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Feb
potentially lovely, perpetually human: "I like your glasses" -- on speed dating
Yesterday evening, I went to an event at HousingWorks Bookstore called, “I Like Your Glasses,” a literary speed-dating event. I heard about the event via their Twitter a while back and decided, why not? After buying my ticket and signing up, we had to email the lovely coordinators our…
Click through for an excellent write up of last week’s literary speed dating, which will hopefully inspire you to sign up for the next one, whenever it may be.
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So you’re telling me there’s a chance you’ll be back again.
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I totally forgot about the literary speed dating! I’ll have to catch the next one, seems like these folks had fun! - K
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that’s a good idea
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Click through for...speed dating, which will hopefully inspire you
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