WOOHOO, Singles Board!

[enigmacat]

I'd be interested in a singles event...

[goldfish]

single as well, and would also be up for some sort of event.

[CountingZestfully]

I'm single...although I don't know how I feel about speed dating.  :-)

Speed dating...already got a story about that. Not for me.

[haziemal]

So far we seem to be overwhelmingly female. Argh. Come on guys, you know you wanna!

I went speed dating once, too. One guy sent my friend and I form emails about how much he thought we had a connection, the only difference being the name of the person it was addressed to, and then we got angry, hate filled form emails a few days later when neither of us responded! It was a classic. Seed dating, well that just makes me blush  :-*

Maybe we should tell our ages (or just decades??) so we can get an idea of how we might group ourselves? Presumably the 50 y/o people aren't that interested in a meetup full of 20 y/o people, and vice versa. Although I guess you never know. I'm 26. I would also volunteer to help with organizing an event. How does that work around here?

[casicua]

So far we seem to be overwhelmingly female. Argh. Come on guys, you know you wanna!

Wow, this is rough, being one of the few guys among females :-D

25 y/o male here, I'd help organize and/or participate in an event. Can anyone recommend a venue? I will make some calls this week to see if what places would be good.
Off the bat, I'd say somewhere low key and not too expensive like crescent & wine or Waltz maybe? (Sorry, I don't venture off the Ditmars area as much as I should) I think most places would be happy to host an event like that for the publicity and income. I believe most places just require a minimum number of people to attend in order to close off an area.

[dakota]

i'd be up for an event too. i've been doing match.com and all i have to say is it's hard out there. whew.
oh yeah, i'm 30/f

[CW]

I'd be up for something. Since I'm 26/m, I can balance things out a bit too.

[Astoria Luv]

I'm single, but not really looking right now.  I would be interested in going to a singles event, though, just to hang out and meet new folks in the neighborhood.

Since many of these start off with a lot of promise and enthusiasm and then fizzle and disappear, I was going to recommend holding this event during the week of April 20th.  While I'm not a fan of early weeknight events, it's really up to the majority. 

Regarding the location, I was going to recommend Indigo on 30th Avenue, close to the train station.  There was an Astorian mixer held there last month http://www.astorians.com/community/index.php?topic=9624.0
I thought that this would be a good location because it's right off of the N/W and from what I understand has an upstairs bar that we might be able to reserve.  If anyone else has recommendations, please share. 

Finally, I was wondering if we could invite other singles who are not in the group, but who would want to join us.  For example, if you have a friend or acquaintance who wants to come, let 'em!  The more singles, the more selection, I say.  And besides, it's not like we're going to put an ad in craigslist about the event. 

These are just ideas for right now.  Please respond with your own thoughts!

[purplecurlygirl]

Single here, late-mid-twenties.  :-D

I'd like to see speed dating in Astoria, or some other singles mixer.

[goldfish]

Even if it winds up being mostly girls, we'd still have a good time and know that We Are Not Alone. :)

late 20s, here.

[daisy]

Single here.  31.  Creative.  Lover of salsa.  Bookworm.  Hard to put in a neat little box, and like it that way.  Def interested in a mixer.  Sounds like fun!  In a city where single women outnumber single men 10 to 1, I find it very hard to meet people.   I always find this map National Geographic did on singles in the US very interesting.  http://creativeclass.typepad.com/thecreativityexchange/2007/04/the_singles_map.html
The tristate area is full of single women, while the West Coast is teeming with single men!!    :-) :-(

[cschoregge]

Yet another single female here......I'm 32 and by Ditmars.

[bnittoli]

Single male here, 39.  Just moved to the Ditmars area and don't know many people in Astoria, especially in this part of town.

[goldfish boy]

Single, male, 43.  I'm not interested in dating or hooking up, but I'd like to make some more single friends.

[paratactical]

Single, male, 43.  I'm not interested in dating or hooking up, but I'd like to make some more single friends.

This! Although not the male and 43 part.  :-D