Date: June 7, 2008
Location: Clay Pit
Time: 6:30pm
Duration of date: 1 hrs 15 min
Occupation: Architect
Age: 28

He emailled me first. He was interested in cooking together (this sounded a little pervy). We emailled about how awesome Cook’s Illustrated was. I thought that this dude was a foodie and might be interesting.

So we met for an early dinner at Clay Pit. Dinner was tasty. The company wasn’t so great. When he spoke he sounded like Napoleon Dynomite. He was beyond awkward and he was clueless on dining in Austin. He’s been in Austin for 3 years and claims that there aren’t any restaurants that serve fresh foods (Casa de Luz anyone?). He is not a foodie. A foodie would know that the majority of the good restaurants in town have options for vegetarians on the menu. If not, then they will make you something special.

At least I got my indian food. Dinner ended awkwardly (you know I didn’t let this one pay for diner). We hung out after paying but the waitstaff kept staring at us, hoping we were leaving so they could seat more people.

We walked outside and headed to our cars. I was able to finish the date with the “handshake-and-run” approach. I called the Arab and ended up getting margaritas with him and the Jew. That was a much better way to spend an evening.