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April 26th, 2024 I was attending a “Friends in DC” event at Metrobar , an outside bar in NW DC for a trivia game night. I was seated in...

Since this one will be a short post I’ve included a list of first-date questions/topics for when conversations get stale. Keep reading to...

March 16, 2024 For this date I got invited to PlantHouse  in Arlington, VA to a terrarium-making workshop. If you don’t know what that...

February 17, 2024 I met #35 at Punch Bowl Social  in Arlington, VA. By this time I’m already familiar with the place so although I like...

February - March 2024 Ivory knew I was looking for a job, so the day after we agreed to stop all communication, he sent me a position he...

October 14th, 2023 Date #33, we’ll call him Ivory being that he was from Ivory Coast, was the first guy I dated “seriously” after...

Title explanation:  These next three guys are the only ones from my whole dating series that I cannot recall their name off the top of my...

April 27, 2023 Around this time is when I started therapy. There wasn’t a specific reason or event that led me to it, just needing...

Fall/Winter 2022 #28 was my second heartbreak since moving, and took me the longest to get over (word on the street is I’m still trying...

Author’s Note: In no way should Date #23 have his own post but the next two dates will have their own and I wanted to continue keeping...

October 2023 I started dating someone else, again… and was more into him than I was Syre. Of course I’m posting him, us going out, what...

January - March 2023 Me and dude I was really feeling (Date #28) stopped dating. Yes I was real hurt over this one, but this forced me...

February 2022 Date #22 is probably the one who unlocked my want for a relationship. Imma tell yall this story, and you’re gonna ask...

April 2, 2022 This date is what made me realize why the hood dudes had the girlies in a chokehold. This man didn’t do anything...

February 26th, 2022 Date #18 lived far. The day of our date I was a good hour late because my cousin (who was out of town) had some...

January 30th, 2022 Date #16 was a very spur of the moment date. I was getting off work some time in the evening and I told myself I...

October 8th, 2021 Date #13 took place at Langano Ethiopian Restaurant in Silver Spring, MD. My second time having Ethiopian food but my...

Oct. 2nd, 2021 Date #12 was my first heartbreak after moving. Let me clarify that I was never in love with this man – I’ve actually never...

Sept. 10th, 2021 If y'all read Date #6, you might remember that although Date #9 and I matched on Hinge, my first time actually seeing...

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a huge foodie. Hands down my favorite thing about the DMV is their food scene. So many cultural dishes, so...