Posted by Daniel B. on 9-21-2009

I wasn't sure whether to post this, but it was kind of funny. When I use the word "origami" below, I'm not actually talking about origami classes. I'll have to leave it to you to decide actually what class this woman was asking us about. Oh, and her name wasn't Trish.The e-mail thread went like this:Customer: "Hi, can you tell me when your next [origami] class is scheduled? Trish."NYED Event Manager (Alice), forwarding it to me: "Hey, can you answer this? Hilarious. Oh, and let ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-17-2009

Two of our customers interviewed in a taxi cab by Dr. Phil during his visit to NYC!

From the Dr. Phil website:

Singles in the CityCarolina, 34, admits she has zero game when it comes to dating in New York City. She says she's an open book and may come on too strong. "I don't know how to tell the white lies that you might need to tell while dating," she says. She wants to know if she has to be a game player in order to get a boyfriend.

Gina, 28, says she's ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-5-2009

I have always found speed-dating a fascinating concept from the very beginning. It wasn't just that we knew that it worked as a business model, and helped people find relationships - it was also that it's an immensely interesting social development.Here is the piece that I find the most intriguing. Where did speed-dating come from? By this, I don't mean who ran the first events - certainly, in the States this is claimed by the Jewish singles group Aish, but I believe I read somewhere that ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-1-2009

Every day we get emails from customers requesting that we run a speed-dating event with a theme that fits with their interests, lifestyle or ethnic background. Obviously, we would love to run events that has the perfect theme, age range and location for everyone, but we have to be sure we can fill the event - this blog it intended to give some background detailing what we think about when posting events.Firstly, the advantage of themed events is that the participants at least know that they hav ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 8-18-2009

Ivy Leaguers and Singles with Advanced Degrees speed dating events are becoming increasingly popular. This is especially so in NYC, where we have such a huge concentration of bright singles. But here is a question - we all know there are more single women than single men in New York City, but why is this imbalance exacerbated when it comes to well-educated singles? We are always able to balance our speed dating events for singles with post graduate degrees, but we would run 10 times as many if m ... [Read full post]