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"Now that I&amp;#x27;m back in NYC, I can begin planning my big date with Julie, the &amp;quot;winner&amp;quot; of the Single-ish Skype Smorgasbord. Usually picking a spot for dinner in NYC is a little overwhelming, but Julie is a vegetarian so I can cross steakhouses off the list. Some hardcore meatheads might by turned off at the prospect of going out with a herbivore, but I was a vegetarian for a few years myself and have mucho respect for anyone with the strength of conviction to so fundamentally alter their diet. But that doesn&amp;#x27;t mean I won&amp;#x27;t be paying attention to what Julie orders...For the last few months I&amp;#x27;ve been getting home from work really late, which means there&amp;#x27;s no time to prepare my infamous burritos. My new staples are soy chips, hummus, and a Portuguese roll with lox, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and green pepper. My deli guy starts making it as soon as I walk in. What can I say, I&amp;#x27;m a creature of habit.Guys DO notice what you order on a date, but not because we&amp;#x27;re counting your calories. In fact... DON&amp;#x27;T order the healthiest thing on the menu. I&amp;#x27;m pretty health-conscious, but if you&amp;#x27;re gonna order a salad at a good restaurant I might as well take you to the Olive Garden, where you can have all the greens you can eat. There&amp;#x27;s something off-putting about a girl who won&amp;#x27;t abandon her diet even for an extra-special occasion like a date with yours truly (joke)--will she also insist on brushing her teeth before our first kiss? But... DON&amp;#x27;T overcompensate and order the unhealthiest thing on the menu. More than once, I&amp;#x27;ve watched a date slog her way through the triple bacon cheeseburger because she read somewhere that guys are turned on by women with an appetite. Yes, I like a girl who enjoys a hearty meal, but it&amp;#x27;s not like I&amp;#x27;m a feeder or something. DON&amp;#x27;T order the chicken. Not because it isn&amp;#x27;t tasty, but because it&amp;#x27;s kinda boring. Try something you&amp;#x27;ve never had before, something you can&amp;#x27;t pronounce (like quinoa). DO order something with lots of garlic. Maybe I&amp;#x27;m weird, but I don&amp;#x27;t really mind when a has garlic breath. In fact, I think it smells kinda nice. But maybe that&amp;#x27;s because I eat so much of the stuff that you could use my sweat as a dipping sauce. In the end, of course, you should order whatever the hell you want. But if nothing jumps out at you there&amp;#x27;s no harm in ordering strategically. When you&amp;#x27;re on a first date, do you put a little extra thought into what you order? Be honest. And what&amp;#x27;s one thing you love that you&amp;#x27;d never order on a first date? Do you notice what he orders? Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter. Friend us on Facebook. Add us to your Google homepage."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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