One of the best "dates" I was on was with a friend. She was getting her Masters in Italian Lit, I was work as Civil Engineer. I flew back home to NJ, she lived in NYC. We decided to go out to dinner one night in the city and it turned out to be one of the best nights of my life.

We had dinner and in depth conversations. We talked about literature, art, building, creating. We went dancing, drank ourselves silly on cocktails and painted the town red. No, we didn't have sex, we were good friends but that's the energy you want, an infectious and growing one of wit, laughter, curiosity, and passion.