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Eating together
One thing most people seem to get in the context of a romantic relationship is a default dinner partner. They eat dinner together some or a lot of the time. On a day when nothing particularly unusual is happening, one knows that the other will likely be there for the evening meal. That person will be around; that person is enjoyable to be with; the two of them have a comfortable overlap in their culinary tastes; they have shared experiences to talk about.
Let's say you're paired up romantically but it's a long-distance relationship. Or perhaps your spouse is 100% solar powered and does not ever enter restaurants. Maybe you're allergic to the only food she can eat, or you've taken a vow not to eat in his presence until he learns table manners. In short, you're romantically partnered and gustatorily single. Do you eat alone? Frequently?
If so, and if you live near* me, holler.
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* CJ's definition of "near": less total driving time than social interaction time, even if the driving is during rush hour and the meal is short.
Let's say you're paired up romantically but it's a long-distance relationship. Or perhaps your spouse is 100% solar powered and does not ever enter restaurants. Maybe you're allergic to the only food she can eat, or you've taken a vow not to eat in his presence until he learns table manners. In short, you're romantically partnered and gustatorily single. Do you eat alone? Frequently?
If so, and if you live near* me, holler.
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* CJ's definition of "near": less total driving time than social interaction time, even if the driving is during rush hour and the meal is short.
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But right now, no random showing up in the bay area... total driving time would be greater than social interaction time unless we spent like 8 hours eating fondue.. ;)
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It's a little odd to remember that you and I have never met, after all this time we've known each other online.
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There's an excellent Thai place called Thai Pepper near there. It's run by a friend of my sister-in-law,
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how about a $100 burger?
Re: how about a $100 burger?
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Would it make it easier to do it sooner if we chose caches that were near to parking spots? There'd still be a bit of walking around in a small area to find the cache, but we could eliminate the hiking-to-the-cache aspect...
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94087. And thank you!
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What would work best for me would be to do brunch together and then go caching, since there are some evening gatherings that I hope to stop by on those days.
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I'll send you e-mail.
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Hmmm.... So, if I drive up, and we have two 6-hour Fabulous Fondue Fests (or perhaps in deference to my (preferably) finite tummy, one 6-hour Fabulous Fondue Fest interspersed with one 6-hour Kittywatching with Long Cat-themed Discussion, that'd fit your "near" criterion, wouldn't it? ;)
Whups -- need to add a
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It's a little frustrating to realize that I'm in the LA basin many times a year, but usually with no free time. I've NEVER MET MIRA! :-(
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I'm toying with the idea of a trip up there in the next month or three. I'd love, love, love another Fabulous Fondue Fest if you're up to it, plus fun socializing and cat visiting of course! I'll let you know when I get around to figuring out something more specific. Cool!
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But you've got me awfully curious which of the possibilities you've outlines describes your situation.
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My situation is closest to "my spouse is solar-powered".
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Ah, that's a shame. I mean, I'm sure you survive on the food at the house, but sometimes it is nice to just get out and socialize a little bit over a meal. Now that I have someone to eat with, we try to get out at least once a week. So I hope you find a nice little group to satisfy your culinary and conversational needs. :)
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Which means that I *can* drive from Berkeley to SCruz for a day-visit. And I've done it (oy). When I used to drive to LA a lot to visit someone in bed [g] my criterion was that the trip include at least 1 day with no travel on either end.
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I did once do a day trip to Yosemite from Sunnyvale. Four hours up, eight hours there, four hours back. I admit I'd rather have stayed longer. :-)
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We should get together and have dinner sometime, though!
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We definitely should! Mmmdinner! Bring Stacey!
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Not helpful or anything, but there's a play that was produced in Boston by a short-lived theater group called "The Department of Energy", called "Fire of Life", that featured (among other things) "photosynthetic lesbians" (and some evil corporation trying to clone them, or something.) It just lept immediately to mind :-)
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Aw darn! Now I know what I shoulda been when I grew up! All I wound up as instead is "computer programmer". ;-)
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The rest of the time, frozen dinners or takeout suffice, dinner *should* be social, but *mustn't* be skipped...
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Oh definitely. I'm just looking for a little variety!