Scheduled

  with  a Relatively, Semi Heimeshe upper west side Young lady for a Saturday night Encounter at the 8th floor Hotel Bar at the Times Square Marriott. Very late to confirm, I was ready to take my punishment like a man.  She apologized for the later reply and we sat for our religious style date, minus the chaperon  of course. Judging from her photos, It could have gone either way, and i think it may not have gone the right way on this night. Our Mutual passion of Israel, led to over Two hours of conversation of which I can Yenter it up for hours. Playing the chivalrous card, and not expecting her to take me up on the offer to drive her home, she did just that, Despite me not purposely parking a little far. Could have been that she liked me? Traffic sucked on the West side Highway, but what the hell, chivalry was not dead...........Someone Suggested that Pete Rose and Bruce Jenner Should become friends.......

G0d is Great, G0d

 is merciful, G0d forgives and here's why.  Eighteen Years ago I transgressed by  running away from a date i was supposed to meet at the really really fat women's club in  downtown Manhattan. I knew that G0d, does not have a statue of limitations on Karma, and have been awaiting for divine retribution to kick in, and praying it wont be harsh. Messaging a really pretty girl, whose faith it didn't matter. We hit it off real quick, and with her being in  union square area,She suggested we meet. Confirming for 600-615, I suggested the " Coffee Shop" , It's got a great bar, comfortable seating, it's popular and seems to always be happening. Feeling the rage in the text "Coffee shop really", I suggested several other places in the area as her Text went silent way beyond the 615 mark. Finally at 6:43 " I am thoroughly insulted at coffee bar, Really "? My explanation of the place, fell on deaf ears, and i double down by further mentioning  other Non insulting places. In all likely hood, a better opportunity arose for her, and she pretended to be outraged, after all we knew each other a grand total of 19 Text message exchanges, granted some messages  exceeded a few lines.Lamenting being stood up over a $5 a point backgammon, The bulb went off in my head, On this day the Benevolent one Decided to pay me back for i did to that Unfortunate young lady some eighteen years,  Their were dates that  have canceled  last minute, Dates that showed up very late, heck some dates even made me Shelp their valises, but Standing me up Never. It's a relief knowing that i finally was given my long and overdue punishment........Of course I would have wanted it come, perhaps one night Earlier When I...............to be continued.........




       

Houston, We

 Sorta of have a problem. The Addicting state of online dating, may have gotten out of control. After Several lines and no numbers Exchanged, The Empire Rooftop Hotel Bar was the Venue for my Next date. The really really good news was that she must have liked my photos, and that can mean....... The Not so good news was, Her Ethnicity was ambiguous and I figured that She was probably Jewish, Due to her name Dropping the city of Naharia, When she went out there to visit. It's like visiting Sderot of the North..Meeting at Seven, The Bar wouldn't open till 830, we Settled at one of the Broadway Bars across the street. Sweating profusely, She sensed nervousness, but it was really the Lack of  air Conditionings . Mustering up the courage i Asked, How she identifies, She hesitated for a second before replying Black of course, with a really interesting twist. We spoke the language of levity, Both knowing  not to cross the line, and offending, but definite not being Politically correct. We agreed that labeling prefix- American was just silly for the record she would be African- Jamaican- Hungarian- Irish- Syrian American.  Mercifully, we ended the night, but both had a really good excuse, our disdain for Sweating. Bummer, We " forgot" to exchange numbers ohh Well........ A Nice gesture by a Restaurant in Israel to waive the bill for a couple of Soldiers with the message "Thanks for you're service it's on us".  Some comments, Bashing the place for Charging 33 NIS for a Paganini, etc, rather than the gesture . Only in Israel..............

Not wanting to

     Attend  the wedding of a friends Sister alone, I volunteered to Chauffeur Three Lovely Ladies to Jewish Center in Old Westbury. The Girls were all pretty, made up, smelled really good, and even one of them came with her umbrella, I didn't bother asking why.  They Complimented me on Creed Cologne and insisted I didn't overdue it Shamie Style with the Sprays. We Gelled instantly, and spoke mainly of  relationship, our connection to the Bride, and how it wasn't their  fault that we were going to be there really early, Despite the Traffic. Arriving Way Way  before the ceremony, We mingled over Horus devours, and continued the small talk.  We ran into  Two Macabee TA Players Sean James, and Silvan landsberg, who could have easily passed for Plaxico Burres and Odel Beckham Jr. The Chuppa kicked off Two Hours later and despite a little rain the couple were joined in Holy Matrimony.To Bad one of the girls forgot the umbrella in my car. The Girls insisted on staying really late, and we promised to rekindle our  new friendships once we got back. Texting them to make sure they got in ok, Their was still the issue of the fancy Umbrella with the CC label on it. I Messaged Umbrella Girl that I'm in her area and,  I'll be sure to drop it off.  She thanked me graciously, and with a slight innuendo I told her that I did not want her to be pissed at me whenever she got wet, She laughed at said never. Some more exchanges led me to  nonchalantly  asking her out. " Maybe" ?, at least it wasn't a NO, We continued messaging and then she stopped, Regurgitating back to my old ways, I Stopped also, and it looks like we will be hanging out sometime Never again...........

Whenever A

  Girl, I am interested in Replies to me in similar Fashion  that I reply to girls that are interested in me ( it happens on occasion )  and I am not in them, That eerie feeling of ughh overcomes me and it's time to stop.  A Rehash with a girl, I went out with  last September, it surprised me that she reached out, and we Set on meeting at the same venue as last time.  Early as usual, It shocked  and saddened  me to see the doors shuttered at the Stone Rose Lounge at Columbus circle, turns it out they had shut down the previous night, Due to a high rent increase. Quickly improvising I got a table at the outdoor Piano bar. A Published Author, She had a lot of Exciting things going on for her, As I was Especially Excited about Two of those. I spend a very good portion of the night Interviewing her, with most of her answers being open ended and finishing with the " it depends".  A breakthrough late in the evening, not the one i was wishing for, She finally opened up and seemed like she was having fun. Dropping her off, confidently I suggested we should do this again, as she said she had a really good time and would like that. For the record,  She was of sound body and mind and not under duress when she said that. Shooting off, a thought out NON creepy  nice Text, She replied in the same way, i would reply to someone that I was NOT interested in. With a Banal and Generic " I had fun too, Good night". Not Stalkeish, But Excessive persistence, as the Great EEE would Describe it I tried again, and this time got half the answer............. No church on Sunday........ Shocking to believe that For the first time in  world financial meltdown History, This time in Greece, The Jews weren't involved.

Weighing her Options,

       
  Date #4  At Three Thirty, finally Confirmed  the 700 Monday night date, at the Loews Hotel bar on park Avenue. With So many options All Guys and girls Tentatively Schedule, With the Hopes that Something better comes, So Suffice to say I was her Best Option for that time..... She had no trouble spotting me as i was the only person not wearing a suit, and probably the poorest too. Another non Drinking date, We broke bread over appetizers, Fries. and some really great spicy Free Nut mix. We shared Story's and Bonded over our nonchalant attitude towards Social Issues.  Though She didn't find  the Hasidim gesture of Hiring Mexican Day Laborers with Traditional Hasidim Garb and signs to protest the Gay Peoples Parade Funny, of which I suggested she look at how funny the photos were. I politely and vehemently declined her offer to split the bill, and it was still  Unclear if this  Date of No choice was heading towards Bliss,or the abyss.  She Quickly answered that, by splitting as I headed to relieve myself............39 Years ago, Operation Thunderbolt, later renamed Yoni was launched. PM Yitzhak Rabin at the time Penned an Unsigned Resignation letter, Should the operation Fail.  Thankfully He Had to Resign for other reasons a few months Later......

Date Three

 of the Week, Began in Similar Fashion to Date Two; Murder Traffic. My Second Greatest fear, of being late was overcome as i made it to the West Village bar with a couple Minutes to spare. She looked Pretty,  Elegant, really well put together, Smelled great,had that amazing British Accent, and to put it over the top utilized the Oxford comma. With neither of us Drinking it was sodas, and Cheese platters.  A spirited discussion over the spelling of Blue Cheese, and as it turns out i was wrong and the menu Spelled it correctly Bleu, spilled over to our dating war stories, of which her's were a lil more interesting than mine. We Spoke of the IRA and then the Israeli- Arab Conflict of which i was suspicious where her sympathy's lied, Not Trying to win hearts and minds, and in a serious mode, not trying to win  the other stuff too, though it would be nice. I suggested one needs to See, and hear both narratives, but i understood that the UK is inherently Anti- Israel. She was going to go to Israel last summer, but thank's to Obama, Delta Grounded all flights for a while, she chose Brazil. It saddened me a little that we got along so well, as I was probably A little too Jewish for her, and by a lot. Leading me to think again of why even go out..... Their is an answer?..............