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Date me, D.C.!
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I am Katie. I am a funny, 27-year-old, semi-successful journalist living in the Washington, D.C.-area. And I'm single for the first time in my adult life. After being in two back-to-back long-term relationships, I'm diving into the D.C. dating pool headfirst. I vow to leave no happy hour unattended, no date un-taken, no hottie un-chatted-up. If there is a single man in the greater D.C.-area, I'm going to find him and force him to buy me a drink.
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The happy ending!

Hello, friends. Remember me? Im Katie, the humble proprietor of Date Me, D.C.! Id quit these here shenanigans a while back, but I decided to drop in today for a limited-engagement blog post. Why? Bec...

21 mar 12

We need to talk

Ive never been good at accepting when things are over. Phone conversations only end for me when the person on the other end of the line pauses awkwardly then says, "Well... Im gonna have to let y...

06 oct 11

Implosion

I dont even know where to begin this blog post. I went out with a guy for a first date this past Wednesday. It was fantastic. He was funny and charming, and he took me to Pearl Dive Oyster Palace on ...

19 sep 11

OkCupid fails: Why Im not writing you back

Well, as anticipated, OkCupid has been a big goddamn disappointment. I realize it hasnt been that long that Ive been on this godforsaken excuse for a dating site, but... son of a bitch. You...

16 sep 11

"Doing the District" launch party!

Between last nights date and tonights impending date -- provided both give me the OK to blog about them -- I swear to baby Jesus I will have a legitimate blog post soon (everything Ive put ...

15 sep 11

This place reeks of "sad girl" right now -- LAME

Since Ive been on exactly zero dates since the labor union guy (OkCupid is proving to be a big fail -- blog post on that coming once I finish Photoshopping some shit), I have nothing to write about t...

11 sep 11

We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog programming

Im sorry, Im sorry, Im sorry -- I know people are probably fucking sick of this by now but something just happened and I have to write about it, have to cry about it, have to kick things and pound my...

09 sep 11

The labor union guy

Right before I wrote about my date with the fundraiser, I updated my Facebook page to say that a new blog post would be coming soon. Before I go any further, I should come clean with the following: I...

04 sep 11

Introducing "Doing the District"

Hey, all! Im joining forces for a group blog: Doing the District. This was our intro post -- check it out! -Katie One balmy summer night not long ago, five girlfriends met for drinks after ...

01 sep 11

Back online: The "why," the "who" and the "...WOW"

So after much soul searching, I made a big decision this week: I am not going to date any more men I meet through the blog. Why the change? Because dating men I meet through the blog is BULLSHIT. One...

29 aug 11

The intelligence guy

I got a cutesy email the other day from a gentleman who said he was frustrated with the dating scene in D.C. -- every girl he attempts to chat up ultimately reveals she has a boyfriend, apparently. I...

25 aug 11

Of cocktails and cock shots

Our exclamations alternated between awe and pity, and were punctuated by peals of laughter. Some of them were straight. Some were hooked. Some were hairy. Some were clean. It was Friday night, and&nb...

22 aug 11

Second date with the fundraiser: Wherein he takes me to brunch

Immediately following our first date, the fundraiser asked if Id like to get together again, suggesting Sunday brunch for an activity. In all my time dating, Id never been on a brunch date, so t...

16 aug 11

RETURN OF THE HAPPY HOUR: THE HAPPY-ENING

In the beginning, D.C. created the Happy Hour. And the Happy Hour was without sponsoring, and the taps ran dry. And then the spirit moved Date Me, D.C. And Date Me, D.C. said, "Let...

16 aug 11

The fundraiser

You know, I thought blogging about my hemorrhoids would prove Man Repellent from there on out. But it turns out you can have an irritated back door and guys still want to take you out for drinks. Who...

15 aug 11

Sassy and succinct

Just a quick post to say I really like what bloggy BFF Sassy Marmalade has to say in this entry.

09 aug 11

Second and third dates with the writer: Wherein we were flying high, then it all came crashing down

This is kind of a sad story. Ill start by telling you Ive been severely remiss in updating this blog about the subsequent dates I had with the writer. Date Two happened two Saturdays ago; Date Three ...

07 aug 11

Diagnosis: Humiliation, or "How I made an ass out of myself in front of my new doctor"

There are many things about myself that writing this blog makes me more self-aware of and, in turn, forces me to come to terms with. Like, my tendency to speak first, think later, for instance. That ...

01 aug 11

The e-marketer

Im having the hardest time ever writing about this date. Not because it was bad -- it wasnt. Not because it was good, either -- Id categorize it as a perfectly adequate and acceptable evening. (Thoug...

24 jul 11

The writer

There is one thing -- and one thing only -- that is responsible for the evening I spent with the gentleman who heretofore shall be known as "the writer": Alcohol. Yes, alcohol. It was July 6,...

19 jul 11

"No" follow-up

First of all, a reader wrote to me after my post on the word "no" to suggest that I provide links to places where women whove been date-raped can get help. I thought that was a capital idea:F...

15 jul 11

I should only have to say "no" once

When I started dating people in November 2009, I remember explaining some of the awful first dates I was having to my friend Kelly. Id initially agreed to second dates with the guys, even though Id h...

13 jul 11

Maverick

Way back at the end of April, as has been known to happen more and more frequently the longer I write this thing, I got an email from a random guy telling me my blog was hilarious and asking if ...

10 jul 11

Well, that was fast.

So... Im single again. Meh. Shitter. Simply twas not meant to be. Me and the Blink-And-Youll-Miss-Him-BF had a good run -- March-June 2011, R.I.P. -- but at the end of the day, we just didnt have eno...

06 jul 11

Close encounters of the absurd kind

It was innocuous at first. I was cabbing it home through Chinatown in March 2010 after an extremely late-night rendezvous with a... **ahem**... special friend when I saw him: The lobbyist, ...

08 jun 11

Storytelling, Part 3

* This is the third of a three-part series. Epilogue So, yes -- its true. The seemingly impossible happened: This maven of mating, this guru of going out, this devotee of dating is trading her red Je...

02 jun 11

Storytelling, Part 2

* This is the second of a three-part series. Denouement *   *   * The Background: You might have been able to guess that theres more factoring in to the dismal state of my affairs than my d...

01 jun 11

Storytelling, Part 1

* This is the first of a three-part series. Prologue It finally happened. One man after another came into my life and ripped out a piece of me. And in their wake, I am irreparably damaged. Bruised, b...

31 may 11

Facebook Official

Well, folks -- Im "Facebook official" again. And I went straight from "Single" to "Engaged"! I found the perfect person to marry. Someone who is everything Ive ever wanted* --...

17 may 11

"Fair warning: Youll need a formal/pretty dress" or How I gate-crashed the White House Corr...

My day on Saturday, April 30 started off as innocuous as any other Saturday. I slept in, lazed about for a while, then brewed a pot of coffee while I checked my e-mail and began writing thi...

10 may 11

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