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"I hope everyone had an excellent Thanksgiving weekend. Mine was very solid. My aunt, who happens to be the best non-professional cook I know, came through with a meal for the ages, including three pies for four people. I put down two plates and very seriously considered loading up for Round Three. I burned off the calories on Saturday with some highly competitive bowling with the Hong Kong Don and Co. before heading over to Victoria&amp;#x27;s place for takeout and DVDs.My Thanksgiving dinner was so delicious I was able to forget that the Seahawks got absolutely destroyed by the Cowboys.Since signing on at Single-ish I&amp;#x27;ve spent countless hours scouring the Internet in search of the perfect date. I&amp;#x27;ve analyzed menus, parsed movie reviews and signed up for just about every email newsletter available in New York City. I still think doing your homework is key to being a good dater, but I&amp;#x27;m beginning to realize that the most important things are asking a lot of questions and being present in the moment. In other words, I enjoyed our meal of falafel sandwiches and hummus just as much as our more conventionally romantic supper at Braeburn. And even though the movie we rented wasn&amp;#x27;t great (Roxanne with Steve Martin--for some reason I thought it was good), it was nice to kick off our shoes and stretch out on the couch. Which isn&amp;#x27;t to say that I&amp;#x27;m over dinner and a movie. There&amp;#x27;s nothing I love more than hitting the town, and it&amp;#x27;s not like you can ask a girl over to your place for a first date. But it was refreshing to have so much fun with so little fuss. It&amp;#x27;s the simple things, folks. What&amp;#x27;s your favorite lazy date? Board games and box wine? A walk in the park? I need some help with this. P.S. Speaking of downsizing, read and watch the story of Joanna&amp;#x27;s frugally fantastic holiday party over at the New York Times. I guess my invite got lost in the mail. (Kidding!)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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