where is the best place to meet single people?

I smell a hook up.... 8)

Although I love Freddy's lots, I think you may do better by getting involved in an activity that you enjoy instead of just hanging at bars. If you like movies, consider joining the American Museum of the Moving Image. Once you're in, they have free events occasionally that are open only to members, and not just at the museum itself in Queens. If you like art, consider MoMa or a group with art to your liking. If you run, New York Road Runners. Membership in these types of organizations is not that expensive, especially compared to a night on the town.

If you are a churchgoer, there's church. If you speak a foreign language, get into a conversational French/Spanish/whatever group. If you have a child and are single(I don't, for those wondering), a children's book reading might be a good idea. Prospect Park has a lot of events listed on its site, some of which draw groups of like-minded people. When it turns cold, there's an ice skating rink there if you like to do that. They may have courses you could take where you could meet people. You get the idea.

I have had miserable luck with myspace and friendster. I think most people just go there to play Hottie Pokemon.

A friend of mine is getting married next month... he met his bride-to-be on Nerve.com 5 years ago. They both lived in Astoria, about a block from each other, it turns out.

Two of my friends, who are both now engaged, met through Nerve.com (which uses some sort of syndicated personals, available through several other sites like Salon.com and others).

Soda seems like a happening spot. I went there way late last week on like a Wednesday and there was a fairly good crowd there. Good thing my friend came along or I would've gotten pounced on. YMMV of course.

Other options: recruit other neighborhood folks to DH so there will be a greater concentration of singles; take a class; go to parties; and the last resort, ask friends to hook you up.

Weddings and funerals are the best places to find singles.

Yeah, this advice is parasitical in nature, but it does work...

A Daily Heights-sponsored singles event?

Laura B wrote: Apparently all you need to do in this neighborhood is smear yourself with Essence of Carneviento.

Cures rickets and scurvy too!

Candicissima wrote: [quote=ana.log]A Daily Heights-sponsored singles event?

Haha yeah right. For like the 4 of us!

Perhaps we can combine 2 obsessions in one and prop ourselves outside El Carneviento and pounce on cute boys/girls that get caught up in the meat smell web.

5.

just put a large cardboard around neck says single . and hope someone bites lol.

Yo man a couple of resurrected threads was all good but you're screwing up the system.

I want to keep the search for skippy the dog up top so everyone will keep an eye out, also the q train dude is important but now you have pushed them all down.

You are not helping things, just please chill a bit.

armchair_warrior wrote:
they are still on the first page. dont tell me people scan the front page.

I don't tend to. If i hit something I already read, I tend to stop. And since I havent been here much lately I knew something was off when I had read things still on the first page. Ressurrecting the things we talked about 6 months ago is kinda old, you know? Why not just jump in from the present and go forward?

armchair_warrior wrote: [quote=jayce][quote=armchair_warrior]
they are still on the first page. dont tell me people scan the front page.

I don't tend to. If i hit something I already read, I tend to stop. And since I havent been here much lately I knew something was off when I had read things still on the first page. Ressurrecting the things we talked about 6 months ago is kinda old, you know? Why not just jump in from the present and go forward? the topic was intresting and i dont want to start a new one. so this old one would do.

so any good insights on where to meet singles? so far, I've had nothing but lousy luck (or bad taste) in the local toys from soda - they're all either attached (whether they tell you or not) or complete jackasses or both. need new playthings.

alafairnadia wrote: [quote=armchair_warrior][quote=jayce][quote=armchair_warrior]
they are still on the first page. dont tell me people scan the front page.

I don't tend to. If i hit something I already read, I tend to stop. And since I havent been here much lately I knew something was off when I had read things still on the first page. Ressurrecting the things we talked about 6 months ago is kinda old, you know? Why not just jump in from the present and go forward? the topic was intresting and i dont want to start a new one. so this old one would do.

so any good insights on where to meet singles? so far, I've had nothing but lousy luck (or bad taste) in the local toys from soda - they're all either attached (whether they tell you or not) or complete jackasses or both. need new playthings.

hehe have you ever tried my idea yet ? it could be a good conversation starter with strangers .

alafairnadia wrote: [quote=armchair_warrior][quote=jayce][quote=armchair_warrior]
they are still on the first page. dont tell me people scan the front page.

I don't tend to. If i hit something I already read, I tend to stop. And since I havent been here much lately I knew something was off when I had read things still on the first page. Ressurrecting the things we talked about 6 months ago is kinda old, you know? Why not just jump in from the present and go forward? the topic was intresting and i dont want to start a new one. so this old one would do.

so any good insights on where to meet singles? so far, I've had nothing but lousy luck (or bad taste) in the local toys from soda - they're all either attached (whether they tell you or not) or complete jackasses or both. need new playthings.

I heartily second the Soda bash there. I love the place as much as the next person. I am there every tuesday night just cause. But honestly it is a complete date bar. I know people who live in the nether world of brooklyn who still take dates to Soda. Not exactly a swinging singles scene. I even asked one of the bartenders about it and he couldn't give me a good answer. I chalk it up to the damn tables in the front. Regardless I will go there for the beer and the music (when it isn't too loud).