#20 - Go on a Date
I got a Facebook message from my friend Holly the Saturday that I went to see Wicked with my family. We met in the singles ward here in Salt Lake. She had asked me during a conversation at church or an activity if she could give my number to a guy that worked for her dad. I had told her it was okay with me but didn't really expect much to come of it. Fast forward a month or two (or more) to the Facebook message. It started out like this "Emily! So....would you be terribly upset if I gave someone your number?" Holly then went on to tell me a little about this guy and remind me that she had told me about him before. At the end of the message she shared her philosophy on blind dates and it has now become a motto I have shared with friends. This is her philosophy "Blind dates are either a good time or a good story." I replied to her message to assure her that we could still be friends and I was okay with her giving out my number.
Call me a sceptic but I didn't think anything would come of Holly giving out my number. Many of you can probably relate to this situation. You have a friend/co-worker/family member who has someone that they want you to go out with on a date. Maybe they have told you a couple (hundred) times about this person and why you should go out with them. You tell this person to make it happen and you will willingly participate in said outing. Then....NOTHING! The date never happens or the person never contacts you. Which is totally okay because you only slightly got your hopes up for meeting this person. Life goes on and the cycle repeats itself.
To my surprise, the cycle was broken this time. I was at my house working on lesson plans and stepped away from my phone for just a second. When I got back to my phone, I had a missed call and voicemail. It wasn't a number that I recognized so I listened to the voicemail. Turned out to be the Holly's friend, Niel. I returned his call and we had a nice little chat. We set up a date to go to lunch on the coming Saturday. This also happened to be the day I floated the Weber River. Lunch was originally schedule for 1:30 but I didn't get done tubing until after noon and I still had to drive back to SLC. I called Niel and he was nice enough to let me move the time back an hour so I could get home with enough time to make myself presentable.
Niel picked me up and we headed to lunch at a new pizza place in Sugarhouse called Flatbread Neapolitan Pizzeria. I'm not sure what it use to be before becoming a restaurant but it now looks like it use to be a car/mechanic shop. One whole wall is made up of big garage doors with windows. The ceiling has exposed beams and ducts. It's a really fun atmosphere. There was also the added bonus of the food being really good. We were able to enjoy our delicious lunches while getting to know each other. Niel was even able to help me plan for the new class I am teaching this year. Overall, I had a great time! Going back to Holly's philosophy....it was definitely a good time kind of blind date.
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| Picture "borrowed" from their website :) |
I would recommend Neapolitan Pizzeria to anyone. It's got yummy food and a fun atmosphere perfect for a blind-date or first date or even just a regular date!
-Em
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