About ten years ago I was living in NYC and set up on a blind date by my boss. I’m usually wary of setups in general and particularly when the woman is described as drop dead gorgeous and a total sweetheart. There are definitely people who fit this bill, but they are rarely single. I decided I was turning into a cynical New Yorker, and to give it a shot.
I met her at this Brazilian bar in Tribeca that serves a mean Caiparinha. To be fair, she was as described, a tall asian with model good looks, and she was a nice girl. It was loud in there and she said she didnt really drink, so I said ,” lets go over to the Tribeca Grand where it’s quieter.”
At the hotel bar I said ,”are you hungry the rock shrimp appetitizer is decent.”
She said, I don’t eat meat either.”.
I joked, ” maybe it would be easier if you told me what you do like?”
She said, ” roller skating”. then she went on to add,” I also don’t smoke, or do drugs including caffeine, or dance, or believe in premarital sex.”