{"id":1542,"date":"2006-09-11T10:30:17","date_gmt":"2006-09-11T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/09\/if_i_had_a_dime_for_every_time_some_dirtbag_tried_to_get_me_into_serendipity_i_could_buy_myself_a_sixpack_but_then_that_would_make_for_a_better_night_than_most_of_these_ideas.html"},"modified":"2006-09-11T10:30:17","modified_gmt":"2006-09-11T18:30:17","slug":"if_i_had_a_dime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/09\/if_i_had_a_dime.html","title":{"rendered":"If I Had A Dime For Every Time Some Dirtbag Tried To Get Me Into Serendipity, I Could Buy Myself A Sixpack . . . But Then That Would Make For A Better Night Than Most Of These Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the Daily News (&#8220;We asked six single guys to pick their favorite first-date boites, along with the sexy dishes that they believe are sure to help them score&#8221;), next time a guy takes me out on a date, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/city_life\/story\/450680p-379331c.html\">I&#8217;ll know what he&#8217;s trying to suss out<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The food at Tao is amazing. It&#8217;s a high-energy place where anyone can have a great time. If a girl doesn&#8217;t have a good time there, she&#8217;s probably not worth going out with again.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Or:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The waiting area [at Rosa Mexicano] stinks. It&#8217;s always packed, which allows you to test your date&#8217;s temperament based on the way she reacts to getting jostled. If she has no patience and gets irritated, then I know I don&#8217;t want a second date. The food is good, not too cheap, not too expensive. If the night goes well, the margaritas can get you drunk in a hurry, and if the night goes poorly, the margaritas can get you drunk in a hurry. It&#8217;s close to Serendipity, so if you really like the girl, you can take a leisurely stroll and get dessert or even walk over to Fifth Ave. or by Central Park.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the Daily News (&#8220;We asked six single guys to pick their favorite first-date boites, along with the sexy dishes that they believe are sure to help them score&#8221;), next time a guy takes me out on a date, I&#8217;ll know what he&#8217;s trying to suss out: The food at Tao is amazing. It&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feed","category-youre_kidding_right"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}