The Perfect Lid

Hi All! So due to a couple of bumps in the road last week, I was unable to go out with my Mr. Irish, as well as post a blog about it. Leaving people hanging is apparently a forte of mine, maybe i should start writing season finales on sitcoms or something…

Anyway! While Mr. Irish and i will be meeting sometime soon, i was not going to waste my time with waiting. I think we as females spend so much time and energy on  waiting for a man. I mean there are plenty more out there, right? And yes I found them. All firemen…at a singles party!

My friend Heather and I went to the bar who was hosting the party for Happy hour and to scope out the men last night. Admission to the party was forty dollars, and we didn’t want to pay if it turned out to be a dud. It was when the bar was filling up when the woman who was the brains of the operation told us we had to leave. We turned to one of the men that we had met casually to say goodbye. Well it turns out we made friends with the right man. The man who owned the singles party website. “I’ll get you ladies in for 20 dollars. Deal?” Yes sir it was!

We met a few firemen of all shapes and sizes. The deal was that all the women got a quiz of firemen terms. We had to approach a few different men and asked them what these words meant. Standing next to the man Heather was talking to was a cute, stocky guy, and all of the sudden i froze. I am not a shy person, but for some reason i couldnt find the words. Until Heather asked where he was from. He said originally Boston, but that he was living in The Bronx currently. Turns out he lives 3 blocks away from me. He knows the same people i know. He goes to the same bars. He enjoys a good Yankee/Red Sox rivarly between friends (hey he deserves it, he lives in Bomber town) As we drank I learned more and more about him and he seemed very interesting. He had all the things i would look for in a guy, but it just seemed like he was a friend. Which was very cool, but who meets a friend a singles party? Me!

On the bus ride home it became a little bit clear to me. Was i really going to meet the man of my dreas at a singles party? Probably not. But at least it was fun, and i tried something new! I think it also helped me see what i am looking for in a man…Yes, Mister Boston Red Sox seemed almost perfect (being a huge Yankee fan, I have to stay true!) But maybe I’m looking for some aspects of him and some others that i will find in someone else! One thing I do know is that i refuse to settle! You have to kiss a couple frogs and I will do just that through my crazy adventures to find him..Time to weed out the herd!

okay…so yes its been a week since I’ve posted last…i guess I’m not so good at the every day post just yet. So, due to a sudden illness i was out of commission this weekend and was unable to run around the city looking for him. However,  i was sitting at home watching the Giants/Jets game with a friend when an opportunity fell right into my lap…We were about half way into a bowl of popcorn when my cell phone began buzzing. I naturally ignored it, as football was on (yeah, I’m a weird freak of nature since I’m a girl who loves sports apparently). After the game a caught up with that call I got…and I was shocked to see who it was…

The call was from “Mr. Irish”…Mr. Irish was a nice gentleman originally from Ireland, now living in NYC who I met way back in March on St. Pattys (isn’t that convenient?). From the second i met him, i was charmed. After that wonderful green day in March, we went out once or twice, and that was it…I thought.

“Hello there Beautiful” Three words that are nice and flattering, but sent chills down my spine when I heard his voice saying them to me (the brogue didn’t suck either!). ”Just callin’ to see how ya were? Ring me back if you’d like”  So I did, I’m not afraid or shy, especially when it comes to a sexy, debonair man. We decided drinks next Wednesday would be appropriate. This will be my first date while on this project, and I am very excited to share it with all of you! Lets hope Mr. Irish will provide me with some entertaining antics! Erin go bragh!!!!!!

Okay so here we go. The idea for this project began a few days ago….I was feeling a little alone, as some of us single gals do. Being single hadn’t really bothered me much before. I’m young, and am living in the greatest city in the world! I did what i wanted, and enjoyed it, but it seemed lately that I while it was so great to be single, it wasn’t so great to feel alone. One by one all of my ”single and loving it” girlfriends were getting “wifed up”. I would read my horoscope in the newspaper and it would give me relationship advice. Yes, it seemed even my horoscope was in a relationship. I had dated quite often, in fact I began calling myself the queen of the first date.  Now i am ready for something more…Someone i could confide in. So, in talking to Lynn, a co-worker, friend,  and  probably one of the most brilliant people i have ever met, i made a decision: In 2010, I will meet “the one.” You know…The Antony to my Cleopatra, The Ricky to my Lucy…The Fred to my Wilma! In the few times I had complained about being alone Lynn would always say, ”If you really wanted to meet the man you were going to be with, you would. When your ready, you will do it.” Well finally, I am ready! 

Upon sharing this idea with a very dear friend, who we’ll call Lina, she gave my brilliant idea. “Well, why not blog about it? If you blogged about it, I world read it!” This idea immediately caught my attention. Being a writing major, both in undergrad and grad school, I had been dying to get creative with something! I started to throw ideas back and forth when I came to it. I am going to do everything, anything this city has to offer: Happy hours, baseball games, volunteering, maybe even speed dating, and see if I can land a man. And i will share all of the details of my adventures here! Sounds desperate? Well maybe it does a little. Being a New York City native, I’ve never really appreciated this city or have seen what it has to offer. So, hey, at least I’ll have fun being a little pathetic. And who knows? Maybe i’ll meet Mr. Right in the mix!