So, on to the wine garden. Charles & Nate are big sweet wine fans - even more than I am. You get two tickets with your entry fee, and thereafter you have to buy them. The first winery we hit is Rockridge, located in Enumclaw, which does fruity wines. I try the tayberry, mainly because I've never tried a tayberry (a raspberry/blackberry cross from Scotland). When I look at their brochure, I notice they advertise themselves for hard cider, and.... oh baby.... mead. Ahhhh. A new meadery!! This is good. The mead won't be ready until July or August, but I'm very happy. I'm chatting with the lady about her cider and she says, "I've got it under the table, but I can't sell it here." And the reason you're not pouring it for me is what??? I'm quite excited and will have to go visit. This is wonderful!
We try a few other wineries - Knipprath, Eaton Hill, Kalamar (in Lake Tapps!) and one more before we're out of tickets. We cruise around for some purchases, then head back to my house to make dinner. I really don't drink much these days, but for some inexplicable reason I wound up buying some flavored vodkas on Friday night - an infused blood orange vodka with mango and passionfruit, and then a pear vodka. The pear vodka had quite an edge to it, so I figured it needed to be mixed. We picked up some ginger ale, which went really well with the pear. Happy campers we were for the rest of the evening...
Interlaced with the wine & chocolate adventure was my first "match" who had actually emailed me back! As I've mentioned before, I'm trying to keep an open mind. I figure if eharmony matches me up with someone, there's a reason, I may as well chat with someone and see what it is. Okay, the 5'2" guy was a no-go, but generally speaking, I've started down the communication path. But this guy, John from Portland, was the first guy that when I looked at his profile I thought, "oooh! This could be good!" He's 6'3", a cyclist, and seemed to have a pretty strong wit and for last book read talked about "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" which is Richard Feynman's autobiography and actually a really, really good book.
So, I was pretty excited when he sent me some answers to my questions and asked some questions in return. I had finished them about the time Nate and Charles showed up. We went off to the festival, and when we got back we watched a video I'd told them about. The next step is trading your "can't stands" and "must haves", e.g. your deal-breakers. I looked through his and thought, okay... I didn't see anything in them I fail miserably at. I was also pleased he mentioned stuff about being neat and clean. I sent mine along and went back to the party. After Nate & Charles left, I checked in... that bastard closed the match!!
I set my profile up a long time ago - probably close to 2 years at this point - I just hadn't actually waded back into the pool until now. I have kept it updated, or at least considered that it's still true for me. Looking at my must haves/can't stand, however, I did notice some of it seems pretty much a reaction of things I didn't like in Allen. I don't think it's inaccurate, but I do think I should look at it from a more me-centric point of view and see if I'd give the same answers
The entertainment rolls on...
3 comments:
Aww - how nice of you to not tell the whole world that we left our gin at your house! That would have been embarrassing.
Perhaps your profile should have less Allan and more chocolate and wine?
Let's talk about it tomorrow, at martini trivia night!
I must say, following your "return to the dating pool" stories is making me uncomfortable. Not in a TMI kind of way; it's more that I feel defensive on your behalf. I remember what it felt like when I was single, and how painful any kind of rejection was for me, even the "just never heard back from him" kind. You seem remarkably mellow about the whole situation, but I keep projecting my past hurt feelings onto you, and then feeling uncomfortable for you. As I'm reading, I keep inwardly protesting, "But you don't understand - she's really great!"
OK, I need help.
I would hope I could be mellow about a guy I've never met deciding I'm not the "right one" for him. I was someone ticked he'd let the "deal-breakers" be deal-breakers, odd as that sounds. Mainly because you have to pick 10, and I only had 8 I felt I should pick. But then I thought, what if it's the one about not wanting someone who does drugs? Or someone who watches TV all the time? Those are deal-breakers for me. So maybe he just saved me some trouble.
Onward, upward. In the meantime, I'll entertain you.
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