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Sexy and Funny Wine Country Date

Posted on January 26th, 2009 | 21 comments

Remember my sexy wine country date? The one where I met Benita, a Brazilian woman, for a second-date dinner in San Francisco. My single-parent custody schedule wouldn’t permit a third date for at least two weeks, so I suggested she and I head to Napa wine country for a sexy weekend fling. She accepted. Only [...]

Three Great Places to Meet Women (On Paper)

Posted on December 10th, 2008 | 29 comments

My flirt-a-day challenge is going gang-busters, which is great – if my only goal is to flirt. Which it’s not. I’m hoping to turn some innocent flirting into a hot date. For that, I need to meet single women at my same life stage. Or at least single women close enough to my age that [...]

Soccer, Friends, and Wine

Posted on August 11th, 2008 | 13 comments

Nothing like driving your kids to wine country for a soccer tournament, especially when you get along great with the other team parents. A totally different experience than taking a hot date on a spontaneous wine-tasting fling. But that’s the two sides of being a single parent. Wine and good company are fabulous ingredients, either [...]

Taking Third-Date Sex to a New Extreme

Posted on August 6th, 2008 | 47 comments

Benita and I were enjoying a Friday night dinner together in a cute little French bistro in San Francisco. Our one other date had been simple and fun – flirting and getting to know each other over cocktails. That first night we’d pecked cheeks when we met and kissed briefly goodnight, so I didn’t know [...]

Napa and Sonoma Aren’t the Only Places to Meet Singles Wine Tasting

Posted on July 8th, 2008 | 16 comments

Over the long weekend a buddy and I spent a day wine tasting in the Santa Cruz mountains. Which is to say, rather than tasting we socialized and drank. As it should be for a single dad like me. (My buddy is married, which could spell wingman trouble, but he’s a good and respectful companion, [...]

On Any Given Sunday I’d Be Cycling – So Why Am I Sick?

Posted on April 13th, 2008 | 4 comments

The Bay Area is getting a taste of summer this weekend, and yesterday’s sunny hot day was ready-made for a buddy and I to go wine tasting in the Santa Cruz Mountains. (He’s one of the good guys, not a sleazy married wingman type.) I was feeling great from a 25-mile bike ride that morning, [...]