first date deets

Okay readers,
So I finally asked out this guy a friend had introduced me to a while ago. I was immediately intrigued when we met, and felt I wanted to know him. As soon as I found out the coast was clear (I knew he wasn't in a relationship) I went for it.

....I love (and make) art, so natch I suggested an art opening. It's social, especially when the wine is flowing, there's usually great people watching and of course one or both of you will know someone there. The show was beautiful and had a large turnout so the energy was high.

I loved the fact that he offered to pick me up, take me out to dinner after the art opening, and emailed me several times before our actual date. I could tell that he was enthusiastic. So much for playing it cool ;-)

We did a lot of "getting to know you" conversation since neither of us did much research ahead. (This btw is part of my dislike of dating websites, where everyone writes this shiny profile, edits out all the messy shit and makes him or herself look like the best thing since sliced white bread. ) We just started from scratch the old fashioned way. There was definitely chemistry between us and conversation flowed easily through the night. We went out for a lovely dinner at one of my favorite places in town - he asked me to choose - which was indulgent and spectacular. Wowza!

After dinner we hung out and talked for another couple hours. He is a very self-reflective and intellectual person that has followed diverse paths of his own choosing ~ and I found myself identifying with many things he talked about. I knew we were going to see more of each other!

The next night it turned out that we'd both been invited to the same costume party so we had a chance to connect in a different setting. It was nice to be in a less intimate situation since two nights in a row is a lot when you're getting to know someone. Also fun was seeing Batgirl show up with her date from last week....or was it this week? I can't keep track. Everyone got to meet everyone and the guys talked "ag" while we had an awesome time dancing.

We left things open, i.e. no plans, and he left earlier than I did. Now it feels like the ball is in his court -  I would be totally psyched if he wanted to get together again! I can also feel the world is my oyster now so I'm open to whatever good stuff wants to show up. 

Hatgirl