Dating Amy
Confessions of a Serial Dater
Chapter One
DATE 1 The Blind Date
TRUE CONFESSION
I wasn't sure about meeting this odd man from Match, and, truth
be told, I wouldn't have if I hadn't already launched the Web site
and therefore needed a date to write about.
Autumn. The snap in the air, leaves the color of flames, a holiday that
includes dressing up and not buying gifts for other people-it's my
absolute favorite season. Jews consider it the beginning of the new year.
I'm not Jewish, but am often mistaken for such with my pale olive skin,
dark hair, and what I tell myself is a dry, Woody
Allen-circa-Manhattan-style wit that doesn't go over that well in
Seattle where I live. Fall has always seemed like a time of new beginnings to
me, too. It was the perfect season to launch the dating Web site that I was
sure would launch my career, and I was going on my very first date for it. I
felt like a sophomore girl getting asked to the homecoming dance by a senior,
except that I was in my late thirties and the senior was some str ... read full excerpt from Dating Amy ebook
