Fun with #OkCupid: Date fail (... but not an epic #fail)
<editorsnote> Nerds, meet Mike. Really really really rad dude - I actually went out on a date with him when I was in Vegas for a conference. Super duper awesome sauce. That being said, he is also, obviously, using OKC. I was curious to have a duderino come on board for a while and document OKC from their side of the monitor - so when Mike offered while we were at Comic Con I jumpppeeeddddd all up on it. For reals, mexican jumping bean style. OLE! Good stuff. Hit it Mike! </editorsnote>
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Fun with Herbs and Rye, and OkCupid!
I had a really rad dinner date Thursday night after work. I had found a profile on OkCupid, and we had matched in the 80%’s, so, I was optimistic. Remember what happened last time, when the girl I went out with lied about her age (and who knows what else!!). Well, at least this time I went into the date knowing that she says she’s 31. Not a huge deal, since I’m 28. Enough about that.
We met up at this cool place in Las Vegas, called Herbs and Rye. I was early, of course. <<Mini-tangent…. I had a boss in college once, and she would always tell us “Early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable”… annoying, but life lesson learned… >> So I was waiting in my car for a few minutes before she showed up. I used this time to study-up on my date; launched the OkCupid app on my iPhone, and took a glance once more at her profile, remembering some things for conversation. Then I get the “be there in 5” text. I wait two minutes, and jump out of my car (just like Van Halen!). She pulls up, jumps out, and I can’t see if it’s her. Forgot to mention my glasses busted on Tuesday. I have prescription sunglasses for work, but at night I’m kinda screwed. Thank God she realizes that I’m me, and says “Hi!!”. She comes into focus, and I’m very pleasantly surprised.
So, we walked into the restaurant, and it’s by far one of the chillest spots in town. On a scale of cool atmospheres, it’s up there with Frankie’s Tiki Room and the Artisan Hotel bar. It was dim, but not dark, with red velvet wallpaper and some really sweet background beats playing at a perfect volume. I was impressed.
So we sit down, crack open menus, and the coolness factor goes up a little more. Herbs and Rye is known for its historic drink menu. In other words, they have period drinks. Get your dirty little minds outta the gutter… They make drinks, from different time periods in history: The Gothic Age, Golden Age, Prohibition, The Dark Era, Modern age, etc. I wasn’t looking to have some medieval insanity concoction, so, I ordered a “Last Word” and she had merlot. Mine was green, hers red… and next to each other it looked like Christmas!
My date and I start chatting, and actually things went pretty swimmingly. She’s a pit-bull advocate, among other things. I was kinda diggin’ the fact that she sticks up for those who can’t. Don’t get me wrong, I know those dogs “can” do some damage, but, I am a firm believer in the fact that a dog’s demeanor is a direct result of its upbringing and treatment. Personally, I like pit-bulls, well, the friendly ones. And I like friendly people too.
I should add here, not that I’m writing a review of this restaurant, but the food here was amazeballs. If I had 3 thumbs, they would all be up. The service was top notch, too. I love when a new place lives up to expectations.
As far as getting along, and the actual date, itself, everything was great. She was attractive, the setting was right; conversation seemed to be pretty cool. As we said our goodbyes in the parking lot, we both had expressed that we had a great time.
We went our separate ways. The next morning, I sent her a text and thanked her for a wonderful time, and whatnot. I got a text back pretty much saying “I’m busy”. I’m writing this on Saturday, and still haven’t heard anything. Not sure what was missing that night…maybe the sparks.
And now I’m writing this on Sunday, and we’ve just texted a couple times. Eh…back to the drawing board…er…the computer…
I’m gonna do something crazy for the next one. =) This vanilla dating shit has to go….
Do you live in Las Vegas and wanna have a date? Have an OkCupid account? Are you a human female? Hit me up @ www.okcupid.com/profile/nerdylibra and follow me @IncredibleMikeL