Baseball, Beers and My Single Jewish Friend

First, I have to apologize for my lack of blog posts since the Spring. It has been a tad hectic for me over the past few months!

I was inspired to sit down and post this evening after a conversation I had with my fellow baseball team members (intramural of course) over drinks and dinner post-game.

Side note - for those of you interested in my sports career, The Shweaty Balls lost their first match. MVP of the game AKA VIP of the game was Mr. P. with a beautiful home run in the bottom of the seventh.

Back to the drinks ..err .. conversation :). A good friend of mine has been living in Toronto for about 6 months. A bit of background ... He lives in th north end of the city in somwhat cramped living quarters and works outside the Toronto core. He is of the Jewish descent, holds a professional designation and is all around nice guy.

Over the past six months he has tried time and time again to meet a "lady" of his liking. He has approached women in social situations including bars and house parties; he has attended a number of blind dates; he has posted his profile on an online dating service for Jewish singles; he has done it all. Or so we thought ...

Over this evening's meal, one of our team mates shared one his tactics - meeting ladies on the greyhound bus ride home. I think this is perfect. For one, you know that you have one thing in common with the other rider - your end destination. Second, you have at least an hour to engage in a conversation with an individual. I believe the key to this tactic is finding your prospect in the bus line up and making sure that you sit not beside, but across the aisle from them. This saves you from an awkward bus ride in case the conversation doesn't go as planned.

After the greyhound bus tactic discussion, we tried to think of other interesting ways to meet people in the city - Jewish women to be exact. Where are we to look? How do we approach them without being too forward? Sadly, a table of eight individuals came up with nothing.

If you are reading and know A) a successful tried and true tactic for meeting credible individuals in the city or B) know of a prospect for my twenty-something, professional and fabulous friend, please do share!

Until my next post ... which I hope to make about PR ... Ciao.