Franca Vercelloni blitzed through 12 minidates with "highly eligible singles" -- and 12 different chocolates -- one evening at a New York Easy Dates six-minute speed-dating and chocolate-tasting event at Chocolat Michel Cluizel [Read the Article]

"First impressions are really everything; unfortunately [blind dates and personals] don't provide this initial necessity. Hence I propose an unusual yet very effective solution. Speed dating." [Read the Article]

"...suitable for those who don't like the idea of a blind date with someone and being stuck with them for the evening." [Read the Article]

"...the phenomenon attracts a crowd mostly in their late 20s and 30s and largely professional — lawyers and finance types toiling in 60-hour workweeks, looking to settle down but lacking room on their PDAs to brave the standard bar scene." [Read the Article]

"...you get to find out if you have chemistry first, and if you do, and you both select each other, then the e-mail romance can begin. There is something comforting and appealing about flirting with someone you already know you'd like to see again." [Read the Article]

"...advocates of speed dating believe that the success of this "unconventional" arrangement lies in "conventional" — simple chemistry" [Read the Article]