Dating

How to Get Non-readers to Read

A teacher gives her love to the Mexican.

I Think Cupid Just Hocked A Loogie

A Woman Who Was Nearly Murdered by Her Online Date is Suing Dallas-based Match.com

When Mary Kay Beckman was ambushed in the garage of her Las Vegas home in January 2011, it made national headlines. That was partly because of the brutality of the attack. The attacker "knocked her to the ground, and began stabbing her repeatedly until he recognized that the knife broke," according ... More >>

Frozen Yogurt Is the No. 1 One First-Date Choice In Dallas

How About We has been spreading VD one date at a time with the innovative idea that users propose a specific and simple activity for a first date. The idea is that simple activities make for good icebreakers and possibly prevent painful first date marathons. For instance, proposing "how about we try ... More >>

America's Team Fumbled Cowboys.com. Now, It's a Gay Dating Website.

The Dallas Cowboys almost snatched up the Cowboys.com domain five years ago. They called in the winning bid at auction but backed out after realizing that the "275" the agreed to was $275,000, not just $275.00, according to a report at the time from Domain Name News. The name was finally purchased f ... More >>

Eating With Your Eyes At Oak: It's Way Safer Than Internet Dating

Ever think about food photography and Internet dating in tandem? Come on, don't be shy. You know you've logged on to OkCupid, or Match, or eHarmony or whatever, and looked at pictures of prospective dates and thought, oh my, I've gotta have that. Same thing happens when you're checking out a restaur ... More >>

In '07, Peter Burks Was Killed in Baghdad. Now His Photo's Being Used to Sell Dating Website.

​Peter Burks, as you can see here, was the very model of The American Hero: a Trinity Christian Academy and Texas A&M graduate (he was also president of Pi Kappa Phi) who, after stints working for, among others, the Dallas Desperados and FC Dallas, decided to join the U.S. Army in 2006. Accord ... More >>

35 Denton Tries Its Hand at... Matchmaking?

Looking for love in all the wrong places? Looking for 35 Denton wristbands? If you find yourself clumsily walking behind pretty girls (or chasing a choice piece of man-tail) like the video above, then come out to the Mellow Mushroom on Monday, February 13. 35 Denton and The Indie-Verse have partne ... More >>

Study Finds Dallas Singles Are Dirty Birds. In Houston, Romance Still Rules.

Dallas is quick to hop in the sack while Houston would rather woo, according to a recent study by dating website HowAboutWe.com. Unlike other popular sites E-Harmony, Match and OK Cupid, HowAboutWe.com keeps it simple: Rather than filling out a lengthy profile, participants suggest their perfect ... More >>

Yet Another Federal Deceptive Trade Practices Suit Filed Against Match.com. Wink!

Via.​From time to time we'll come across federal suits filed by scorned subscribers to Preston Center-based Match.com, all of whom more or less say the same thing: The dating service is nothing but a tease, its "winks" little more than hollow promises of hook-ups between prospective partners -- on ... More >>

Latin Fever: White Dad Doesn't Approve of Daughter Dating Mexican.

Side Roads and Silver Screens

Hey, Romeo, Have We Got Some Dining Date Tips for You

Dating advice. Everyone: books, shows, friends, animals, parents, tries to give it to you, but it never works. "Just be yourself," "Play hard to get," "Wait three days" are all about as useful as anger management tips from Meat Loaf. Since most first dates involve eating something, and City of At ... More >>

Sifting Stars at Starbucks

With the Borders on McKinney closing, I'm reminded of how my hockey player date once prepped at the book store before our first date. I met this guy in an elevator as I was leaving a book club meeting. He asked if I lived in the building. I replied no and told him that I came there for book club on ... More >>

Ah, Frisco, the City of Love -- and Crepes

​Who knew you'd be driving to romantic Frisco to experience some crepes this Valentine's Day? But that's where you need to go if you want to try the tasty sweet and savory crepes at Café Flair and pretend you're eating in Paris, the City of Love. While Café Flair, located in a Frisco strip ... More >>

A Trip Down Memory Lane at Tex-Mex Date Favorite Mi Cocina

Mi Cocina's West Village location.​For a lot of my friends, Mi Cocina is their go-to restaurant for Mexican and Tex-Mex food in the DFW area. I'm still partial to the New Mexican food I grew up on, with all of its green chile and tons of cheese, but I've come to like Mi Cocina. It consistently ser ... More >>

Here's the Skinny on the Travails
Of Blind Dating

​I don't work in Dallas and driving there for lunch, a blind date lunch no less, was a hard sell. So, when my friend who set me up on my first blind lunch date said it was five minutes from my office, I said "deal." (I recently went on two different blind dates. Why? I don't know. Maybe becaus ... More >>

S & D Oyster Company: For Dating,
A Fine Place It is, Yes

Sara Kerns​After my last date at a seafood establishment, I was leery to go to another one. But when a new guy suggested S. & D. Oyster Company for our dinner date, I felt relieved and said "of course." If you've never eaten at S. & D. Oyster Company, you must go there...as soon as possible. T ... More >>

Cafe Madrid: Rain Couldn't Dampen the Tapas,
But Mr. Pedestrian Did

​A week ago, two friends and I ate dinner at Café Madrid. One had never eaten there -- shame on her. The other friend and I remarked how we both loved Café Madrid's tapas but hadn't been there in awhile. Then I remembered how long it had been and who I had been there with last -- the infamou ... More >>

Don't Wait Till Valentine Day for Lovers

​All right, I know it's not Valentine's Day, but for those of you who like to plan for the future, I have a theme date for you. The first two words are Lover's Pizza. I recently shared a booth with a date at the great place on Lovers Lane. If you're going to a place with "lovers" in the title ... More >>

A Crabby Date Spoils the Seafood at Trulucks

Better on your plate than as your date​Truluck's could be a great date place, if you're there with a good date. Intimate, cozy lit booths make you feel comfortable talking to someone without worrying about other customers hearing your banter. It even has a special Date Night Menu for $35 per p ... More >>

Love Convection: The Common Table

Editor's note: Monica Berry is a Dallas dater who's bravely agreed to file dispatches from her dining expeditions with eligible bachelors. Berry, City of Ate's resident date place scout, will size up restaurants from a dater's perspective. Enjoy. When I recently passed The Common Table on my way ho ... More >>

Hector's On Henderson: "Date Night" Restaurant Fails to Arouse

Meet Market

Save The Date

Mobil Travel GuideMid-week date nights are a staple in our romantic relationships. The dates themselves don't necessarily have to be romantic, but it's a happy occasion when date night and romance actually do intersect. Starting tonight and continuing on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through F ... More >>

For Love or Money

Going Blind

See a strange Date at Theater Too

Havnt Heard Frm U, TXStudlyHottie4U83. Where R U?

Pretty Sweet

Davis trades Spaces for Charity

It Takes Two

Enchilada Singles

Lookin' for Love, Finding the Law

Walk the Walk

Venus Claptrap

Gotta get me some of those good vibrations--or maybe just a vibrator

Iron & Wine

Woman King (Sub Pop)

Down for the Count

Does speed dating really work?

Puppy Love

Dogs seek romance for owners

A Phrase That Pays

Do pickup lines really work?

To Find a Mate

Best Dating Service

It's Just Lunch

Love Connection

Strike-A-Match offers musical dates

Best Place to Purchase Curative Pyramids

Botanica Y Joyeria El Cuarzo

What's the Story?

Lucy Loves Schroeder is a band, Charlie Brown

Love Bites

Couples subject themselves to speed, pressure, public exposure--and enjoy it

From Russia, with Love

Just $25,000 gets you a bundle of hot Russian babes from one Dallas matchmaking firm. What more could a rich American geek ever ask for?

Hot Lunch

Or, how to find love among the dishes

Everybody's perfect

Pegaus and a local playwright offer a Miss-Matched pairing

Shakespeare in puppy love

Noble to the core, these modern teenagers spice up an age-old romantic fantasy

Out Here

Local zero

Janeane Garofalo and romantic comedy area match made in hell