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"On Friday, I set up Ryan from Single-ish with my cute friend Victoria. (Read about them both here.) They went to the new restaurant Braeburn in Manhattan for drinks and snacks. So, we&amp;#39;re all wondering.....HOW DID IT GO??!!!!\nVictoria wrote to me on Saturday morning and gave me her recap--I was on pins and needles! Here&amp;#39;s what she said....\nPinterestFacebookMeeting Ryan was really fun. I was sitting at the bar when he arrived, and I recognized him immediately. Ladies, he&amp;#39;s just as cute in person as he is in photos! He had ridden his bike to the restaurant, and he apologized for being sweaty and gross. But I definitely didn&amp;#39;t notice. I thought it was awesome that he rode his bike, especially since it was such a lovely night. Not to mention the fact that I suffer from bicycle envy and wish I had wheels of my own.\nThe cocktail menu at Braeburn is extensive, and they also have a solid selection of scotches and whiskeys. The bar was totally comfortable, and because it wasn&amp;#39;t too noisy, it was super easy to have a conversation. Ryan and I bonded over having sweet Catholic moms!\nWhen we moved to our table, we decided to share a bottle of wine as well as food. I love sharing food when I go out to eat and am always bummed when a guy gets all territorial about his meal. We had the quail sausage appetizer, which was delicious, but, um, also a very small sausage...definitely not, ahem, filling. We also shared the rib eye and the clam chowder, both of which were top notch. Oh, and instead of your average slices of bread, Braeburn serves extremely tasty biscuits. In my humble opinion, tasty biscuits are seriously underrated.\nLate in the meal, we started discussing the two couples who were dining together at the table adjacent to ours. But we got busted hardcore when one of the men looked up and asked if we wanted some of their food. Oops! But pretty funny, too...\nRyan was a complete gentleman the entire night, and I very much enjoyed eating, drinking and chatting with him. After our meal, I walked Ryan to his bike, and we talked awhile longer, mostly about maybe the stupidest thing I have ever done (driving a Vespa on the New Jersey Turnpike in a wife beater and a mini skirt. Yeah, I know. No, really, I know.) He asked for my number, which I was happy to give him, and then we hugged goodbye.\nIn conclusion: A delightful meal at a delightful restaurant with a delightful dude!\nYay! But what did Ryan think of the date? Go to Single-ish to get his take..... And tell me, who do you call first after a great date? Your mom? Your friends? Your roommate? Or are you not a big talker after dates--do you feel like it might jinx it?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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