Posted by Daniel B. on 8-28-2009

Well, what do you know - pheromones improve your chances of being selected at a speed-dating event. New York EasyDates assisted 20/20 in an experiment - they sent two sets of identical twins (and I mean really identical - I had no way of telling them apart) to our speed-dating event at Madame X. One set, Sarah and Bridget, sat five tables apart waiting graciously for their dates to come to them every five minutes. The other set, Dave and Paul, would move to a new table every five minutes, unt ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 8-21-2009

We've found a couple of blogs that we enjoy reading - Vicky and Kait have both attended speed-dating in NYC with us, and are very funny and talented writers. Vicky's blog is all things dating (www.bestdatesnow.com), and gives some good advice on getting discounted spots to our events (Grr!). Kait's particularly is one I look out for each week, though we should warn you, it's on the raunchy side! We came across Kait when she attended our Upper East Side speed dating event at Mad River Bar & ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 8-20-2009

We're often asked about some of the more interesting statistics on speed-dating events in NYC - we've just posted a new article that gives some interesting summary stats for the events we've run over the years. For example, did you know that during the recession, singles made more selections than before the recession started? To view this article, go to: http://www.nyeasydates.com/speed_dating_articles/want_to_try_speed_dating_consider_these_statistics.html [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 8-19-2009

I just read about an interesting scientific experiment. In this study, at selected NYC speed-dating events, the men would move from table to table when the bell goes. At others, the women would rotate. This study claims that when women do the rotating, then they pick more people, and as men often make a lot of selections (whether they are rotating or not), then this resulted in more matches. So in short, when women rotate, there are more matches for everyone!What do you think? We used to h ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 8-15-2009

Last week we asked for funny speed dating stories. Well this is one from the early days of our businessI was hosting my first speed dating event, and it was only the third our company had ever run. My single guy friends were of course curious, and several signed up online, so I had an added reason to be a bit nervousIt was at Bar Nine on 9th Ave in NYC, and everyone showed up, which was great. What wasn't great was that in amongst the articulate, attractive and professional singles, one woman ( ... [Read full post]