Single people meet, fun ensues
The Atlanta Film Festival kept me pretty busy but on one of the evenings I managed to squeeze in a singles event. I got word via my Twitter pal, “Alone in Atlanta” that there was a very cool “sexy scavenger hunt” going down. I arrived a pinch late but as soon as I got there I was immediately impressed. First off, it was at the Chocolate Bar. You can’t go wrong there!
When I scanned the crowd I found that everyone was smiling (yes lovely Ladies smiling too) and laid back. A really great vibe! I checked in and stuck a name badge on and headed to the counter to try a cocktail. The organizers had everyone participate in a really fun ice breaker game. You had no choice but to mix and mingle but it was never awkward.
I asked a couple of attendees if they enjoyed the event and everyone I spoke to said they did. The ages ranged from 25 to um my age *cough* and it seemed to mesh well. Ms. Manson said that this was her second event like this and the first event had a perfect mix of men and women. I noticed this night the numbers were pretty balanced as well.
I’ve been to speed dating, lock and key parties, and other mixers before but there always seemed to be something annoying about them! This event felt totally fun, and dare I say organic and natural. Maybe it was the chocolate? Who knows! How often do you get out to events designed specifically for singles? Does it make you uncomfortable to attend? Have you ever gone to a singles mixer or party and met some really great prospects?
I believe you have to find ways to mix and mingle so that you don’t feel like you are in a meat market. The best part of the Hidden Agenda event was that we had the NFL draft on the TV, the scavenger hunt, and a really sexy, fun group of singles just hanging out. I am sure there were some matches made but that wasn’t the only focus. It was about being out and about and positioning yourself to have a good time and maybe get some new friends out of it. That’s win-win in my book!
If you want to get out of the house this evening, I hear there is a really nice Singles Wine Tasting event going on at the High Museum!
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Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
2:46 pm
Who, in their right mind, would pay to see Christopher Williams, Al B Sure and Bobby Brown in concert?????
Raqi
April 30th, 2010
2:48 pm
Let me get a blog poll here:
Should I cook dinner for sitter that is coming this evening? It’s the grand-god-mother and I was just sitting here thinking I should maybe make something for dinner and her and her hubby can eat too rather than just leaving something out for the baby and getting a pizza for the boy.
Whatcall think?
Mo (aka Moeisha )
April 30th, 2010
2:48 pm
Leggs – Are you serious?? That is a concert, like for real??? The only one I would even consider would be Christopher Williams…and that is a stretch.
Raqi
April 30th, 2010
2:49 pm
LOL Leggs, they oughta be paying folks to come see them.
SlimOne..aka Slow wine fa me
April 30th, 2010
2:50 pm
melo – how do you know Vanessa has herpes…did you give them to her?
Willie Dynamite
April 30th, 2010
2:50 pm
Raqi – nice if you’d cook something for them.
Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
2:51 pm
@Raqi ~ it would be wonderful if you cooked for them….very sweet of you to even think of doing it!
Melo
April 30th, 2010
2:52 pm
@Slimo??
google celebrity and herpes!
pamela anderson,vanessa,dwayne wade and ex wife, etc
SexyCool
April 30th, 2010
2:52 pm
Melo always has The Herpes Report.
Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
2:54 pm
LOL Leggs, they oughta be paying folks to come see them.
Exactly my point, Raqi!!
i'm swiss
April 30th, 2010
2:54 pm
I think you can actually get herpes just spanking it to Pamela Anderson…
Mo (aka Moeisha )
April 30th, 2010
2:57 pm
Not the Herpes Report!!! LMAO!! WOW!
kimmie
April 30th, 2010
2:59 pm
Raqi – Yeah, a little meal would be nice.
mytw♥cents
April 30th, 2010
3:01 pm
I’m Ready to frolic up out this muthasucka- shut my mouf! Gotta start tappin into my inner Mexicana with Cinco de Mayo upon us.
The Yellow One A.K.A Mo's Sister
April 30th, 2010
3:01 pm
Yall are a trip!! I’m out people cause the kiddies are gone!! Have a great weekend. Mo, I’ll see you in a minute!!
i'm swiss
April 30th, 2010
3:02 pm
Raqi — While you’re at it, could you throw some wings on the grill for me? I’ll be round about 5:30 to pick them up… Thanks!
czBrat...thinking of pulling a Halle
April 30th, 2010
3:03 pm
has anyone seen the story on http://www.sandrarose.com about halle’s alleged new guy? i hope to heaven this is just for laughs.
Dan
April 30th, 2010
3:03 pm
@Raqi
Win the points. So next time y’all wanna go out, they’ll be happy to oblige even after you “forgot” to cook.
SlimOne..aka Slow wine fa me
April 30th, 2010
3:04 pm
oh ok
Raqi
April 30th, 2010
3:04 pm
Thanks Willie and Leggs. I always believe that some things just don’t come to mind for no reason. I don’t know the reason but I feel that I need to follow my mind. I had already taken some chopped sirloin patties out yesterday to cook for today before I found out we are going out tonight. I guess I’ll make some chopped sirloin with gravy, mashed potatoes and I guess green beans.
Anytime she sits with the baby here at the house her husband comes with her so she doesn’t have to drive home alone at night.
I guess I can whip up a batch of caramel brownies too.
Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
3:05 pm
@Dan ~ yeah, I was thinking of the brownie point system as well! How ya doing?
Mo (aka Moeisha )
April 30th, 2010
3:05 pm
Yellow One (aka Dandelion) – see ya in a few
SexyCool
April 30th, 2010
3:06 pm
Dueces – Headed to see this dude named Chris to let him put his hands all over me.
*Massage time*
Y’all have a great weekend!
Dan
April 30th, 2010
3:07 pm
@Yellow1, Dreams, Tazzee (you’re really gonna have to come up with a married name)
I’d ask ‘em about the AMEX Black card, and what they know about it. And then I’d tell them, quick, that if you didn’t pay that bill or have the money to pay that bill every month. The cars, clothes, and jewlery are coming right off; “the only thing they can’t take back is the food you ate”.
And no one remembers Hammer, so you have to tell ‘em.
Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
3:07 pm
Awww sookie sookie now. @Raqi ~ I have a friend that is a full-time Princess House consultant. Her party she goes to her husband goes along so he can help her with whatever setup she needs and she’s not driving alone. I think that is one of the sweetest things ever!
They are going to love you for making dinner for them and love on your child even more!
Dan
April 30th, 2010
3:08 pm
@My2
Frolicking….
We talking “Sound of Music” or “Sex in the City” Holla at cha boy
Melo
April 30th, 2010
3:11 pm
@CzBrat!!
i think this time,it will be alright if she can cheat him for a change!
we tired of her whinning and sloppy, leaky azz.
Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
3:16 pm
@Melo, who has a leaky azz???? What is a leaky azz?????
Trevor0529 - surviving a long ass week
April 30th, 2010
3:20 pm
I don’t even wanna know what a leaky azz is.
Melo
April 30th, 2010
3:21 pm
@Leggs??
if her azz cant keep a man,aint that leaky?
Mo (aka Moeisha )
April 30th, 2010
3:24 pm
OMG Melo!! Leaky Azz?!?! Im too done!!
Alright everyone, have a great weekend! Im out!
Dan
April 30th, 2010
3:27 pm
@Melo
Imagine having to tell a woman that ranks as one of People’s 50 most beautiful every year everyday that she’s beautiful.
Not once, but many times. And then there’s the other thing…
But no, she never gave away the booty
Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
3:31 pm
Lost in translation, Melo. I get what you’re trying to say, just don’t say leaky azz again.
Melo
April 30th, 2010
3:32 pm
But no, she never gave away the booty
@Dan!
she has fallen for the wrong dudes all her life, that tell her that crap evry day,maybe.
she shld have gone for Bobby Brown,Ray J,Jodeci guys etc..those types.
She wld have been str8 by now! enjoying lyfe!
Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
3:34 pm
@Melo ~ if she had she be walking the cobblestoned path Whitney is walking!!!
Raqi
April 30th, 2010
3:38 pm
The same Bobby Brown that was married to Whitney Houston???
Boy you made me laugh out loud, too loud my marido woke up and I am standing in the kitchen and he in the den.
AmazonRed™
April 30th, 2010
3:38 pm
Ut oh, we may have another ARed in the mix!
I’ve met the Yellow One and she’s sweet as sugar pie!
AmazonRed™
April 30th, 2010
3:42 pm
Comcast says 8pm and I have no idea about pre-fights so you may be right about that particular fight starting at 11pm.
Raqi – Since the fight is in Vegas…11 might be right. Kind of tough to get dolled up for a fight that starts at 5 pm. 8 makes more sense if you’re going with local time which would put us east coasters at 11 pm
Melo
April 30th, 2010
3:42 pm
Whitney is walking!!!
@Leggs
no, she luved cocaine more than anything else..cant blame that on Bobby but herself!
A grown woman cant assign blame on another adult.
Those guys i mentioned wld have been strong enough to handle that…(fill the blanks)
and given her a good rub down too every day!
Raqi
April 30th, 2010
3:50 pm
Amazon, in Vegas? I done got got. You are correct. There will be folks in my house at 11pm. Thanks. LOL
kimmie
April 30th, 2010
3:51 pm
Melo, you are just excited cause Halle is available again. Hopefully she won’t turn you down when you show up on her doorstep, this time wearing your daisy dukes!LOL!!!!!
Melo
April 30th, 2010
3:56 pm
@Kimmie!
I am the wrong man for her.
She wld lose her mind and proly be confined to an institution ,pining for me,after i tap her goodies and dismiss her.
kimmie
April 30th, 2010
3:58 pm
Melo – I am over here crying! You are a fool!!!LOL!!!
AmazonRed™
April 30th, 2010
4:00 pm
Amazon, in Vegas? I done got got. You are correct. There will be folks in my house at 11pm. Thanks. LOL
Cuz unless we get an early knock out…11 pm could be when the night is just getting started!
Melo
April 30th, 2010
4:06 pm
Im reading movie reviews on movies.com coz we wanna go watch a movie tonite.
But how are they gon have movies rated as having sexual and crude content throughout but rate them PG-13?
Whtas wrong with that picture??
Its sickening i tell ya! just corruption in america!
Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
4:08 pm
@ARed ~ you’re sweet too with a dash of vinegar!
SlimOne..1825 days till Mrs.
April 30th, 2010
4:10 pm
Think i’ll make it to the fight party bout 9ish
AmazonRed™
April 30th, 2010
4:10 pm
Leggs – I’d prefer chili powder! Cuz I’m firery.
AmazonRed™
April 30th, 2010
4:10 pm
SlimOne..1825 days till Mrs.
You are sooooooo hilarious!
Leggs - Scarred (8 Months and No Change)
April 30th, 2010
4:11 pm
@Melo ~ metaphorically speaking, her career is on a rocky road to nowhere!
@Raqi ~ “I done got got.” Seems like my little skit wasn’t off base. Yeah he got you. But you’re going dancing tonight and got yourself a cute new dress…not bad for being got!