Virtual Issue
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Friends with Benefits
Strangers in the night...that's the plan anywayDuring the day, Jessica promotes nightlife. She’s a publicist for a prominent local public relations firm and focuses her energy on servicing the company’s hospitality accounts.
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Welcome, Matt
A local bar owner's date with destinyIt was only a matter of time. Having advertised his bars in this magazine for four years, Matt could resist no longer.
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Recipe for Success
Two singles, one blowtorch and a scorching night on the Downtown dining sceneIn September, San Diego Restaurant Week gave thousands of people the chance to try great local restaurants at a discount. Tonight, PacificSD, the hometown hero of paper products, has scored two blind daters an even sweeter deal
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Outta Site
A dot-com dude meets a tomboy bartender at the intersection of work and playAs cofounder and president of DiscoverSD.com (“San Diego’s premier online lifestyle guide,” as the slogan goes), Nadav spends a lot of time at bars and restaurants.
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On the Road Again
The blind date hits the interstateTwo late-model singles, aka Love Bugs, available for immediate drive-off. No major accidents, excellent condition, original owner. Designated driver assumes liability for any breakdowns. All fluids topped off. Mileage: undisclosed. Vroom!
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Double Time
Two guys, two girls, one perfect night by the beachWith the sun setting over Crystal Pier, and dudes and chicks rolling by on skateboards and beach cruisers, the view from the bluff at the west end of Felspar Street is quintessential summer in Pacific Beach…
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Man Date
Boy meets girl—actually, make that boy meets boyIf 10 percent of the U.S. population is gay, then perhaps we should have conducted 4.2 same-sex blind dates by now. Despite having conducted 42 of these magical monthly interludes, however, tonight we present PacificSD’s first-ever gay blind date.
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The Rules of Engagement
Lightning never strikes twice, but what about love?In the October 2008 issue of PacificSD, Suzannah and Ty met on a blind date at The Shout House dueling piano bar in the Gaslamp. It was love at first sight—they got married 51 weeks later.
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A Current Affair
Navigating the uncharted waters of singlehoodThere are many fish in the sea. Hopefully these two will get along swimmingly. Heather recently leapt off the professional deep end, quitting a job in healthcare to try her hand at publishing children’s books…
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In Living Color
Daters from different worlds, drawn togetherIn the four years it took him to paint 12,000 square-feet of chapel ceiling, Michelangelo spent a lot of time on his back. Here at PacificSD, we work the same way (not so much on our backs, but painstakingly and for nearly four years) to create blind-date art.
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Amour or Less
Shooting for love, but willing to settle for romanceOther than effecting a little hanky-panky here and there, PacificSD’s over-paid matchmaking masterminds have failed to muster a real love connection since who-can remember.
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Making Love
A magazine's attempt to formulate romanceChocolate and roses do not guarantee romance, so we knew we had to up the ante for this Love Issue blind date. To fashion passion, we decided to have the daters meet…and then immediately disrobe.
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Age Before Beauty
A magazine fashion model skates on thin ice with an older womanWhen you’re two, three-year-olds are giants. When you’re a high school freshman, seniors are bigger and act cooler; and if you date one, people will gossip. But the age difference must be meaningless when you’re 97, and your spouse is 82.
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A Night Before Christmas
Strangers exchange more than just glances on a yuletide blind dateIt’s a freezing late-Autumn night in Hillcrest. It’s so cold, in fact, that folks throughout the neighborhood have closed their windows.
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Four Play
Two brothers plus two best friends equals one four-way blind dateZoltan (his real name) teaches high school in South Bay. A longtime fan of PacificSD’s blind date adventures, he recently submitted a photo of himself and samples of his writing to setmeup@pacificsandiego.com. Turns out the one-time magazine writer was looking not only for a date, but also for a job. Score two for the Z-man.
