confident in my decision to go but also nervous as to what I would hear. I walked into this beautiful elevator building in the West Village and buzzed up to the office. After taking the elevator up and ringing the doorbell my heart started racing - what had I gotten myself into??
I entered into a beautiful apartment with a huge waiting room (wrap around couches and a huge TV playing Entertainment Tonight). To my relief, there were 4 other people (all young professionals) waiting to see Ray. We got to talking and realized that we'd all been recommended there by friends. Suddenly I wasn't nervous anymore - if all of these people's friends had had good experiences, then so would I. One by one, they went upstairs (his office is a duplex and a very beautifully decorated one at that). And one by one they came down satisfied with their experience. Eventually, I was left alone with Carlos (the man with whom I'd made the appointment) as the last person waiting ascended the stairs into his office. His assistant, a fabulously flamboyant gay Latino regaled me with stories of his teenage love affairs as I waited downstairs.
After an hour and a half wait (he was running late), it was my turn to go upstairs to his office.
I'm open to the idea that some people can see into other people and give advice and thoughts about their future but this guy knew my entire life's story after a two second look into my eyes. Ray sat behind a large wooden desk, wearing office casual attire and a smile. When I told him my name (which he did not know as I had not provided it in my phone call therefore no research could be done about me), it was as if he knew me already. His method is looking into people's eyes: "Your eyes are the windows to your soul." I pulled out my laptop to show him pictures of select people in my life and he looked at the eyes of the people I showed him, and talked about them. He told me things about myself that I had not told a soul. He predicted events that would happen in my future. He told me about my past (right down to the names and professions of people I had relationships/friendships/interactions with). He gave me insight into my career, my love life, my friendships, my family, and my relationship with myself. It was overall a beautiful experience and one that I would recommend to any friend.
The advice that had particular resonance with me was: "Keep your mouth shut about your personal life - very few understand you and very few will give you good advice." This is why the nitty gritty details of my visit will stay private. But I will tell you this: he told me to come back in 4 years - by then I will be ready for a new reading and a new outlook into my future and myself. In 4 years, I will be back with new pictures, new people in my life, and a new reading from Ray.
It took me over a month to make an appointment with this guy. My close friend Andrea had highly recommended him so I was confident in my decision to go but also nervous as to what I would hear. I walked into this beautiful elevator building in the West Village and buzzed up to the office. After taking the elevator up and ringing the doorbell my heart started racing - what had I gotten myself into??
I entered into a beautiful apartment with a huge waiting room (wrap around couches and a huge TV playing Entertainment Tonight). To my relief, there were 4 other people (all young professionals) waiting to see Ray. We got to talking and realized that we'd all been recommended there by friends. Suddenly I wasn't nervous anymore - if all of these people's friends had had good experiences, then so would I. One by one, they went upstairs (his office is a duplex and a very beautifully decorated one at that). And one by one they came down satisfied with their experience. Eventually, I was left alone with Carlos (the man with whom I'd made the appointment) as the last person waiting ascended the stairs into his office. His assistant, a fabulously flamboyant gay Latino regaled me with stories of his teenage love affairs as I waited downstairs.
After an hour and a half wait (he was running late), it was my turn to go upstairs to his office.
I'm open to the idea that some people can see into other people and give advice and thoughts about their future but this guy knew my entire life's story after a two second look into my eyes. Ray sat behind a large wooden desk, wearing office casual attire and a smile. When I told him my name (which he did not know as I had not provided it in my phone call therefore no research could be done about me), it was as if he knew me already. His method is looking into people's eyes: "Your eyes are the windows to your soul." I pulled out my laptop to show him pictures of select people in my life and he looked at the eyes of the people I showed him, and talked about them. He told me things about myself that I had not told a soul. He predicted events that would happen in my future. He told me about my past (right down to the names and professions of people I had relationships/friendships/interactions with). He gave me insight into my career, my love life, my friendships, my family, and my relationship with myself. It was overall a beautiful experience and one that I would recommend to any friend.
The advice that had particular resonance with me was: "Keep your mouth shut about your personal life - very few understand you and very few will give you good advice." This is why the nitty gritty details of my visit will stay private. But I will tell you this: he told me to come back in 4 years - by then I will be ready for a new reading and a new outlook into my future and myself. In 4 years, I will be back with new pictures, new people in my life, and a new reading from Ray.
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